April 12, 2016
Cyrus D. Mehta won the Who’s Who Legal award for Lawyer of the Year 2016 in Corporate Immigration law. Mr. Mehta is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D Mehta & Partners PLLC in New York City. He represents corporations and individuals from around the world in a variety of immigration matters, including business, employment, entrepreneur and investor immigration, and has over 20 years of experience in the field. “I am pleased to receive this prestigious award, which further inspires me to continue to provide exemplary services to my clients in the field of immigration law,” said Mr. Mehta. The Lawyer of the Year Awards 2016 celebrates the leading practitioners in 35 practice areas. Over the course of the last year Who’s Who Legal compiled the nominations of tens of thousands of clients and private practitioners from over 140 countries to decide on the most highly regarded experts, each receiving more votes than any other lawyer in their field. Further information on the distinguished roster of Who’s Who Legal 2016 awardees is available at http://whoswholegal.com/awards/
March 4, 2016
Cyrus D. Mehta was quoted in Law360 about the High Skilled Worker Rule http://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/765751?nl_pk=7ae2e871-59fd-485c-b781-440a332b5ae5&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immigration
The limitation has undoubtedly disappointed immigrant hopefuls who are stuck in the green card backlogs, Mehta told Law360.
“[T]he compelling circumstances requirement has disappointed a lot of stakeholders, especially beneficiaries of I-140 petitions, who have to wait for years on end for their green card,” Mehta said. “They’re in the pipeline for the green card — they’re actually camera-ready for the green card — but they can’t apply for it because of the priority date.”
January 29, 2016
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in Law360’s article entitled: “H-1B Racketeering Suits Against Disney Face Uphill Battle.” The relevant quote of Cyrus Mehta is as follows:
“There’s also the fact that the suits bring up Form 750, which Mehta said has been defunct since 2005 and was part of the green card process — it “has nothing to do” with the H-1B visa recipients, he said.”
January 15, 2016
Announcement of the Firm’s elevation of David Isaacson and Cora-Ann V. Pestaina to Partners is discussed in this Law360 article.
January 14, 2016
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in Law360’s article entitled: “Foreign Worker Job Flexibility Rule Lacks Bite, Critics Say.” The relevant quote of Cyrus Mehta is as follows:
“One key provision that’s missing is broader work authorization for people with approved employment-based immigrant petitions, or I-140s, according to Cyrus Mehta of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC. These petitions are part of the process that allows foreign nationals to become green card holders through a job.
“The centerpiece that the stakeholders were expecting…was the work authorization provision – the ability to get a work authorization and then move to another employer.” Mehta said. “That has disappointed everybody, because the rule imposes very stringent standards.”
Cyrus Mehta’s interview on BBC World News regarding President Obama’s executive immigration actions, January 30, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0spRisCl8&feature=youtu.be
May 14, 2013
Cyrus D. Mehta has been ranked No. 2 in International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers 2013, http://www.whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/30395/most-highly-regarded-firms-corporate-immigration-2013/
October 25, 2012
Cyrus Mehta’s views on the Rajat Gupta sentence on
NDTV,http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/rajat-gupta-s-four-daughters-broke-down-in-court-284136
July 26, 2012
Cyrus Mehta is quoted on B-1 visa ambiguity regarding the Infosys case,
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/infosys-visa-issues-will-the-case-hold-in-us-court-247712
June 14, 2012
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in Business Standard on June 14, 2012, regarding his views on annual quota for H-1B visas.
http://business-standard.com/india/news/annual-quota-for-h1-b-visas-exhausted/477313/
June 10, 2012
Cyrus Mehta is quoted in Times Of India Article, Western nations prefer immigrants with deep pockets over white-collar skills, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Western-nations-prefer-immigrants-with-deep-pockets-over-white-collar-skills/articleshow/13988538.cms.
December 16, 2011
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in The Economic Times on December 12, 2011 regarding his views on H.R. 3012, The Fairness of High-Skilled Immigration Act which was recently passed in the House of Representatives on November 29, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/visa-and-immigration/how-high-skilled-immigration-act-in-us-is-holding-out-hope-for-indians/articleshow/11062720.cms?intenttarget=no.
