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Old 09-08-2006, 10:13 AM
murphmom murphmom is offline
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? for those adopting/that adopted bio siblings

My husband and I are currently in PGN with our two bio siblings. I was curious whether those of you that adopted siblings found that your PGN stay was longer than those that were adopting one child. Now, I realize that there's really no "normal" range for a PGN stay - it's ridiculous how much they can vary from case to case for no good reason - but I just wanted to ask the question.

Thanks for any help you can provide!
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Old 09-08-2006, 10:54 AM
PabloandCarlosMama PabloandCarlosMama is offline
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I'm adopting two brothers. I know it took me longer to get PA from the embassy, because they reviewed the top document for one son, but didn't bother to look at the next document for my other son's PA. It took two or three more weeks to get them to look at the file again.

As for PGN, it's hard to tell whether there's an effect. Probably so, if there are more documents to review.

Good luck!
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1/09-1/13/06-First visit trip to meet Pablo,age 10, and Carlos, age 6 Accepted referral.
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Old 09-08-2006, 12:32 PM
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We came out of PGN in 9 weeks. I'm adopting 3 year old twin girls. NOW, I have a pink slip for one, not the other, and having to struggle to get the Embassy to accept the I171-H for 2 children that has been emailed/faxed at least 20 times since April. Now the first appointment is Monday, trying to cancel it and get an appointment for both on the same day. Can you tell I'm frustrated??
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Old 09-08-2006, 01:15 PM
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We are in Guatemala right now picking up our 6 month old twin girls. We were in PGN for 7 weeks with no KO's. See our timeline below. It didn't seem to bother our case!?!!? Hope this gives you some encouragement!!
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Visited girls - 7/12- 7/16/06
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