Hi all! We got the best news yesterday. PGN has let us in as of 3/14/08! It takes around 4-12 weeks to be let out of PGN and move on to the next step.
PGN is similar to our Attorney General's office. Now that we are in PGN, our case will be assigned to a staff attorney who is responsible for reviewing the file. He/She will determine if everything we had to do to complete our adoption has been done up until this point. This is where they check to see if we "dotted our I's and crossed our T's" and if we didn't, we could get a kick-out...but don't worry, if that happens, it's something that can get fixed. They will be checking to make sure that all the seals that were required for the paperwork have been done and that any stamps required from Family Court are included with/on the documents.
Well that's all for now.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Hey PGN, open those doors and let us in!
We got the best email today! We found out that we have received Pre-Approval (PA) from the United States Embassy! That means that we are one step closer to bringing Paula home...hoorah!
Pre-Approval is a big deal, because without it, you cannot enter PGN (otherwise known as Procuraduria General de la Nacion.) Now you know why everyone calls it PGN! PA happens after a CIS officer reviews all of our paperwork that our attorney has submitted and decides that everything is in order. For this to happen, the baby and birth mother have to have their DNA taken (a painless procedure from what we are told) and it has to be sent to the US Embassy in Guatemala. From the day the DNA results are received at the embassy, our "countdown" to PA (also known as "Birth Mother's Consent before the U.S. Embassy" or Pre-Approval) begins! It took us 37 days to get PA--the average used to be 60 days, but we noticed it has been getting to be a short wait (thank goodness!)
We also found out last Friday (March 7th) that we are officially out of Family Court as of March 6th! With both of these done, hopefully we should be in PGN soon!
Well that's all the news for now. Keep us and Paula in your prayers and hope the rest of our process goes smoothly!
Pre-Approval is a big deal, because without it, you cannot enter PGN (otherwise known as Procuraduria General de la Nacion.) Now you know why everyone calls it PGN! PA happens after a CIS officer reviews all of our paperwork that our attorney has submitted and decides that everything is in order. For this to happen, the baby and birth mother have to have their DNA taken (a painless procedure from what we are told) and it has to be sent to the US Embassy in Guatemala. From the day the DNA results are received at the embassy, our "countdown" to PA (also known as "Birth Mother's Consent before the U.S. Embassy" or Pre-Approval) begins! It took us 37 days to get PA--the average used to be 60 days, but we noticed it has been getting to be a short wait (thank goodness!)
We also found out last Friday (March 7th) that we are officially out of Family Court as of March 6th! With both of these done, hopefully we should be in PGN soon!
Well that's all the news for now. Keep us and Paula in your prayers and hope the rest of our process goes smoothly!
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