Repatriation Assistance
We should be clear about what this is, because the name misleads people. This is not medical evacuation — that is a separate service. This is what happens after a death: the authorities, the documentation, the funeral home, the airline, and the long list of forms that has to be completed correctly before someone can be brought home.
How you get this
Members get this at member rates. Outside organisations and non-members can arrange it directly — just call for a price.
A death away from home is disorienting in the best of circumstances. In another country, in another language, and inside an administrative system you have never encountered, it becomes genuinely overwhelming — and it lands on people who are grieving, often while their own family is thousands of miles away and asking questions they cannot answer.
We can help with that. Through contacts who specialize in repatriation to the United States and Canada, we coordinate what has to happen and in what order — the paperwork, the consular requirements, the funeral home, and the flight. You are not left searching the internet for answers during the worst week of your life.
There is no graceful way to advertise this, so we will not try. It is simply something we can take off your hands if the day ever comes. And if it is happening right now, call us. Arturo answers his own phone.
What this includes
- Repatriation to the United States and Canada
- Coordination with consular authorities
- Documentation and required forms
- Funeral home arrangements
- Airline coordination
- Support for family who are not here
- This is not medical evacuation — see Air Medical Evacuation