Together and Stronger Central AsiaBenefits
Twelve areas of benefit.
Your membership covers twelve areas of everyday life for families whose lives cross borders. Some programmes open with your member card; others are free to everyone.
- With your member cardProgrammes your membership opens to you and your household.
- Free to everyoneOpen to all, with or without a card.
Travel home and travel anywhere
The road home is the first thing a family across borders plans for, and one of the most expensive.
Holiday-season family fares
Fares for Nowruz, the two Eids and the New Year, negotiated while seats remain.
With your member cardFamily milestone travel
Group travel for a wedding, a graduation, a funeral or a parent’s birthday.
With your member cardFlights for visiting parents
Travel arranged for parents and grandparents who come to stay, with help at both airports.
With your member cardRegional connections
Flights, trains and transfers between the capitals of the region.
With your member cardStudent and relocation travel
Flexible tickets for term dates and generous luggage for the year you move.
With your member cardTravel planning guide
How to book well for the peak weeks, and what to check before you fly.
Free to everyone
Sending money home
Money sent to family is a duty, not a luxury. It should arrive whole and on time.
Fairer transfers
Transfers through regulated providers on terms negotiated for members, with the fee and rate shown before you send.
With your member cardRegular family support
Monthly support for parents and tuition for relatives, scheduled and tracked.
With your member cardTransfers to villages and small towns
Payout options that reach families beyond the capitals.
With your member cardHow to compare a transfer
What the real cost of a transfer is, and how to check that a provider is regulated.
Free to everyone
Phone, data and staying reachable
A family that cannot reach one another drifts apart.
Member phone plans
Plans with generous international calling to the countries members call most.
With your member cardRoaming that works
Data abroad for members who travel home or work across borders.
With your member cardKeep your home number alive
Ways to keep a number at home active for banks and family.
With your member cardPhone scams explained
Calls and messages from false “officials”, and how to check.
Free to everyone
Health, dental and vision
Health is where distance hurts most.
Health programmes where you live
Referrals to clinics and doctors, and help to understand public and private cover.
With your member cardDental and vision
Programmes for check-ups, glasses and dental care through licensed providers.
With your member cardCover for visiting parents
Medical cover for parents who come to stay, through licensed providers.
With your member cardHealth cover for foreign residents explained
What residents, workers and students are entitled to, country by country.
Free to everyone
Pharmacy
Medicines should never be the reason a family goes without.
Pharmacy savings
Member pricing on everyday medicines and health products through partner pharmacies.
With your member cardMedicines when travelling
How to carry prescription medicines across borders, and what to declare.
Free to everyone
Insurance through licensed providers
Insurance you can read, from insurers you can trust. Membership itself is not insurance.
Life and funeral cover
Life and funeral insurance arranged for members by licensed insurers.
With your member cardTravel insurance
Cover for the journey home and for parents who visit.
With your member cardHome and car
Cover for tenants, homeowners and drivers, explained in plain language.
With your member cardRepatriation cover
Cover that brings a loved one home, arranged through licensed providers.
With your member card
Banking, savings and credit
Accounts across borders, and savings that grow.
A first bank account
Accounts for newcomers, opened in the right order with the right documents.
With your member cardBuilding a credit history
Products and habits that build a good credit record.
With your member cardSavings and pensions explained
How savings and pension contributions work when you move between countries.
Free to everyoneTax in two countries
Referrals to qualified tax professionals who understand two systems.
With your member card
Legal and document help
Paperwork decides more of a life abroad than it should.
Referrals to qualified professionals
Introductions to licensed lawyers, notaries and translators, at member rates where available.
With your member cardDocument checklists
What to keep, what to translate, what to legalise or apostille.
Free to everyoneWorkers’ and tenants’ rights
Plain-language summaries of the rights of workers and tenants.
Free to everyone
Careers and recognised diplomas
Talent wasted is a loss to everyone.
Diploma recognition guidance
How degrees and professional licences are recognised, country by country.
With your member cardLanguages for work
Courses in English, Russian, Korean, German and the languages of the region.
With your member cardCareer introductions
Mentors and employers who value international experience.
With your member cardStarting a business
Orientation on registering and running a small business.
Free to everyone
Everyday savings
Small savings, every week, add up.
Groceries and household
Member offers on the essentials of a household.
With your member cardMoving and storage
Rates for the year you arrive, and the year you leave.
With your member cardTechnology and internet
Home internet, laptops and devices for study and work.
With your member card
Family, education and elder care across borders
Children in two cultures, parents in two countries.
Language schools and tutoring
Weekend language schools and tutoring for children.
With your member cardSchool and university guidance
How enrolment works, and the path to university at home and abroad.
Free to everyoneCare across borders
Referrals for the care of parents and children at home while you work abroad.
With your member card
End of life and repatriation
No family should face the worst week of its life alone.
Guidance from the first hour
Who to call, what to sign and what can wait.
With your member cardRepatriation arranged
Bringing a loved one home, through licensed funeral and repatriation providers.
With your member cardA farewell where they lived
A dignified service where the member lived, when the family chooses it.
With your member cardThe Mutual Aid Compact
The associations of the network stand together. Not insurance; no right to payment.
Free to everyone