We got our monthly "update" email from our agency today that said, yep, still waiting. We knew that. What we're specifically waiting for right now is for the US Embassy in Guatemala to give their approval to the adoption file now that the DNA test has been completed and was a match. This process used to take about a month, but an adoption facilitator recently acquired a visa for a child under false pretences and took her to the U.S. before she was found out (the child is now with her adoptive family and the facilitator's in a heap of trouble)--as a result the Embassy's been pretty gun-shy lately, and approvals have been taking significantly longer. Can't blame them; we're just waiting.
Once we have the Embassy's approval, we'll go back into the Attorney General's office again (no word on the tilde issue--if we get kicked out for it again, we'll know it wasn't resolved to their satisfaction).
And no updates on the political situation regarding international adoption in Guatemala, except that our agency is now cautiously giving referrals again, with lots of new caveats about which potential adoptive parents must be informed. It's been two weeks since the big announcement, but there's been no new news, only speculation. I'm wondering if it was posturing for the recent visit by our President. But until we have solid information, we remain in waiting limbo. Our process is still moving forward, but it's possible that it could be stopped at any time, and with the current political situation and the Embassy delays it's now very unlikely that Gus will be home by summer. Sigh.
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