November 27, 2011
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in The Business Standard on November 23, 2011 regarding his views on why the H-1B cap in FY 2012 was reached so early, http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/us-govt-says-h1-b-visa-cap-reached-earliest-in-3-yrs/456625/
August 04, 2011
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in Vivek Wadhwa’s column in The Washington Post On Immigration, a step in the right direction regarding USCIS’s new administrative measures to help entrepreneurs get H-1Bs and green cards, http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-immigration-a-step-in-the-right-direction/2011/08/03/gIQA2bGgsI_story.html
July 29, 2011
Cyrus Mehta’s blog on whether the Supreme Court decision in Turner v. Rogers could support a right to appointed counsel in removal proceedings was cited in Professor Noferi’s Op-Ed in the New York Law Journal on July 2, 2011
http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2011/~/media/B11BE2DA655F42BFB24B61E2DA7A0C83.ashx
July 20, 2011
Cyrus Mehta quoted in Business Standard article “Stricter US visa norm continues to plague Indian IT companies,”
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/stricter-us-visa-norm-continues-to-plague-indian-it-companies/443436/
David Isaacson quoted in WNYC article by Ailsa Chang, “Accuser in Strauss-Kahn Case May Face Her Own Legal Troubles”: http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/07/alleged-victim-strauss-kahn-may-face-her-own-legal-troubles/
July 7, 2011
David Isaacson quoted in WNYC article by Ailsa Chang, “Accuser in Strauss-Kahn Case May Face Her Own Legal Troubles”: http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/07/alleged-victim-strauss-kahn-may-face-her-own-legal-troubles/
June 13, 2011
Cyrus D. Mehta’s views solicited on reasons for the dip in H-1B usage in Business Standard article, July 14, 2011, Visa Woes End For IBM, TCS, http://t.co/S64aPO2
May 31, 2011
Cyrus D. Mehta considered one of the most highly regarded individuals in International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers 2011, http://www.whoswholegal.com/news/analysis/article/28997/most-highly-regarded-firms-corporate-immigration-2011/
April 29, 2011
Daily News article, April 29, 2011, describing the Citizenship Now event, and Cyrus Mehta’s participation in this worthwhile pro bono project, http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-29/local/29501076_1_daily-news-cuny-citizenship-american-immigration-lawyers-association-commissioner-of-immigrant-affairs
April 28, 2011
Cyrus Mehta’s interview at Daily News’ Citizenship Now, April 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65moBVDuul0
April 17, 2011
http://www.impre.com/inmigracion/2011/4/17/buscan-asesoria-para-obtener-l-249912-1.html
April 5, 2011
David Isaacson quoted in Journal News article by Brian Howard regarding waiver application by our client: “Yorktown woman fights for husband’s return to U.S.,” http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011104050324
May 03, 2010
Cyrus Mehta’s views on the low usage of H-1B visas in FY2011 in the Hindustan Times,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/H1B-visas-lose-charm-as-recession-stalks-US/H1-Article1-537378.aspx
April 28, 2010
Cyrus Mehta, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the AILA-NY Pro Bono Committee, is featured in a Daily News article about the Citizenship Now Call Hotline event, sponsored by CUNY, Daily News and AILA-NY.
Thousands flood Daily News phone lines for Citizenship Now! immigration hotline
February 9, 2009
Adam Ketcher was interviewed by Indira Kannan of CNBC TV18, concerning the Sanders-Grassley Amendment 306 to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, in which the Senate seeks to limit the use of the H-1B program by businesses who have received stimulus funding. A print edition of the article can be found at http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/economy/senate-wants-changeh1b-norms-fewer-visas-may-come-by/384368
January 29, 2009
Cyrus D. Mehta was quoted in an Associated Press article by Amy Taxin, “Foreign workers face stress as unemployment rises,” January 2, 2009. Mr. Mehta stated in this article that “he was fielding a call a week from foreign workers who lost their job in the last year.” The article was widely disseminated in various news publications and can, for instance, be found at http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/02/ap5874978.html
January 14, 2008
Cyrus D. Mehta was quoted in Business Standard regarding his views on the new Petition Information Management System (PIMS) implemented by the Department of State, which could result in delays in the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa at a US consulate – New Procedures to Delay US Visa, Business Standard, January 9, 2008.
28 Dec 2006
Elizabeth T. Reichard was quoted in the New York Sun regarding her views on the obstacles that foreign national chefs face to work in New York restaurants – Celebrity Chefs Face Visa Troubles, December 26, 2006, http://www.nysun.com/article/45678
21 Aug 2006
Cyrus D. Mehta was cited in the Chicago Sun Times (http://www.suntimes.com/) on a legal issue involving Elvira Arellano, the Mexican mother of a US citizen son, who is taking sanctuary in a church in Chicago.
19 Jul 2006
Cyrus D. Mehta has been listed in New York Super Lawyers 2006, Manhattan Edition, http://www.superlawyers.com/. He has also been recently listed and ranked by Chambers USA Guide 2006, http://www.chambersandpartners.com/, and in The International’s Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2006 Edition, http://www.whoswholegal.com/.
