Airport Pickup & Temporary Housing

We provide airport pickups and temporary accommodation (maximum 4 days) to incoming international students on an as needed basis. We can only accommodate so many requests, so please work to find multiple solutions in case we don’t have the capacity to make a match for everyone. If the link below is closed, then we are already at full capacity and no longer have any spaces. If you have an urgent or specialized need, please contact us at

If there is temporary accommodation you need that is NOT related to arriving in the US for the first time, you can click the button below to request temporary accommodation with one of our host families.

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