Achievements

This year he has been on virtually every UK media outlet be it Sky News, BBC World Service, BBC Panorama, Al Jazeera, ITV News, Channel 5 News, Radio 4, Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Essex, BBC Radio Wales and many others. His appearances come through him being recognised as an expert in his field by the UK media. He is also an expert used by TalkRadio.

Personal Acheivements

  • Winner of Bharat Gaurav Award from Indian International Friendship Society 2005 for recognition for services to Indian community in the field of immigration law,
  • The first UK Immigration Solicitor to have a regular monthly call in radio show on the BBC Asian Network and titled as the “Immigration Guru” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gbn62)
  • First UK Immigration Solicitor to have a documentary produced on him and his work by BBC World Service. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02478ch)
  • First UK Immigration Solicitor to launch a bilingual magazine in India “Immigration Today” which was Nominated for Best International Trade Award at IAB awards
  • Has his own TV legal advice show on the sky platform (sky channel 793 MATV running for the past 7 years) every Friday at 7pm where he provides free immigration advice to viewers live on air which has a reach of 500,000 viewers in 55 countries. It also streams live on youtube via “matv national” account.
  • Has his own youtube channels (legalsolutionsuk) (desitharkaa) (letstalkwithharjap) with over 3,000 collective subscribers over nearly 3 million collective views on youtube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/legalsolutionsuk/about) (https://www.youtube.com/user/desitharkaa/about
  • Was involved with the BBC Panorama team to help expose the fraud in relation to the TOEIC exams being used in student visa applications. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_3rLQOLNQ)
  • Had multiple letters published in the Law Society Gazette.
  • Was approached by most of the mainstream media to talk about the Tilbury immigrants tragedy and explained the contribution of Sikhs to Britain in the national media and the plight of Sikhs in Afghanistan and the persecution they suffer.
  • Recognised by most UK mainstream media as a leading expert in his field of immigration and nationality law.
  • Developed the first free downloadable APP for android where it calculates how much savings you need if your income isn’t £18,600 in order to call your spouse from abroad under UK Immigration law. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugTLt3X_XA&index=3&list=UUhdNHjudw_1QduTQ-dEIe5Q)
  • Harjap is also the first UK Immigration lawyer this year to feature on Indian National News Channel Aaj Tak

Harjap has his own weekly TV show for the past 7 years on sky channel 793 MATV every Fridays at 7pm called Legal Solutions. This is a live interactive call in show where anybody can call in and obtain free UK immigration advice. Harjap does not charge for his advice nor does he get paid by anybody to do this. The show is broadcast in over 55 countries and also streamed live online via www.matvchannel.com and has a reach of 500,000 people weekly. The channel is free to air for all sky subscribers.

In addition Harjap also has his own youtube channel where all of his previous shows are uploaded for the benefit of those who can’t watch it on sky. (https://www.youtube.com/user/legalsolutionsuk/about). These have now become points of reference for people seeking good quality immigration advice.