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length of stay in Panama
Cheryl,
Have you heard from the Commonwealth family who recently received their daughter? Are they still in Panama? If so, I wonder how long they'll be required to stay?
Beaner,
Since we (my husband and I) are adopting independently rather than through Commonwealth, we have been told (no guarantees, of course) that we should plan to make two trips. The first to meet the children, have our psychological evals done, and any preliminary court stuff (1-2 weeks). Then the second trip to finalize the adoption (1-2 weeks). So in all, 4 weeks, but at separate times. My husband can spare 2 weeks away from work at a time, but 4 weeks would have been a stretch.
If it turns out they want us to stay for the full month to monitor us with the kids, like most countries, they would probably allow me to stay there and let my husband return to the U.S. until the final court hearing.
At least this is what we (and our attorney) are hoping!
Rebecca
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