From India to Guatemala

A chronicle of our international adoption journey

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Pre Approval!!!

Our case just officially hit the fast lane!! The Embassy appointment is the final step in the process. Our attorney told us she believes we will be bringing Alexander home in two months instead of six. We are booking Eddy's 48 hour tour for the 17th of this month. When it refers to adoptive parents not travelling prior to their pink slip, they are talking about the final trip to bring the baby home. Below is the notification I received from the US Embassy today:


Name of child / Nombre del menor: Alexander Lopez Laynez
A pre-approval was issued for the above-listed adoption case. You may pick up this
pre-approval at Window #8 at your earliest convenience. You must bring a copy of
this notification.
Reminder: Adopting parents should not travel to Guatemala prior to issuance of the pink slip
by the Consular Section, in order to avoid unnecessary expenses. Travel before pink slip
issuance will not be considered an emergency and final documents will be processed as
usual.
This office will not be giving priority to other cases over those who have complied with this
requirement.
The Consular Section has implemented an Appointment System for the Immigrant Visa.
Please do not travel until you have received your appointment date and time.
La pre-aprovación correspondiente al caso de adopción que esta mencionado arriba
fue emitida. Puede recoger esta pre-aprobación en la Ventanilla #8. Deberá presentar
una copia de esta notificación.
Recordatorio: Los Padres Adoptivos no deberán viajar a Guatemala antes de que la Sección
Consular expida la hoja rosada, para evitar gastos innecesarios. El hecho de viajar antes de
que se haya expedido la hoja rosada no se considerará una emergencia y los documentos
finales se tramitarán de manera regular.
Esta oficina no le dará prioridad a otros casos sobre los que sí hayan cumplido con este
requisito.
La Sección Consular ha implementado un Sistema de Citas para la Visa de Inmigrante. Por
favor, no viaje hasta que haya recibido la fecha y hora de su cita.
Sincerely, / Atentamente,
Adoptions Unit
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
American Embassy - Guatemala
Unit 3334
APO AA34024
Fax 011 (502) 2331-4342
A. SOLARES

1 Comments:

Blogger Rhonda said...

Two months!!! Holy moly. That is so cool! Get that room ready girl!

6:38 AM  

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