[commjoc]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, but I have a question concerning the birth certificates received in Guatemala. I need to know if they are both in Spanish and English or just Spanish. My wife and I are stationed in Germany and the timing for getting a passport for our daughter, Geneva while we are in the States is critical. I will need to make advance arrangements for an official translation if the BC is only in Spanish. Thanks so much in advance for your help.

Rick and Marion Ojeda

[dspakowsky]

The BC will be in Spanish only, but your attorney should attach an English translation for you. You'll get that paperwork on your pick-up trip.

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Daphne,

Thanks for the info. I'm trying to make this go as smooth as possible once we get back to the States. We only have about 3 weeks to get all paperwork to travel back to Europe. Thanks again.

Rick & Marion

[dspakowsky]

Is your daughter coming home with an IR-3 Visa, meaning you visited before the doption was complete? If not, you won't b able to get a US Passport that quick since you won't have Certificate of Citizenship.

Even with a CoC, meaning you visited prior to the adoption being complete, it doesn't show up in the mail for 3-6 weeks after arriving home.

Your baby will have a Guatemalan Passport. Can she travel to Germany with that?

Let me know if you'd live me to explain the Visa's more.

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Daphne,

We will have an IR3 Visa. I've already checked with immigration and they said that with the papework that I get when we enter the US with our daughter (the stamp in her Guatemalan passport showing entry on an IR3 Visa) is proof enough for her to get a passport. The CoC is not needed. This is what we've been officially told. But, you never know what another person will say when we apply for the passport. I've done everything I can to make it work. But all it takes is one person that interprets the rules slightly different to mess things up. Thanks again for the info.

Rick & Marion