contact@tascentralasia.orgRequest a call back

Together and Stronger Central AsiaKazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan

The heart of Eurasia,
connected to every continent.

Five nations. Two journeys. One family.

Together and Stronger Central Asia is the house of the Together and Stronger family for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: for the professionals, investors and families who have come to build their lives here, and for the millions of people from Central Asia working, studying and raising families across the world.

Become a memberRead the free guides

Membership is free. Join today. Request a call back

On the world stage

Building the world’s largest affinity and benefits network for families whose lives cross borders.

Belong to an organisation whose values count on the world stage. One card opens the same promise in eleven regional houses, from Central Asia to Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Gulf and the Pacific, and every member strengthens the voice of all the others. Partnership remains open while the network takes shape, and the reach and scope of action it is designed to deliver are without equal anywhere.

Become a memberTogether and Stronger World

11
regional houses, one family, with Together and Stronger World as the gateway to all of them.
1
member card, recognised by every house wherever you live next.
12
areas of everyday life covered by the benefits we negotiate.
304 million
people live outside their country of birth: the community we exist to serve.

A region whose families live across borders.

48%
of Tajikistan’s economy is equal to the money its people abroad send home (2024).
27%
the same share for Kyrgyzstan (2024).
14%
the same share for Uzbekistan (2024).
304 million
people worldwide live outside their country of birth (mid-2024).

Sources: World Bank, personal remittances received as a share of GDP, 2024; United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), International Migrant Stock 2024. These figures describe the communities we serve, not our membership.

Two journeys, one house.

Central Asia sends talent to the world and welcomes engineers, investors, diplomats and families from every continent. Both journeys are welcome as members, and both hold the same card.

Business colleagues meeting in a bright modern office

Building a life in Central Asia

Members. Free.

You came to build something. You do not have to build it alone.

For engineers, investors, diplomats, teachers, students and families who have come to Astana, Almaty, Tashkent, Samarkand, Bishkek, Dushanbe or Ashgabat, from Europe, Asia, the Gulf, Africa and the Americas, together with their children and relatives.

  • One membership per adult, children under 18 included, and a digital member card on your phone.
  • Benefits we negotiate for the whole community: flights home, money transfers, phone plans, health programmes and insurance through licensed providers.
  • Help with the first months: registration, an identification number, a bank account, a lease, school places and recognition of your diplomas.
  • Care for the parents who visit, and for the parents who stay behind while you are far away.
  • Associations and business councils from your home country, linked to a network across the region.
  • A card recognised by every house of the family: if you move, your membership moves with you.

Become a member

Business travellers walking through a modern international airport

The people of Central Asia abroad

Members. Free.

Far from home, never far from your own.

For the people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan studying and working in Russia, Türkiye, South Korea, the Gulf, Europe and North America, and for the families who wait for them at home.

  • Money home on fair terms, through regulated providers, arriving whole and on time.
  • The Consular Desk: how to register with your embassy, renew a passport and record a child born abroad.
  • Guidance on working legally abroad: permits, contracts and the rights every worker has.
  • Fares home negotiated for the holidays that matter: Nowruz, the two Eids, the New Year and family weddings.
  • Support for parents and children who remain at home while you work elsewhere.
  • A way back in: guidance for the year you decide to return and invest at home.

Guides for working abroad

Living in Europe, the Gulf, the Americas or East Asia? The house of that region welcomes you, and the card is the same in every house.

Houses: AmericasLatin AmericaCanadaEuropeAfricaWest AsiaIndiaChinaEast AsiaOceania Together and Stronger World

Twelve areas of benefit, chosen for families across borders.

One household has little bargaining power. Hundreds of thousands of households speaking with one voice have a great deal. Together and Stronger Member Services negotiates on behalf of every member; your membership covers twelve areas of everyday life, and eight of them are shown here.

  • Travel home and travel anywhere

    Fares negotiated for the routes families actually fly, from Moscow to Tashkent, from Seoul to Almaty, from Istanbul to Bishkek, and for the weeks when everyone travels at once.

    With your member card

  • Sending money home

    Transfers to family through regulated providers, on fairer terms, arriving on time, to every city and village our members come from.

    With your member card

  • Phone, data and staying reachable

    Plans that keep a family in one conversation across borders, with roaming that works and your number at home kept alive.

    With your member card

  • Health, dental and vision

    Your card opens health, dental and vision programmes where you live, and medical cover for parents who come to stay, through licensed providers.

    With your member card

  • Insurance through licensed providers

    Life, travel, home and car insurance arranged for members by licensed insurers. Membership itself is not insurance.

    With your member card

  • Banking, savings and credit

    Accounts across borders, savings that grow and a credit history built well, with referrals to qualified professionals for tax in two countries.

