Family Forums
Parenting Forums
Pregnancy Forums
Adoption Forums
Fertility Forums






Members List Photos Events Local Adoption Support Search Arcade Reviews Membership Upgrade
Welcome to the Forums. Register
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You may have to register before you can post or search: click here to proceed. To start viewing messages, select a forum below that you would like to view or click View All of Todays Posts.
Forum Categories
User Name
Password

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-24-2004, 10:28 AM
SMS SMS is offline
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 641
Total Points: 4,088.00
Donate
Has anyone come through Atlanta when coming back with baby from Guatemala?

Has anyone ever come back from Guatemala through immigration in Atlanta with their baby? I will be flying Delta and that is their connection. With Madison I went through Miami.....Just wanted some feedback or suggestions...


Thanks

SMS

Susanne
Reply With Quote
Guatemala Adoption Information
Become an adoption forums premium member to enjoy these Membership Benefits:
  • Remove Advertising
  • Unlimited Arcade
  • Unlimited Attachments
  • Increased PM Storage
  • Calendar Posting
  • Larger Avatars
  • Personal Page
  • Just $19.95 / yr!

  #2  
Old 07-24-2004, 10:38 AM
Brie Brock's Avatar
Brie Brock Brie Brock is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 959
Total Points: 11,921.05
Donate
We just came back from a visit trip using Delta. (7/13/04) We flew on a tuesday morning got into Atlanta around 11:00am I think...NO LINES!!! We just zipped through customs and everything. Of course we did not have our little one this trip. And I have heard that sometimes the lines are long...but thats not what we experienced a couple of weeks ago.

Good Luck,

Brie
__________________
Mom 2 six
including 2 daughers from Guatemala
Home 10/04
HOME 9/06
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-24-2004, 11:20 AM
Gabby's Mom Gabby's Mom is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 297
Total Points: 917.00
Donate
We flew through Atlanta and had 90 minutes to get through immigration and connect with our next flight to get to Cincinnati. Our plane was actually early!! THere were no lines and immigration took 15 minutes. We even had time for lunch! We sat near the front of the airplane, and were first in line. There were about 8-10 other families. Everyone made their connection.

Good luck,
Maria
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-24-2004, 11:23 AM
ejatt's Avatar
ejatt ejatt is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 46
Total Points: 505.00
Donate
I went through Atlanta immigrations in June with my son without a hitch.


Melissa
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 07-24-2004, 11:39 AM
kagmbg98 kagmbg98 is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 222
Total Points: 7,033.03
Donate
We came home on Tuesday April 27. WE had no problems however, my husband RAN through the airport with all our luggage and baby (and me). We too only had 90 minutes but we were the 2nd in line at customs.

Customs didnt' seem like they were in too much of a hurry although there were about 10 people working there. We went very fast but I would have been concerned if we were later in the line.

Our thoughts were "at least if we miss our plan we are in the US".

Kim
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 07-24-2004, 02:33 PM
Kate'sMom2B's Avatar
Kate'sMom2B Kate'sMom2B is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,097
Total Points: 13,965.12
Donate
We just came back through Atlanta on Delta (my 3 previous trips were thru Houston).

Anyway, we had exactly 2 hours and we were worried we wouldn't make it. There were lines (we went through on a Sat) but they went fast. I think it took about 25 minutes total. You go through the line then they direct you to another room where you place the sealed envelope and baby's passport in a slat. You wait for your turn and the officer calls you up and talks for about a minute (regarding the type of visa she came in on), gave us a paper for reference and sent us on our way. We even had time to stop for lunch (granted we wolfed it down in about 10 minutes flat...got so sick of the airplane food and we were ravenous).

Good luck Susanne!
__________________
Dian, Mom of 2 bios,
2 Russian-born,
& Brielle (a 7/04 Guatemala)
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 07-24-2004, 02:41 PM
KMSM1's Avatar
KMSM1 KMSM1 is offline
Mom to Carter and Gavin
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 147
Total Points: 1,639.42
Donate
We came home to Atlanta on May 7th (a Friday) and were through customs and immigration in less than an hour. Everyone was really nice and there were no lines at immigration.

Karen in GA
__________________

Mommy to Carter
Home forever 5/7/04 and
Gavin
Home forever 7/26/06
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 07-24-2004, 04:06 PM
beasley's mom's Avatar
beasley's mom beasley's mom is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 468
Total Points: 1,074.00
Donate
I went through Atlanta on July 8th and zipped through customs. I
was coming back from visiting my daughter.
Leigh
Reply With Quote
Click Here for More Information

  #9  
Old 07-24-2004, 05:58 PM
kelleymac kelleymac is offline
mama, mama, mama
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 3,004
Total Points: 8,468.00
Donate
We brought Jonah home through Atlanta on Delta in May. No problems whatsoever. We had 90-minutes for our connection and made it through customs and immigration in about 30-minutes. We traveled on a Thursday.

You should be just fine.

Kelley
__________________
SUPPORT GLBT ADOPTIVE PARENTS
Mommy to a spectacular little boy from Guatemala
DOB: 10/03
referral: 1/04
home: 5/04
and baby boy #2
3/23/06 I-600A to USCIS (no homestudy)
3/31/06 received fingerprint appt from USCIS
4/5/06 fingerprints
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 07-24-2004, 09:46 PM
SMS SMS is offline
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 641
Total Points: 4,088.00
Donate
Thanks everyone!
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 07-25-2004, 09:01 AM
momtobecool's Avatar
momtobecool momtobecool is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 322
Total Points: 1,411.00
Donate
We are the exception

We flew home on Juen 9th with our little boy. Our flight got in at around 1 and if our next flight at 5:30 hadn't been delayed we would never have made it. It tooks us 1:30 hours to just get to the green room and then took 2:30 hours to get the Visa Processed. This gav eus less than 30 mintues to get through customs recheck our bags and then make our flight.

Two military planes got in around the same time as our flight.
__________________
Waiting forever for Salena
bd 11/08/02
ref 12/02
FC and DNA 01/03 - 04/03
PGN May 2003
Embassy Investigation after Pre-Visa Approval March 2004
Investigation over May 2004
Out of PGN June 15th
Home August 14th
WOO HOO


Juan Christopher
bd 10/14/2003
FC 12/03 - 03/04
PGN 03/2004
2 Previos 04/2004
Back in PGN 04/23/2004
Out of PGN May 16th
Home June 11TH

WOO HOO
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Points Per Thread View: 1.00
Points Per Thread: 15.00
Points Per Reply: 5.00


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:08 PM.