International Students

Our Hosts

All Diablo Valley Homestay hosts have gone through a screening process before being accepted in to our homestay registry, and all our hosts have expressed a strong interest in sharing American culture with an international student.  We encourage you to be open to experiencing our country’s diversity and learning more about it from your host. Our homestay registry reflects the great diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area, and therefore, your host may be a single adult without children, a single parent with children, a couple with or without children, or a retired person/couple. The host may be European, Asian, African, Hispanic, or mixed ancestry, and may or may not practice a religion. There may also be a pet in the home, as most American families have pets.

Homestay Application Process

To apply for a homestay placement, please download the appropriate Homestay Application for the school you will attend when you first arrive in the United States. Make sure to answer EVERY question on the application.

Important: Submitting an incomplete application will result in a delay with processing your application.

The Homestay Application must be submitted, along with the required homestay placement fee. Payment information is included on the last page of the application. Your placement in a homestay will be secured when all the required items have been received.

For more information about short term housing for visiting interns or working professionals, please email us or contact us at (925) 876-0080.