Philip Gamble

Background

About Philip Gamble

Philip trained with the Home Office in Immigration and Nationality Law. He was the founder partner of Montgomery and Co.(Immigration) and later Managing Director of 1st Contact Visas until 2002. He founded the present firm and is now recognised as an authority in British Nationality Law and the effects of decolonisation within the former British Empire and it’s relationship to British Citizenship. Outside of the Firm, Philip has represented the industry as a whole, with the Home Office After-Entry Committee’s and Advisory Committee of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. He has assisted the Home Office in formulation of their Policy Guidance in relation to the Highly Skilled Migrant’s Program (now Tier One of the Points Based Scheme) has been actively involved in individual cases which have resulted in changes in the law. Outside of British Nationality, Philip has assisted the NHS in relation to overseas staffing for some 30 years, helping to reduce costs to Trusts through creating efficient outsourced immigration processes reducing time to hire. The present firm has offices in Croydon, UK and Cape Town in South Africa and is a 'Household Name' in East Africa.