Embassy Pre-Approval

Another photo from our last visit.

Now, an update!

I was procrastinating on my computer this morning and I hear the 'ting' of incoming mail.

Here is what arrived!

"A pre-approval was issued for the above-listed adoption case.

You may pick up this pre-approval at Window #10 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."

OK, now we start to get excited...

2 weeks until visit #2

We've just made our reservations to visit Julian and Guatemala again. On the 6th- Jon's birthday we take off for Guatemala City, then spend 2 nights at a resort near Tikal. Jon is excited about the spider monkeys that live around the hotel. Let's see how excited he is when they keep us up all night!

We'll then get 5 days and nights with Julian at our hotel in Guatemala city. Our facilitators will provide us with most of the supplies we need, and hopefully we'll also get a little bit more time with Julian's foster mother. We left her with 2 disposable cameras in October and our fingers are crossed that we'll arrive to a bunch of very sweet pictures. She dressed Julian and his crib mate Juan Antonio as pumpkins for Halloween. Hope there's a snap in there of that!