Helping clients find security and freedom of travel through Second Citizenship and Golden Visa programs: Guide Consultants

“For more than seven years, Guide Consultants has helped hundreds of people achieve their dreams while bolstering the economies of many countries through Citizenship by Investment.”

To this day, entry and residency restrictions targeting foreigners continue to compromise the lifestyles and livelihoods of those financially and personally dependent on international travel. As a global businessman and entrepreneur, Mahdi Mohammed, founder, and CEO of Guide Consultants is familiar with the importance of being able to travel, work, and live freely around the world, without being thwarted by country-specific entry and residency restrictions. He realized that the lives of so many could be improved through obtaining a second citizenship in another country — one with a passport that offers visa-free access and increasing travel mobility to other destinations around the world, in addition to a host of other security, economic, and personal benefits. This is how the idea of Guide Consultants was born. Today, Guide Consultants is one of the very few companies that are licensed by all the countries that offer Citizenship by Investment Programs in the Eastern Caribbean Region.

Mahdi Mohammed, CEO of Guide Consultants spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review about how his company is helping clients obtain Citizenship by Investment and gain the freedom of traveling without border limitations.

Interview Highlights

Q. Why was Guide Consultants born? What pain points did you set out to solve?

More than seven years have passed since I founded this company to alleviate the difficulty of citizenship-based entry restrictions and their effects on global travel. Through my career as an international businessman, which took me around the world, I observed firsthand that many of these constraints could be mitigated or even entirely solved by obtaining a second passport, in the context of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs.

Q. What is Citizenship by Investment? How does Guide Consultants help clients obtain Citizenship by Investment and gain the freedom of traveling without limitations?

Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs provides a direct path to getting a second passport and becoming a citizen in a new country that offers economic and professional opportunities. After investing in one of the citizenship-granting countries, applicants are granted citizenship and earn a new passport. The primary CBI programs offer the options for investors to donate, which is a non-refundable contribution, or invest in a government-approved real estate project.

For more than seven years, Guide Consultants has helped hundreds of people achieve their dreams while bolstering the economies of many countries through Citizenship by Investment. We are an authorized agent licensed by all the countries that offer CBI programs in the Eastern Caribbean region.

Obtaining a second citizenship or residency can change the course of the applicants’ lives. It opens a whole new world, granting the holder of a new passport visa-free access to over 140 countries. CBI programs expand the applicants’ business prospects and economic opportunities as well.

Q. How transparent is your process? What strategies do you implement to ensure a seamless and convenient client experience?

Our process is 100 percent transparent. Our overriding strategy is to individualize the CBI experience, which essentially means proceeding with the acknowledgment that each client has a unique set of preferences, expectations, and goals. We work closely with our clients to develop a complete understanding of what they are trying to achieve through CBI. This helps us match them with the program that best suits their needs. Our clients know they can reach out to our team at any time throughout the process, and that we are with them every step of the way, from choosing a program to post-application procedures. We guide them toward the best CBI program and investment option, help them assemble their application, and facilitate their timely and correct payment of associated fees.

Q. Tell us about the Guide Consultants team of advisors. What value do they bring to the company?

Guide Consultants is proud to hire a diverse group of talented advisers who are committed to upholding our company’s ethos and carrying out its strategy through their interactions with clients. Our multilingual team works around the clock to ensure the timely and seamless execution of tasks against a backdrop of complete transparency, integrity, and ethical practices. Our team was built with the goal of accommodating clients from all over the world by upholding universal values of respect and tolerance.

Q. Will Guide Consultants be expanding, bringing on any new programs that we should be aware of?

At Guide Consultants, we are prepared to integrate any new CBI program, Golden Visa programs, and other visa services into our current portfolio, so long as it meets global standards. In the future, we hope to continue to grow to become the go-to company for economic citizenship, second passports, and associated residency by investment programs. In addition, we look forward to launching new websites pertaining to economic citizenship and global visas.

Q. What's the one thing you want Guide Consultants to be known for?

Above all, I want Guide Consultants to maintain its reputation for excellence in terms of ethical practices and client satisfaction. Guide Consultants is committed to building trust with their clients, to help them realize their aspirations and dreams through expanded international opportunities.

Q. Is there anything else you want us to highlight that we might have missed?

In addition to specializing in Citizenship by Investment programs, Guide Consultants also owns and operates numerous websites dedicated to various aspects of economic citizenship and visa services. These websites are quite successful. Millions of would-be travelers and citizenship-seekers access our websites in pursuit of trusted, up-to-date information about obtaining a second passport or applying for a visa.

The sites include: guideconsultants.com, visaindex.com, schengenvisas.com, DubaiVisas.com, SaudiVisa.com, QatarVisa.qa, TurkeyVisas.com, yoyotravels.ae, and ukimmigration.co.uk collectively receive tens of millions of unique visitors every year, and we expect these numbers to rise annually.

Mahdi Mohammed | Founder & CEO

Mr. Mahdi Mohammed began his career in CBI when he helped an associate obtain a second passport. After receiving positive feedback from this interaction, he launched his own company, intending to generate awareness of CBI and help others achieve their second passport dreams. In the decades prior to his work in CBI, Mr. Mohammed enjoyed a career in business as an entrepreneur and investor, which took him all over the world. These travels, and the people he met along the way, informed his perspective on international movement and the constraints faced by so many global travelers. Guide Consultants is a direct result of these experiences and interactions.

“We are an authorized agent licensed by all the countries that offer CBI programs in the Eastern Caribbean region.”