Known to us in the Guatemalan Adoption Community as PA. It is issed by the US Embassy, and it essentially states they have reviewed our case and as long as PGN approves us then Liliana will be issued a visa into the US. This is exciting because PGN will not approve our case without it. We are still in Family Court, as far as I know, and should be getting out soon. From there, with our PA, we can now go directly into PGN. So everyone please pray that we get out of FC and PGN soon, so that Liliana can be home for the New Year.
And on an even MORE exciting note, we leave for Guatemala on Thursday morning. Our flight takes off at 6am (YUCK) but Liliana will be in our arms by Thursday afternoon. I will try to pry my hands off of both my kiddos long enough to post some pictures and (if you're really good) a video or two. Love to all, Tina
I realized after reading all of this that I should post the process so y'all can see what we have done and what we still need to do. So here it goes...
Accept Referral: July 3rd
Sumbit Dossier: August 22nd
DNA Results: August 3rd
Pre-Approval: Sept. 25th
Family Court: Entered the Week of Sept. 3rd (Time in FC can Vary)
PGN: Not Done (Average time right now is 8 weeks if you do not get Kicked out)
Birth Certificate with Our Names on it: Not Done (Can take up to 3 weeks)
Passport: Not Done (Takes 1 day)
Submitted to Embassy for her Visa: Not Done
Second DNA: Not Done (takes about 2 weeks)
Pink: Not Done (this is issued after 2nd DNA is received)
Bring our baby girl HOME
I'll be posting this in the sidebar so that as we enter the next steps you can follow along.
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7 comments:
Congrats Tina, Greg and Toby !!!And of course Little Miss Liliana !!!! Have a super duper wonderful safe trip and I cannot wait to hear ans see all about it !!!
I just wanted to say Congrats on your PA. We too are in-process with a Guate Adoption - and we received PA last night at 5:51 PM!!!!
I have been reading your blog (I got the name from the Guatadopt website) and I don't think we live TOO awful far from each other. I live in Western New York near the PA border.
I'll be praying for you for a quick trip through FC and PGN too!!!
Yeah!!! I'm so excited for you!!! What a great time to get PA!!
Have a great trip & can't wait to see pics!!! Have Greg post them, so you don't have to take your hands off the babies!! :-)
Congrats! Another step down...hang in there...
Enjoy your trip to Guatemala to visit Liliana! You are old hats at it, but this time Toby gets to experience it.
CONGRATULATIONS on getting you PA!!! What a perfect treat right before your trip. Now you can go with peace of mind that another step has been completed. Have a great time and I can't wait to see some photos!
Amy (amylynn3 at adoption.com)
WOOOOO HOOOO, Tina!!! Congrats!!! PA and a visit trip...what a week it is for you!!! Have a safe flight, enjoy every second with your baby girl and we will be waiting "PATIENTLY" for some pics...hehehe!
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