Round 2 of Authentication and CIS Letter
We received our dossier back from the State of Texas today and I am going to send it to the Guatemalan consulate along with my birth certificate tonight. After much discussion with the consulate in Houston and DC. they both agree that Houston should authenticate my birth certificate. Our documents were all authenticated and there was no freakish error, no one blew their nose on them making some key point illegible, a sea gull did not swoop them off the back of the Fed-Ex truck....In other words, something went as planned. WOO HOO! YES YES YES! A victory in the bureaucratic blizzard.
Yesterday I sent in a written inquiry to CIS regarding the status of our case. There is no human being who answers the phone there, only automoton phone tree synthesized, disembodied creepy lady. She advised me to submit a request in writing to find out the status of my case. Short of showing up at Junior's house, he has a very common name so finding his home in not really an option (that is joke), this seems like the only option. So, I wrote my letter listing everything including all dates and actions taken, phone conversations, messages left, etc. As I wrote it, it became clear that this should have been done by now and something is most likely amiss.
A good friend has a close family member who works for CIS, so I decided to call to see who I need to talk to in order for this issue to escalate. He was sympathetic and gave me the number of a human being other than Junior. Monday I will follow up with her. Meanwhile, I will "just wait" as my central CIS friend advised.
This weekend we are looking forward to celebrating the recent betrothal of some freinds with good food and company. We also had fun celebrating St. Patty's with some friends today, so it is not all bureacratic warrior work. LIfe is good and we are so thrilled Alexander is being so well cared for! What a blessing.
Well, I am off to write a cover letter for round 2 of authentication. Thanks for reading and luck of the Irish to you!
Yesterday I sent in a written inquiry to CIS regarding the status of our case. There is no human being who answers the phone there, only automoton phone tree synthesized, disembodied creepy lady. She advised me to submit a request in writing to find out the status of my case. Short of showing up at Junior's house, he has a very common name so finding his home in not really an option (that is joke), this seems like the only option. So, I wrote my letter listing everything including all dates and actions taken, phone conversations, messages left, etc. As I wrote it, it became clear that this should have been done by now and something is most likely amiss.
A good friend has a close family member who works for CIS, so I decided to call to see who I need to talk to in order for this issue to escalate. He was sympathetic and gave me the number of a human being other than Junior. Monday I will follow up with her. Meanwhile, I will "just wait" as my central CIS friend advised.
This weekend we are looking forward to celebrating the recent betrothal of some freinds with good food and company. We also had fun celebrating St. Patty's with some friends today, so it is not all bureacratic warrior work. LIfe is good and we are so thrilled Alexander is being so well cared for! What a blessing.
Well, I am off to write a cover letter for round 2 of authentication. Thanks for reading and luck of the Irish to you!
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