    With your member card

  • Careers and recognised diplomas

    Help to have a diploma or professional licence recognised, languages for work, career introductions and a first step towards a business of your own.

    With your member card

  • End of life and repatriation

    When a family must bring a loved one home, or say farewell with dignity where they lived, we guide them and arrange what is needed. No family faces it alone.

    With your member card

See all twelve areas

Your first ninety days.

Whether you have just arrived in Central Asia or just left to work abroad, the first three months decide a great deal. This is the order in which members tell us things matter.

  1. Week one

    Registered and connected

    • Your registration with the migration authorities, on time
    • A phone plan and data that work from day one
    • Your member card on your phone
    • Scam Watch, before anyone calls you

  2. Month one

    Banked and housed

    • An identification number and a first bank account
    • A lease understood before you sign
    • Money home on fair terms
    • Health cover in place, and a clinic found

  3. Month three

    Building and belonging

    • Your diploma on its way to recognition
    • Children settled in school
    • A work contract you understand
    • An association, and people who stand with you

Every year, the road leads home.

Nowruz, Ramadan and the Eids, the New Year, a wedding, a graduation, a parent’s birthday: for a family spread across countries, each of these is a journey to plan, to pay for and to make. The membership is built around it.

  • Booked in good time

    Holiday fares and connections negotiated while seats remain, on the routes members fly most.

  • Gifts that arrive

    Money and gifts sent ahead through regulated providers, in the hands of the people waiting for them.

  • When parents visit

    Medical cover for parents staying with you, arranged through licensed providers, so a long visit stays a happy one.

  • When you cannot be there

    Referrals for care for parents and children at home, so help is close even when you are not.

Two directions, one bridge.

Whichever way you move, capable people stall at the same practical gates. Each guide sets out what is required, in the order you will meet it.

Settling in Central Asia

For everyone building a life here

  1. Registration on arrivalWho registers you, and how quickly it must be done.
  2. Identification numbersThe IIN in Kazakhstan, the PINFL in Uzbekistan and their equivalents.
  3. A first bank accountThe documents banks ask for, and the order in which to gather them.
  4. Health coverPublic and private cover for foreign residents and their families.
  5. Renting a homeContracts, deposits and registration at your address.
  6. DrivingInternational permits, exchange of a licence and the rules of the road.
  7. Recognised diplomasRecognition of degrees and professional licences.

These guides are general information. They are not legal, immigration, tax or financial advice. Rules differ from country to country and change over time; always confirm with the public authority concerned.

Five nations. One house.

From the Caspian shore to the Tian Shan, and in every city abroad where the people of Central Asia now live, the same membership and the same card.

  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan

    Astana and Almaty: the region’s financial centres, energy and technology careers, and international communities from every continent.

  • Central Asia

    Uzbekistan

    Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara: the most populous nation of the region, a fast-opening economy and families with members across the world.

  • Central Asia

    Kyrgyzstan

    Bishkek and Osh: entrepreneurs, universities and families whose sons and daughters work abroad.

  • Central Asia

    Tajikistan

    Dushanbe and Khujand: energy and infrastructure projects, and families who depend on work abroad.

  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan

    Ashgabat and the Caspian coast: energy, construction and international business.

  • Abroad

    Russia and the Eurasian region

    Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk: work permits, contracts and money home.

  • Abroad

    Türkiye and the Gulf

    Istanbul, Dubai and Riyadh: workers, students and entrepreneurs, with family a short flight away.

  • Abroad

    East Asia

    Seoul, Busan and the cities of Korea and Japan: employment programmes, contracts and long journeys home.

  • Abroad

    Europe and North America

    Berlin, Warsaw, London, New York and Chicago: students, professionals and families building new lives.

Wherever your family is, the line holds.

From the capitals of Central Asia to the cities where its people now live and work. Choose a city to see what membership means there.

Central Asia

The people of Central Asia abroad

Your membership in this city

For the people of Central Asia living here

  • Astana

    The capital of Kazakhstan: embassies and international organisations, finance and public-sector careers, international schools for children.

  • Almaty

    The region’s largest city: technology, banking and trade careers, a first home and fares to Europe and Asia.

  • Tashkent

    A fast-growing capital: registration explained, banking across borders and a network of business councils.

  • Samarkand

    A city of universities, tourism and investment: housing, schools and recognition of diplomas.

  • Bishkek

    Entrepreneurs, students and international projects: banking, health cover and travel across the region.

  • Dushanbe

    Energy and infrastructure professionals, and families with members abroad: money home on fair terms.

  • Ashgabat

    Energy and construction professionals: documents, health cover and travel connections.

  • Moscow

    For workers and students in Russia: legal work permits, contracts, money home and fares for the holidays.

  • Istanbul

    For students and entrepreneurs in Türkiye: residence, banking and a community close to home.

  • Seoul

    For workers and students in Korea: employment contracts explained, health cover and the long flight home.

