|
We adopted from both Kaz (2006) and Guatemala (2007).
The processes are very different, actually opposite of each other.
In Guatemala you get a referral and then wait for all the in-country paperowrk to go through. Our son was 3 days old when we was referred and he came home at 9 months.
In Kaz most of the in country paperwork is being done before an invitation to travel is issued a you meet a child. Referrals are not legal, but they are done off the books, and are lost far more often than Guatemala. We did not have a referral, we travelled blind. You arrive in Kaz and meet a child who has been on the registry for at least 6 months, then with 2 weeks of visits, 2 or 3 weeks wait for court, 2 weeks of appeal period and 1 week of final paperwork and you come home. So it's 8 weeks of time after you meet the child. That 8 weeks is pretty consistent and does not swing by months like the Guatemala cases do. Our son was 10 months when we met him, and 11, almost 12 months when we came home.
__________________
KAZ
June 2005: Started paperwork gathering
August 2005: Picked an agency
September 2005: Got 171H
October 2005: Dossier submitted to agency
Dec 2005: Dossier submitted to agency again...with new requirements
January 2006: Dossier submitted to Embassy in DC
February 2006: Dossier in Kaz.
April 2006: Received LOI
May 2 2006: Travel to Astana
June 27 2006: Home (total time 13 months)
GUATEMALA
July 2006: Signed with Agency and started paperwork
October 2007: Got 171H
November 2006: Completed Dossier, Received referral
December 2006: Dossier to Guatemala after re-doing all the certifications and authentications
February 2007: Completed DNA, Family Court
March 2007: Visit
May 2007: Exited PGN
June 2007: Pick Up trip (total time 12.5 months)
|