[beachdreams]

Originally Posted by KevinK

Actually what they are saying is incorrect. The DOS issued a statement that AGENCIES must be hague accredited by 2/15. You can read it here: Department Sets February 15, 2008 Deadline for Initial Accreditation or Approval (DIAA) (4/6/07).

The notice explicitly states that this is NOT the date the Hague goes into effect. By default, the hague will go into effect on the first of some month, which could be March. We will know at least 90 days before that when they submit the papers of ratification.

The US DOS has made it 100% clear that as long as you have your I600A in by the time it goes into effect you will be allowed to complete the adoption whether or not Guatemala is hague compliant. This of course has nothing to do with any changes which may occur on the Guatemalan side. It also has nothing to do with how long a case will take to complete given the additional scrutiny on the US side. So this is not me advising people to get into the process. You can read the Guatadopt warning to see our opinion on that.

With no offense intended to anyone's agency, I am amazed at how they don't know all this by now and how messages continue to get mixed up.

I hope it all makes sense.

Kevin
Guatadopt

Thanks for posting this Kevin. I was wondering how if there was a revised posting from the DOS than what I had understood to be true.