  • Dubai

    For professionals and workers in the Gulf: banking across borders and health cover for families.

  • Berlin

    For students and professionals in Europe: recognised diplomas, residence and family across two worlds.

  • New York

    For the people of Central Asia in the United States: documents, healthcare and a community a long way from home.

In every city of the network, hometown, alumni, business and cultural associations join free and keep their name and independence. For community leaders

The people of Central Asia abroad are members of this house wherever they live, and every other house of the family recognises their card. Become a member

We answer in your language.

Central Asia speaks many languages. This house is published in seven of them, and members who serve as interpreters help us answer in many more.

No community should have to pass the hat alone.

Long before there were websites, there were hometown associations, alumni networks, business councils, mosques and churches. They found work for the newly arrived, settled disputes and made sure no one was buried without ceremony. Together and Stronger Central Asia exists to make them stronger, never to replace them.

Join free
Your association joins at no cost and keeps its name, its leadership and its independence.
Benefits for your members
Every one of your members can hold the card and use the programmes we negotiate.
A seat in the network
A place among the associations of the region, and a voice in what we negotiate.

Community leaders

Three ways in. One card.

Membership is free — one membership per adult, with children under 18 included on a parent’s membership.

Your digital card lives on your phone, and every house of the family recognises it.

  • Individual

    For one adult.

    • Your own digital member card
    • All twelve areas of benefit
    • Recognised by every house

  • Household

    For families

    For the adults of one household, with every child under 18 included.

    • A card for each adult in the home
    • Children under 18 on a parent’s membership
    • Registered once, together when you move
    • Family, education and elder-care programmes across borders

  • Association

    For associations

    For hometown and alumni associations, student unions, business councils, cultural and faith communities and professional bodies.

    • Joins free; keeps its name and independence
    • Benefits for every one of its members
    • A seat in the network and the Mutual Aid Compact

Become a memberTwenty-one reasons to join.

Free to everyone. No card needed.

Some help should never depend on membership. These four services are open to anyone, whichever direction your journey runs.

Together, we will always be stronger.

  1. Together, we will always be stronger.

    A household negotiating alone is easy to overlook. A community negotiating together is not.

  2. We build stronger communities.

    The student, the grandparent and the business owner want different things; in one organisation, each of them gets it.

  3. Distance does not break a family.

    Distance wears a family down slowly. We are here so that the thread never snaps.

  4. No one is left to strangers.

    When a member falls ill, loses work or dies far from home, the community stands with the family.

  5. Excellence is a form of respect.

    We are careful, punctual and courteous with every person we serve.

Join us, or serve with us.

Become a member

Membership is free — one membership per adult, with children under 18 included on a parent’s membership.

Become a member

Serve your community

Members who wish to give their time serve as community ambassadors, interpreters, guide writers, mentors and welcome volunteers in the cities where they live.

Serve your community

Questions, answered plainly.

Who is Together and Stronger Central Asia?

The house of the Together and Stronger family for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: for everyone who has come to build a life here, and for the people of Central Asia living abroad.

Who can join?

Anyone who has made a life in Central Asia from another country, together with their family, and anyone from Central Asia living, working or studying abroad.

Is there a fee?

No. Membership is free — one membership per adult, with children under 18 included on a parent’s membership. Associations also join free.

Will you ask about my status?

Never. We do not collect information about immigration or residence status, on the membership form or on the card, and we never sell personal information.

Is this insurance?

No. Membership is not insurance. Insurance and repatriation programmes are offered through licensed providers, and the Mutual Aid Compact is a commitment between associations that creates no right to payment.

I lead an association. How do we join?

Associations join free and keep their name and independence. Register on the page for community leaders and your association takes its seat in the network and the Mutual Aid Compact.

What does the member card do?

The card is your membership. It lives on your phone, opens every programme in the twelve areas of benefit, and every house of the family recognises it, so it moves with you.

How is this site related to the other Together and Stronger sites?

Together and Stronger is one family: the parent organisation, eleven regional houses, Together and Stronger Member Services, which negotiates the benefits, and the Together and Stronger Foundation, which gives free first help. One card is recognised everywhere.

Do you give legal, immigration or tax advice?

No. Our guides are general information. When you need advice, we refer you to qualified professionals and to the public authority that decides the matter.

Can I speak to someone?

Yes. Press “Talk to us” at the foot of any page to speak with our voice assistant, write to contact@tascentralasia.org, or request a call back.

One card, recognised by every house.

The family has eleven regional houses: the Americas, Latin America, Canada, Europe, Africa, West Asia, Central Asia, India, China, East Asia and Oceania, with Together and Stronger World as the gateway to all of them.

Together and Stronger

Houses

Become a member.

Membership is free — one membership per adult, with children under 18 included on a parent’s membership.