Effective today, the US Embassy will no longer be issuing visas on the same day as your interview. They will instead be issued the next afternoon. This means that families will have to spend an extra day in Guatemala during their "gotcha"trip. We have no knowledge of a reason for the change but can only assume that the Embassy had reason to need the extra time.
UPDATE: The announcement is available on http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/notices/notices_2504.html
Posted by Kevin at July 11, 2005 06:44 PM