Well, Cindy (who is adopting Richard) and I were supposed to heading to Port au Prince in the morning to submit our I-600 to the US Embassy in Haiti. We had our plane tickets, a place to stay, everything was set. However as we have to come to expect, plans change. Due to some misinformation, security issues, and a host of other things, we decided God was telling us it wasn't time to do that. After many prayers and discussions, we cancelled our appointment. Our plan was to go to PaP, do our business, then head to Cap Haitian to spend some time with our boys. So since we already had plane tickets etc., we are sticking to that part of the plan. We will just be leaving here a couple of days later. We will leave Tuesday and fly to Miami, spend the night and catch a flight to Cap early Wednesday morning. We will stay until the next Monday.
As far as news of the adoption process, there is no news. We haven't heard anything since our dossier entered IBESR. We are hoping it will be out soon. Here is a general timeline we received at the beginning of the process. So far, everything as been running on the longest time allotment given. Remember this is just an estimation. There are NO guarantees. Our dossier has been in IBESR for three months.
| Dossier is deposited in IBESR. | 4-6 months (if no disp) |
| *Note: 500-1000 dossiers from various countries are in the queue at this office at any given time. Each dossier is a file of about 200 pages, which has to be carefully read and approved. | (if Presidential Dispensation is required, at least another 3-6 mos should be expected) |
| Family travels to Haiti to complete their I600 paperwork in person - saves time at pickup and provides auto citizenship visa for child in US. (Trip usually b/w 4-6 days in Haiti) | |
| Dossier is approved by IBESR | |
| Paperwork sent to C4C from legal team: Child Birth Certif, Relinquishment Paper, Adopt Decree | |
| Dossier is sent to Parquet - courts | 6-12 weeks |
| Birth parents must appear at court (*unless birth family is in PaP and easy to locate, this can add much time to process if bps must travel from far away to arrive for interview.) | |
| Dossier is approved by Parquet | |
| Courts - (sometimes referred to as Second Legalization) | 5-8 weeks |
| a. Once the dossier is released from the Parquet, the dossier comes back to us. The court papers are typed and turned in to court for the finalization of the adoption process. | |
| b. Attestation of the signature on the act of adoption. This is when Archives in Haiti says that the signature on the adoption decree matches the judge who signed it. Just legalizing the signature. | |
| c. Legalization at the Minister of justice department. Papers must be legalized here for all countries, saying that the signature is the legal signature of the Judges involved on ALL papers. | 4-6 weeks |
| d. Legalization at the Minister of Foreign affairs. | |
| Dossier enters Minister of Interior | 3-4 mos |
| There are 3 departments which the dossier must pass | for entire MOI process |
| through | |
| Dossier is signed out of MOI | |
| Files sent to Passport office for printing of the children's passport | 1-2 weeks |
| unless passport office is out of passport booklets, then it takes a few weeks longer | |
| Passports issued - reviewed for accuracy sent to USCIS | |
| At the same time that the passport application is in the works, the U.S. Immigration process must be complete: | 1-3 weeks |
| a. an INS appointment is made | |
| b. birthparents must be present for USCIS interview | 2 weeks |
| (sometimes more if bp cannot be located or have trouble arriving) | |
| Visa application is filed, and appointment in Haiti | |
| to receive the visa is scheduled. | 1-2 weeks |
| Family travels to Haiti for transition time and visa appointment | stay in Haiti usually less than 1 week, unless we have reason to believe child(ren) will need longer transition period. |
We began the adoption at the beginning of February. That was (give or take) 300 days ago. With no end in sight, I can find myself feeling a little weary of the process. When those times come and seem to take over my every thought, I remember that God's timing is perfect. Perfect! Not just okay or good, but perfect. I put my faith in his timing and will wait because it WILL be worth the wait.
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