OKAY, HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED!!!

I GUESS WHEN MY CASE WENT UNDER INVESTIGATION I ENDED BACK IN PGN. SO AS OF YESTERDAY WE ARE OUT OF PGN. MY LAWYER REQUESTED A NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE TODAY. SO, THAT IS GREAT NEWS. ANY MOVEMENT IS GREAT NEWS TO ME. I AM TRYING NOT TO GET EXCITED BUT IT IS SO HARD NOT TO. I REALLY BELEIVE THAT MAYA WILL BE COMING HOME REALLY SOON. I HAVE A "VISIT" TRIP SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF JUNE SO I NOW I AM HOPING THAT IT WILL BE CHANGED TO A PICK UP TRIP.I AM JUST REALLY SCARED TO GET MY HOPES UP. I CAN'T HANDLE BEING LET DOWN AGAIN. I JUST WANT MY BABY GIRL HOME. MY AGENCY HAS CONFIRMED EVERYTHING. MY DIRECTOR EVEN TOLD ME TO GET EXCITED. PLEASE KEEP MY SITUATION AND MAYA IN YOUR PRAYERS. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS I GET NEWS.

FINAL STAGES OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS

Here’s the information about the stages that follow PGN approval.

Final Decree.

On PGN’s approval, your Notary in charge has to issue the Final Decree.
The Final Decree has to be signed by the Birth Mother or the minor’s Representative, the Mandatory and the Notary in charge of the process.

Civil Registry.

After the Final Decree is signed, the Notary in charge has to put a file together to send to the Civil Registry where your child’s birth is registered.

Civil Registry will issue a new Birth Certificate in which will appear the name of your child and your last name.

US Embassy

The new Birth Certificate, along with the Final Decree, PGN resolution and POA have to be translated by a sworn translator and submitted to US Embassy from Monday to Thursday between 9:00am to 9:30am.

US Embassy will issue pink slip in 48 hours.

Passport

In order to pick up Pink Slip, your Notary has to put together a file for Immigration in Guatemala in order to get the passport.

Your Mandatory can get passport in 30 minutes.

Pink slip and Visa Appointment.

48 hours after the submission of documents to the USE, Pink Slip can be picked up passport in hand.

That same day you will be notified of your visa appointment.

Visa Appointment.

The attorney in charge of the case will let you know when your visa appointment will take place, so you can make arrangements to be in Guatemala.

Before attending the Visa Appointment the child needs to be taken to a medical appointment with the US Embassy’s doctor. The clinic is called “Centro Clinico Pediatrico” and the doctors are Dr. Hagen and Dr. Bung.