OMG! I did not realize that it was possible for the Embassy to hold things up that much. I thought that is why we all get pre-approval, I-600a's and DNA testing. That is a horror and a shame that they can't get answers. I applaude their courage in sharing their story!

Congratulations! It warms my heart to see those with LONG journeys bring their children home. Maybe, more so, because we are one of those LONG cases. We, too, will celebrate our child's first birthday in Guatemala in just a couple weeks. It breaks my heart...she is growing up w/o us. Are the children ever the priority?

Kevin,
Thank you for sharing such a heart-felt story. I've heard about the dreaded US Embassy kick-out and was told by my agency that it CAN happen. What is the motivation in your opinion?
Kathleen

Does anyone know anything about the JCIS meeting in Guatemala that was referred to in this article? What aspects of the adoption process will they/can they look into? Are they adoption friendly? Does anyone think this will make a difference in any part of the process?

Perhaps the seeds of an explanation for what is happening in this particular case can be found here (I see enough similarity - Guate attorney threatened to sue PGN, Guate lawyer banned by embassy - to think this might be so):

http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/000486.html#comments

Perhaps it was not just a "minor inconvenience" after all . . . .

Hi..thanks for the story..
my husband and I have only been in the PGN for 3wks now .but we have had dissapponts too.We went to see our daughter in August for the first time and was told she would be home my Thanksgiving..no luck delays again..
Then we where told maybe Christmas no now we are going to visit for a 2nd time for thanksgiving and we hope to bring her home by January 2007.Our angency is great and so is the attorneys we have in Guatemala but everyone is at the mercy of the embassy right now..

Keep me inform..

thanks alot

Guatemama from Fla

Thanks for telling your story. We ourselves have been turned away from the Embassy two times for Pink. This last time they claimed that my fingerprints were not up to date on our I-171H, which is not true. My husband and I have the same expiration date printed on the same line of the form, which we confirmed with our local DHS office this week. I also don't understand why after pre-approval and the whole process is complete in the Gutemala courts, why the US Embassy is holding us up from bring our children home.

Its too bad that Dole's office was unable (or unwilling) to help with the US Embassy.
I know when our case was held up by the Embassy, we got our pink within 2 days of contacting our representative. All it took was an email from his office, and the Embassy responded with our pink the next day. The day after that, our congressman's office called us to make sure we had received word of our Embassy appointment and to congratulate us. We'll never know what the original holdup was, but are so thankful our congressman's office was sympathetic to our situation.
Shame on Dole for not doing more to help and communicate with her constituants, current and future.

I am so thankful they are bringing their child home. I am with the same agency and the same attorney. Is there anything to suggest the problems lie with either the agency or the attorney?