I mentally have prepared myself that this is quite a long process.....yet now that we are actually connected with our little boy I think this is going to be sooooo hard. I thought I'd fill you in on a general process that takes place. It seems all greek to me, but at least we can follow steps!!!
1. paperwork goes to Minister of Foreign Affairs and also sent to a laweyer with the child's social history.
2. Dossier (our paperwork) is given to IBESR (takes 4-6 months)
3. Once approved it goes to Parquet and sounds like a bunch of legalizing (1-2 months)
4. Attestation of the signatures-----more legalizing (couple weeks)
5. Legalization of the Minister of Justice Dept. (couple weeks)
6. Legalization of Foreign Affairs
7. application of his passport (6-8 weeks)
8. all is reviewed
9. Apply for a visa (week)
10. get air line tickets to pick him up!!!
So, as you can see it's quite a process. I know many of you have asked about why it takes so long. I'm praying the process continues to work out details so they can cut times down, so for now we will pray for his arrival as soon as possible, and that none of our paper work has glitches in it.
Our little boy is currently in an orphanage called "God's Littlest Angels", or GLA. They seem to do a fabulous job with the kids. We have followed other peoples adoptions and they seem to get great updates and pictures, so I'm excited to keep hearing more about him. Paul actually was able to see GLA on one of his trips to Haiti. He said it was a huge place and very well done. Of course there are tons of kids around so there is lots of chaos, but that goes with the territory.
Below is a link to their web sight, so you can check out some pictures of the place.
http://www.glahaiti.org/adoption_news
Well, thanks for all the encouragement. Hopefully you hear from us soon as we pick out a name yet!!!
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