TRAVEL ITINERARY

We will be arriving in Guatemala City on Friday evening April 6. We are not sure when they will bring Nora to our hotel. Our appointment with the US Embassy is at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11. We will be arriving in Dallas at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13.

GLORIOUS NEWS!

We received our pink slip on Friday from the US Embassy. Our appointment is on April 11 at 7:15 a.m.. Nora's visa picture will be taken and her visa can be picked up the following day. We anticipate Nora coming home on Friday, April 13. This will be the day Nora will become a US citizen.

UPDATE!

Praise God!
We found out today that the Guatemalan government has completed Nora's passport and it has been sent on to the US Embassy. WOW, it is amazing how things have changed in 24 hours!

Now we are waiting for the pink slip (visa appointment date at the US Embassy).

ANOTHER SETBACK!

We found out today that Nora's Guatemalan passport (which has been taking one day) is taking a week or longer. Our attorney will not be submitting our request for Nora's US visa until she has a Guatemalan passport. Our submission will be at least one week away and then depending on how many days the US Embassy is closed it may take a while to get everything submitted. After that we will be given a date to pick up Nora's US visa.

UPDATE!

We found out today that Nora's birth certificate has been completed by the Guatemalan government which means Nora is officially our daughter. The birth certificate still has to be translated and a Guatemalan passport prepared then sent to the US Embassy. This should take approximately two days. The US Embassy will then need a few more days to to issue a visa appointment. Once this process is completed, the US Embassy will then issue a "pink slip" which identifies an appointment date and time for Pam and I to be at the US Embassy in Guatemala to get Nora's visa and other official documents so that we can bring her to the United States. We have no idea when all of this will happen because the US Embassy will be closed several days over the next month for President Bush's visit, an international adoption conference in Guatemala City, retraining and then for the Easter holiday period.