[dalila]

CAN ANYONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT THE AVERAGE TIME FRAME IS FROM BIRTH MOM'S FINAL SIGN OFF AFTER PGN APPROVAL TILL I CAN TRAVEL????

THEN CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THE DAYS OF THE WEEK ALL OF THE FINAL STEPS ARE OPENED AND THE TIMES?

IS IT EASY TO DO ALL OF THOSE STEPS WHEN YOU ARE IN GUATE, IT SEEMS VERY STRESSFUL.....

[msdea]

I am bumping this hoping you will get some answers as I am interested in them also.

[hunter02]

Bumping you.I am also interested.

[DPline]

After the birthmother signs off, the attorney requests the new birth certifcate which could take anywhere from a day to a month or more. After the attorney has the new birth certificate, all of the documents that need to be submitted to the Embassy to get Pink need to be translated and then submitted to the Embassy, as well as getting the child's passport. The attorney can submit the documents requesting Pink Monday - Thursday. They can then return 48 hours later (not including Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or holidays) to either get the Pink slip or the request for additional documents.

I guess theoretically if the birth certificate is coming from from an area it can be received in one day, and you have a really speedy attorney, you can have Pink in a week or week and a half. (Have to account for fridays and weekends being "lost" days.) If you have a Guatemala City birth certificate, and an average attorney, you are probably looking at a month or more.

I think someone is posting a waiting for Pink list that could give you an idea of "average" waits.

www.guatadopt.com has a good explanation of the entire process as well as the US Embassy website. Here is the link to the Embassy site.

http://travel.state.gov/family/adopt...untry_389.html