I thought I'd share with everyone what's happening with our case.
Early last week we found out that the consular was requiring a birth parent interview for our case, and that the interview was to take place last Friday.
Well, to make a long story short, the birth father did not get on the plane that was supposed to take him to Kinshasa for the interview.
Just so you understand this a little more:
Just last month(ish) a new consular to the US embassy in the Congo was hired. This new consular is requiring birth parent interviews for EVERY case in which a birth parent is still living (this was not a requirement just a month ago). Being Addy's birth father is still living, an interview was scheduled.
Believe me, we CANNOT wait until we are on a plane to pick this sweet girl up!
(photos courtesy of another adoptive mom, Sarah, who took these for us while picking up her sweet daughter last week)---yes, it is very hard to see all these families come home with their children....but we are so happy for them!
Early last week we found out that the consular was requiring a birth parent interview for our case, and that the interview was to take place last Friday.
Well, to make a long story short, the birth father did not get on the plane that was supposed to take him to Kinshasa for the interview.
Just so you understand this a little more:
Just last month(ish) a new consular to the US embassy in the Congo was hired. This new consular is requiring birth parent interviews for EVERY case in which a birth parent is still living (this was not a requirement just a month ago). Being Addy's birth father is still living, an interview was scheduled.
Our agency (or possibly any agency) has never
dealt with this before, so they are trying to get this resolved as soon as
possible. The consular told them on Friday that they must try to track down the
dad and try to reschedule. As of now, a private investigator has
been hired and is working to find the father and get this resolved.
I want to be very clear and point out the fact that this DOES NOT mean her birth dad is being uncooperative or supportive. We passed court in May and then there was a 30 day appeal time in which the family could appeal the case. As far as the dad was concerned, this was over and done with. When Addy was going through the whole process on the Congo side of things, this was not a requirement and so the dad was never warned or prepared for this. Remember, this is the US embassy in the Congo that is now requesting this. They want to be sure the dad is in favor of this adoption before they give her a visa to come home.
We have no clue at this point what this means. Our embassy appointment date was August 24...at that date the consular told us to anticipate a visa for Addy in 2-3 weeks. That was the "typical" case...and this is obviously not the typical case!
We have no clue at this point what this means. Our embassy appointment date was August 24...at that date the consular told us to anticipate a visa for Addy in 2-3 weeks. That was the "typical" case...and this is obviously not the typical case!
Believe me, we CANNOT wait until we are on a plane to pick this sweet girl up!
(photos courtesy of another adoptive mom, Sarah, who took these for us while picking up her sweet daughter last week)---yes, it is very hard to see all these families come home with their children....but we are so happy for them!
We are holding tight to this sweet face and dreaming of those chubby arms and legs to be in our home! (Don't you just LOVE her?!?!??!)
Yes, I do just love her! And the rest of you.
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