Vijay Bhagwati

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Vijay Bhagwati

4.9
Rating: 8.1

Licensed for 17 years

Immigration Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Immigration, Business, Employment & Labor

5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, NY

About Vijay

Biography

Your Future Starts Here - Trusted Immigration Solutions for a Brighter Tomorrow. I Serve to Succeed with Expertise, Compassion, and Commitment. Personalized Legal Support to Help You Achieve Your Immigration Goals. Call today.

Your Future Starts Here - Trusted Business Solutions for a Brighter Tomorrow. We Serve to Succeed with Expertise, Compassion, and Commitment. Personalized Legal Support to Help You Achieve Your Business Goals. Call today.

Your Future Starts Here - Trusted Business and Immigration Solutions for a Brighter Tomorrow. We Serve to Succeed with Expertise, Compassion, and Commitment. Personalized Legal Support to Help You Achieve Your Business and Immigration Goals. Call today.

Your Future Starts Here - Trusted Immigration Solutions for a Brighter Tomorrow. I Serve to Succeed with Expertise, Compassion, and Commitment. Personalized Legal Support to Help You Achieve Your Immigration Goals. Call today.

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Immigration 70%

27 years

70%
Business 15%

32 years

15%
Employment and Labor 15%

27 years

15%

Fees and Rates

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 17 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2009

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Bhagwati and Associates, PLLC.

5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, 10001

bhagwatilaw.com/

Bhagwati & Bhagwati, P.C.

168 Franklin Corner Road, Bldg 2, Suite 240, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648

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Vijay Bhagwati's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.9 /5.0

59 Client Reviews

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Posted by Krish | April 07, 2015 | Immigration

Great law firm to work with!

Great law firm to work with! Would highly recommend Bhagwati & Associates for immigration and business law requirements. Attorney Vijay Bhagwati has been assisting us for the past couple of years and we find him and his team very knowledgeable, reliable and quick in solving any business related le...gal matters. Mr. Bhagwati understands the software business very well and provides professional legal counseling. Egrove would like to thank Mr.Bhagvati and his team for the excellent support and continued services.

Posted by Ramesh K | April 05, 2015 | Immigration

I recommend Vijay Bhagwati

We are very pleased with quality of service your firm provides. We sincerely appreciate your responsiveness and the way you conduct business. We had 100% success on all our immigration related matters with your firm. We rely on dependable service from firm like you to help us grow and have recomm...ended your firm to others because of our satisfaction with your service.

Posted by Ranga Rajan | March 02, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Review for Vijay Bhagwati

I had the opportunity to work with Vijay Bhagwati towards my Green Card processing. The overall experience was pretty good and pleasant. Given the amount of documentation needed towards this, Vijay was very helpful in clearly stating the needs. And be available for routine review of the documentation... and ensure that it is filed on time. Be it the original response as well as for the RFE i had received. His ability to stay on course is a big plus and the overall experience was very professional and upto the mark.

Posted by Supriya Marathe | February 04, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Not satisfactory!!!!!!!

I had a very crucial decision to make when I consulted Mr. Vijay Bhagwati for my immigration case, it was whether to follow his recommendation - which he sounded so confident that it will produce a desirable output - for my case or go and look out for and consult another lawyer. Me and my husband d...ecided to trust him and hired him for my immigration case going by his reputation. However a favourable result was NOT obtained. Looking back on our decision to choose him as our trusted lawyer, I feel very sorry! I am still not recovering from the denial notice shock even after having tons of ice-cream, its just awful...I would not recommend this lawyer to anyone purely based on the outcome of my case. I so wish that there was a money back guarantee on his contract -haha - as our money stands wasted at the end of the ordeal!

Vijay Bhagwati

Replied last February 04, 2020

Ms. Marathe, We hold our ethics to highest standard. We never have , never do and will never advise to our clients that compromises their interests. Our work speaks for us. I would suggest you to please contact us if you need help with this case or please contact an expert immigration attorney to help you. I wish you all the very best.

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Michael Kohan

Immigration lawyer | Feb 10

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Vijay is the first person I turn to when it comes to referring clients that have immigration visa matters. He is professional and treats every client like family. Vijay is a class act and I highly recommend him."

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Michael Shabani

Immigration lawyer | Jul 22

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Mr. Bhagwati because he is a respected member of the bar and a regular contributor of Avvo. I have met and collaborating with attorney Bhagwati and i found him to be ethical and knowledgable. He is the best and if you are looking for a business immigration attorney, don't look any further. Call attorney Bhagawati today."

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Paul Grotas

Unknown lawyer | Jun 20

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Vijay is knowledgeable, smart, diligent. He is a great attorney. He is the attorney who I turn to for any visa questions."

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Michael Kohan

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Experience

Rating:  8.1 (Excellent)

Honors

2015

Rising Star, SuperLawyers

1993

Summa Cum Lade, HP Law School

Work Experience

2009 - Present

President and Managing Attorney, Bhagwati and Associates, PLLC.

1999 - 2009

Corporare Legal Advisor, Birlasoft Inc

1996 - 1999

Advisor, Honda

1994 - 1996

Corporate Counsel, Onida

1993 - 1994

Corporate Counsel, Consortium Finance Leasing Ltd

Associations

2009 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Associate Member

2009 - Present

Maritime Lawyers Association

Associate Member

2009 - Present

New York State Bar Association

Associate Member

2009 - Present

Federal Bar Association

Associate Member

2005 - Present

American Bar Association

Associate Member

1993 - Present

Bar Association of India

Advocate

Sample of Legal Cases

I-130, I-601A Waiver and Green Card

Green Card was approved and beneficiary was permitted to travel back to United States.

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Education

2003

New York University School of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

1993

University of HP

LL.B - Bachelor of Laws

1990

University of HP

MA - Masters

1988

University of HP

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

Hindi

Punjabi

Activity

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