30 Mar 2006
On March 28, 2006, Cyrus Mehta was interviewed by Fox 5 News, NY, on how the proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill, being deliberated in the Senate, would impact New York.
29 Mar 2006
“The term speedy Green Card is an oxymoron,” which is what Cyrus Mehta stated in a Times of India interview, Calcutta Edition, on March 25, 2006 on how to obtain a speedy green card.”
02 Mar 2006
Cyrus D. Mehta was quoted in the February 27, 2006 issue of the Economic Times regarding whether President’s Bush visit would spur changes in the US immigration laws that would be beneficial to India. Please click on the link below to go to the page. If you think someone you know would like to read it too, do mail it to them.Check This Out!!!
27 Feb 2006
Cyrus D. Mehta was profiled in Immigration Law Today, AILA, January/February 2006, for his extensive work in the pro bono arena. The same issue also discusses Cyrus Mehta’s ethics article, “Finding the Golden Mean in Dual Representation,” AILA’s Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook 29, 2005-06 Ed.
April 20 2005
The PERM Guidebook for Foreign Labor Certification
September 2 2004
Cyrus D. Mehta’s views on the consequences of the Fiscal Year 2005 H-1B cap were sought in the article “H-1B quota for next year almost running out” by George Joseph, India Abroad, September 3, 2004.
July 16 2004
Christina LaBrie was interviewed by NY1 News about the end of visa revalidation by the US Department of State.
January 25 2004
Cyrus’ article ” US Fingerprinting: the identity crisis” is published in the Sunday edition of The Economic Times, dated January 25, 2004.
October 1 2003
Cyrus Mehta was interviewed on The World radio (http://www.theworld.org) on October 1, the first day of the reduction in H-1B visa numbers.
September 22 2003
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in a Reuter’s article, “US To Sharply Cut Number of High Tech Visas” on September 22, 2003 regarding his opinion on whether Congress would act to maintain the current H-1B levels or not.
April 7 2003
Cyrus D. Mehta was quoted on his views on the Iraq war and its impact on immigrants in The Economic Times, April 7, 2003.
January 15 2003
Christine LaBrie was quoted in an article “Out in the Cold,” by Alisa Solomon, The Village Voice, January 8-14, 2003.
January 8 2003
Cyrus D. Mehta conducted a seminar on US Immigration law at West End Hotel in Bombay on January 7, 2003. This seminar was sponsored by the Indo-American Society. The topic covered was “Overcoming the Obstacles in a Post-September 11 World: New Legislative Developments.”
August 18 2002
Cyrus D. Mehta appeared on Fox News, Channel 46 (in New York) on Sunday, August 18, 2002, in a debate with David Rifkin, a former attorney in the Department of Justice, on the special registration system. In the debate, Cyrus criticized the proposed registration system that will get implemented on September 11, 2002. He noted that the system would lead to needless racial profiling of certain visitors and immigrants without making American safer. It would also go beyond fingerprinting, and impose onerous reporting burdens on innocent people. Failure to comply would lead to the deportation of this person. Mr. Rifkin argued that this system has always been part of the law since 1950s and similar systems are in place in European countries.
June 30 2002
Cyrus Mehta was quoted in an article “The Gateway Narrows,” by S. Mitra Kalita, in Newsday, June 30, 2002. This article ponders whether immigration levels have dropped in New York City and neighboring Long Island after September 11.
June 28 2002
Cyrus Mehta appeared on WB11’s News at 10 on June 28, 2002 where he stated the positive benefits of immigration and opposed the profiling of immigrants.
May 14 2002
Cyrus Mehta’s views on the new visa restrictions were sought in two articles in India Today: Tighter Control (April 22, 2002) and The Visa Squeeze (May 20, 2002).
December 3 2001
Cyrus Mehta is featured on the lawyers orchestra web site, which profiles his activities as a violinist.
November 18 2001
Cyrus Mehta was interviewed on Manhattan Services Network on how immigration laws and policy have been changing since September 11.
November 15 2001
Cyrus Mehta appeared on Fox TV for his views on how victims of the crashed American Airline flight could be helped with immigration issues.
October 23 2001
Cyrus Mehta Interviewed on c/net Radio: H-1B workers wary of terrorist backlash
September 18 2001
New York Lawyer : The Investigation – Detainees Seek Freedom From Judge
March 1 2001
SiliconIndia : Section 245(i) is Not an Amnesty Program
November 1 2000
New York Lawyer : Helping Lady Liberty’s Promises Stay True
June 5 2000
SiliconIndia : Fewer Visas, Less Growth
