Airport Pickup & Temporary Housing

Last year, 343 international students signed up for airport pickup and temporary housing. Sign up today!

When I came to a unfamiliar country to go start my life in a totally different culture, my hosts, John and Cyndi, helped me to make the first step and made me feel like home. Airport pick-up and temporary housing are definitely helpful to me, but they gave me more than that, which let me have a strong faith in my future student life in America. They are really nice people!

Guanlong

Jennifer picked me up at the airport, and when I moved in to my new apartment, she helped me to move the mattress by a van. It helped me a lot. And now we are actually good friends since we can meet in IFI Bible Discussion and English Conversation Club. Thanks to IFI! Your work in helping the new international students is very impressive and kind. Thanks!

Sunita

Thank you for giving us the chance to enjoy the holiday with an American family. Jay picked us up and took us to his house. We had some delicious food and had a chat with each other. We will participate in this event again. We felt very good because we celebrated the holiday with a family who gave us a lot of love. It was really a great experience. Thank you!

Yaji

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

Each of our host families submits a background check, provides 3 character references in addition to completing a 2-hour training session to teach them about common cross-cultural and communication differences, dietary restrictions, and how to show hospitality, respect and love to international students.

We collect feedback from every student so that we know how they are treated while in the care of our volunteers.

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

Airport Pickup & Temporary Housing Sign-up Form

In order to help us assist you, please fill out this form as much as you possibly can, and please submit this form at least 2 weeks prior to your arrival date. It is very difficult to accommodate requests without at least 14 days advance notice.

Also, please complete this form once only. Filling out multiple forms creates confusion and wastes time. Normally, IFI will contact you within the next day verifying that we have received your request. If you have a problem with the form or are unsure that we have received it, please email us by clicking here.

This information is used to identify you in our database - DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS or the form will not submit.

Family Name

Family name, last name, surname - the name used by your family.

English Name

If you have one

First Name

First name, given name, what people call you.

Year of Birth

Personal Email Address

Campus Email Address

This is the email provided to you by your school/university - if you do not know this, please provide us with another email address.

Other Ways to Stay in Touch

Favorite Chatting App

WeChat ID

WhatsApp Number

Facebook Messenger Username

General Information

Campus

Birth Sex

Marital Status

Home Country

Other Country

Semester Studies Begin/Began

Please use this format: mm/dd/yyyy

Anticipated date of graduation/completion of studies

Please use this format: mm/dd/yyyy

Academic Department

Degree Program

Service Requested

Which service(s) do you need?

Airport PickupTemporary Housing

Please indicate how many nights of temporary housing you need below. Our host families provide 1 to 4 nights of temporary housing completely free of charge. Please make every necessary arrangements so that you do not exceed the amount of time you select below in the host's home. Under no circumstance should you stay in the host's home longer than 4 nights.

How many nights of housing do you need?

Four nights is the maximum.

Do you have permanent housing arranged already?

If yes, what is the address?

Travel Information (kindly submit this form 2 weeks in advance of your arrival date)

Arrival Date

August 3, 2022 = 08/03/2022

Flight #

If this situation does not apply to you, please enter "NONE"

Arrival Time

Please enter the flight's scheduled time of arrival-don't estimate. Please use standard time (Example - 20:00 should be written as "8:00 PM") Do not use a leading zero (Example - 5:02 AM is correct - 05:02 AM is not correct). This will create an error that will not allow the form to be submitted.

Airline

If this situation does not apply to you, please enter "NONE"

City of Departure (prior to Columbus)

If this situation does not apply to you, please enter "NONE"

Names of friends or family members traveling with you (if any). Please also list their relationship to you and gender.

Please let us know if you will be arriving with any friends or family members (all students will need to complete this form)

If you are traveling in groups of 4 or more people, it is advisable to split into groups of 2 or 3. It will be difficult to find host families who can accommodate groups larger than 2 or 3 people.

Airport Pickup Details

If you ONLY want Airport Pickup...

Where shall we take you from the airport? (address please)

Please provide the address of your hotel, dorm or apartment where you will stay your first night. If you do not yet know this address, you do not need to edit this field, but PLEASE let us know as soon as you find out. Do not provide the address of the airport, the union, or other campus department, which will cause confusion for you and your driver when you arrive.

Temporary Housing Details

If you ONLY want Temporary Housing...

Who will pick you up? Please give us their name and how to contact them (email or phone number) so we can tell them where to take you.

Name

Phone Number

Referral Info

Did someone you know refer you to IFI for help? Please tell us who so we can thank the family member or friend who referred you to IFI for airport pickup and temporary housing.

Did someone refer you to our service?

Please tell us the name of the person who referred you?

Please do not complete this form a second time -- check your email after submitting this form.

Contact Information