Airport Pickup & Temporary Housing

Are you arriving to study in the United State within two weeks? Sign up below to request Airport Pickup and/or Temporary housing.

These services are free, provided by Christians who support and volunteer with IFI.

If the form below is not working, please send an email the Volunteer Coordinator immediately at

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO REMEMBER:

We do not have the resources of a transportation business (buses, vans, etc.) to transport multiple students together. We coordinate volunteers who typically can only transport two (2) people per vehicle.

All “Required” Fields must contain the correct information so that we can properly communicate with you during your traveling process.

Temporary Housing Requests CANNOT exceed four (4) nights.

Airport Pickup & Temporary Housing Request

Which services do you need?(Required)

Airport Pickup / Greyhound Bus Pickup

Temporary Housing

Contact Information

Name(Required)

First name, given name, what people call you. Family name, last name, surname – the name used by your family.

English name, if you have one

Email Address (personal)(Required)

Campus E-mail Address

eg. @buckeyemail.osu.edu

Contact phone(Required)

United States mobile number, or international number with chatting app

About you

Favorite Chatting App(Required)

What is your Chatting App ID?(Required)

Country of Citizenship(Required)

Year of birth(Required)

Birth Gender

Marital Status

Degree Program

Temporary Housing

Number of Temporary Housing nights needed(Required)

Address of your permanent housing

This is where we will take you following your temporary housing visit

Who is transporting you to Columbus?(Required)

First Last

Contact information for the person transporting you to Columbus(Required)

Phone number and/or e-mail address

Travel Information

Arrival Date(Required)

Arrival Time(Required)

Enter your flight’s scheduled arrival time to Columbus. Use 12-hour time as with an analog clock. For example, 13:00 would be “1:00 PM”, or 00:00 would be “12:00 AM. (AM is morning. 00:00-11:59 = 12:00am-11:59am; PM is afternoon. 12:00-23:59 = 12:00pm-11:59pm)

Airline to Columbus(Required)

Make sure this is your final flight number to Columbus, not a layover flight

Flight Number to Columbus(Required)

Make sure this is your final flight number to Columbus, not a layover flight

Departure city prior to Columbus(Required)

Where is your final transit layover prior to Columbus?

What address are we taking you?(Required)

Let us know where to drop you off after picking you up from the airport

Names of Family Members Traveling with You

Please note that ONLY NON-STUDENT FAMILY MEMBERS should be listed here. ALL STUDENTS TRAVELERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN REQUEST FOR IFI SERVICES.

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