The arrival of COVID-19 in the spring 2020 semester caused a major upheaval to universities and colleges across the world, and it led to unique challenges for international students and the offices that serve them. These offices contended with ever-changing guidance on the virus issued by various governmental bodies and with evolving directions and restrictions that were issued by USCIS and the federal government regarding international students and scholars. At the same time, international students and scholars faced all the same challenges that American students and scholars did, but these were compounded by problems that were specific to their situations and concerns.