Wow I think this is good news, I don't mean to be sarcastic, but somewhere in this adoption is something going to be streamlined???!!

I hope this aleviates a lot of stress for parents!

WOW-is this a trick? It seems like this actually makes sense! Donna

This sounds like a good idea except.... they never sent us our letter until three days after the appointment was missed. It took a month to get our new appt. The first date was not known by us, agency, lawyer or local facilitator. We were told by our agency to send a letter asking why no date yet with 2nd DNA completed, and that is how we found out. We met a few others down there that were rescheduled that week for the same problem. I hope by now they have an assigned person to do this task so it is not over looked!! Waiting is aweful...knowing they should already be home is worse. I also hope nobody decides to change their email address during the process.

I think this is great news. I'm glad we will have information sent directly to us rather than depend on an agency or facilitator for information.

what happens if you change your email??

what happens if you change your email??

what happens if you change your email??

what happens if you've changed your email?

Contacting the petitioner - the prospective adoptive parent - is a great idea. It is one step towards moving the process out of the lawyer's hands. This is good - my lawyer did not know about our Embassy appointment until I told them! If we depended upon the lawyer and agency, we would have missed our appointment.

Do I want to cut the lawyers out? No - I want transparency and the truth. Both were missing a little bit during our adoption.

This means more work for the parents - but that's okay. I have learned not to depend too much on the agency during the process.

For those of you worried about changing your email....DONT CHANGE IT!! This sounds like good news to me. I know of a few who missed their appt due to the lawyer not picking up the slip, then they had to reschedule! This justs cuts out the middleman.....

I think the moral is don't change your email...or change it back if you did. I also think this sounds like a good idea. No more parents wanting for someone to pick up pink. I know there are a few problems with PA emails going astray but this seems to make sense.

This sounds like good news as long as they actually follow-up e-mails that are not delivered. We NEVER got our PA e-mail because they left a letter out of our e-mail address. Our agency figured out what happened about a week later.

Lo

Way to go, US Embassy! I think this is great news! Of course, now I will be refreshing my email many, many times like we did when waiting for PA - but I think it's a step in the right direction. :)

This does sound great, but the embassy screwed up our e-mail for PA and we never received it. Thank goodness our agency and attorney received a copy of the PA. So, this worries me a little!

IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR THIS *E-PINK* MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER.DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HAVE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT SET UP IT COULD END UP IN THERE AND DELAY YOU FURTHER.

will the attorney and agencies also receive a copy?

It sounds like a good idea. Maybe the embassy could copy your attorney and agency to help make sure the message is received? Dare to dream.

Jenn_in_PA

I wonder if it will come from the same DONOTREPLY address that our preapproval came from. I was very close to deleting it as spam! I will be checking my email very closely from now on!

I think this is all well and good - EXCEPT FOR the fact that DHS is still telling folks to call or send e-mail.

I am waiting on Pink and have had to re-send info because there appears to be a 10 lag in information between DHS and USE.

So my advice - start your I-171H and fingerprint updates early, don't change your email, make sure they have spelled your name correct, especailly if it is unique or common. My last name was mispelled - its not unique but its like the difference between "Smythe" and "Smith" or better yet "Brown" and "Browne"

Sorry to be so sarcastic - but then go ahead sit down with a big tub of your favorite ice cream and pickles in front of your computer/email - since all of us are having anxiety attacks over all the other changes and issues ... and wait.

I agree that it would be great to have the agency and Lawyer receive a CC to this email to parents.

The PA email went directly into my spam folder and I noticed it by accident, but very easily could have missed it. I too almost deleted it with the DONOTREPLY address that seemed far from an official govt. address!

And my agency never received the email. It seems that if it is mailed to all three of us, that chances of one of the three of us receiving it and telling the others will be greater. There is much that can happen with security programs on parents' computers that could cause them to miss this important email. Need so back-up checks in this new system!

Lizzie

Hey Group, I have an idea for the spam,
does anyone know what email address it will be coming from. If do, have the waitings parents add into your address book. If ever make it to Pink, I will do that.
But I would need the address, so if someone can post which the Us Embassy address where the email is coming from, that would be great

We also never received an email and missed our appointment. Our agency and the orphanage director also did not receive notice, but only learned of it while at the embassy for another family's business. If they will truly be efficient and timely about contacting adoptive parents, this could be a great change. I was able to schedule a new appointment quickly by phone, though I was told by the representative that it couldn't be done. I truly appreciated not having to wait for email communications, as it had not proven reliable in reverse. Our
I-171H was due to expire November 18 and our free extension had not been received, all cutting it entirely too close. On another note, at our embassy appointment last week, we appreciated the kindness of embassy staff in speaking to our new eleven year old daughter in Spanish.

And did I mention that on the phone with the embassy personel, begging them to reschedule the appointment over the phone, I was asked for my email address? Huh? They should certainly have had it already in their system, since we're required to give it to them. I'm quite sceptical this will work. I prefer hard copy in Guatemala for technical reasons.

Has anyone received e-mail from US Embassy for visa appointment yet?

Just curious. We waited for pink slip for a month before they switched to new system. Now we don't know where we stand. We have not received any e-mail.

Thanks,
JPaul

My husband and I have been working on our adoption since January of 2006. We are finally expecting our "pink-slip" via email today. When we receive it, we'll post the info online so that others will know what to expect.

Okay, we got our e-mail pink slip, and it is from the following email address: AdoptGuatemala@state.gov. In the memo line was the following: USEmbassy Guatemala Appointment - Turner, Edwin.

There was a PDF attached with 2 pages. The first stated our names, the case number, the child's name and the appointment date and time. Hope this helps everyone in the process!