Now what??
This is a question I am getting a lot here lately. Or what is PGN? For those people who are not involved in the Guatemala adoption process it all sounds like a bunch of jiberish.
I've done some research on the internet and found the following explainations for the remainder of our process. I hope that this will help. Todd and I have made it so far in the process and the past six months seem to have flown by, but now we have to wait some more. But just knowing that we are in this final stage is somewhat of a releif, even though we still can't see the end of the tunnel we are starting to see a small light leading the way.
PGN
After your case exits Family Court and you have U.S. Embassy pre-approval, it will be submitted to Procuraduria General De La Nacion (PGN). PGN is tasked with ensuring that the requirements for adoption under Guatemalan law are met. As part of this process, your case will be submitted to a PGN reviewer for a determination as to whether all legal requirements have been met. Your reviewer will examine all of the documents that you submitted as part of your dossier, additional documents submitted by your Guatemalan attorney, the social worker's report and the U.S. Embassy visa pre-approval. If the reviewer determines that all of the documents are in order, the reviewer will sign off on the file and forward it for final approval. When final approval is granted, your case exits PGN. Shortly after your case exits PGN and the final paperwork is completed, the Guatemalan adoption process ends and you are legally the parent of a new son or daughter!
Immigration Process
At this point in the process your Guatemalan attorney will apply for your child's new birth certificate. The new birth certificate will contain your child's first and middle names (as given at birth) and your family's last name(s). You may not change your child's first and middle names as part of the Guatemalan adoption process. Name changes may be accomplished after you return to the United States. Once your attorney has the amended birth certificate, he/she will apply for your child's Guatemalan passport. Your child will travel to the United States using his/her Guatemalan passport and a visa issued by the U.S. Embassy.
The Guatemalan attorney will then submit all of the documents to the U.S. Embassy for issuance of the "pink slip". The pink slip is an invitation (printed on pink paper) to the adopting family to come to the U.S. Embassy for a final interview and issuance of your child's visa to immigrate to the United States. Once the pink slip is issued, your child will be taken to an Embassy approved physician for a visa physical examination. The examination may not be scheduled until after the pink slip has been issued.
At this point, the adopting parents and the newly adopted child go to the U.S. Embassy for the final interview and issuance of the visa. The family may leave Guatemala and travel to the United States at any time after the visa is issued.
I've done some research on the internet and found the following explainations for the remainder of our process. I hope that this will help. Todd and I have made it so far in the process and the past six months seem to have flown by, but now we have to wait some more. But just knowing that we are in this final stage is somewhat of a releif, even though we still can't see the end of the tunnel we are starting to see a small light leading the way.
PGN
After your case exits Family Court and you have U.S. Embassy pre-approval, it will be submitted to Procuraduria General De La Nacion (PGN). PGN is tasked with ensuring that the requirements for adoption under Guatemalan law are met. As part of this process, your case will be submitted to a PGN reviewer for a determination as to whether all legal requirements have been met. Your reviewer will examine all of the documents that you submitted as part of your dossier, additional documents submitted by your Guatemalan attorney, the social worker's report and the U.S. Embassy visa pre-approval. If the reviewer determines that all of the documents are in order, the reviewer will sign off on the file and forward it for final approval. When final approval is granted, your case exits PGN. Shortly after your case exits PGN and the final paperwork is completed, the Guatemalan adoption process ends and you are legally the parent of a new son or daughter!
Immigration Process
At this point in the process your Guatemalan attorney will apply for your child's new birth certificate. The new birth certificate will contain your child's first and middle names (as given at birth) and your family's last name(s). You may not change your child's first and middle names as part of the Guatemalan adoption process. Name changes may be accomplished after you return to the United States. Once your attorney has the amended birth certificate, he/she will apply for your child's Guatemalan passport. Your child will travel to the United States using his/her Guatemalan passport and a visa issued by the U.S. Embassy.
The Guatemalan attorney will then submit all of the documents to the U.S. Embassy for issuance of the "pink slip". The pink slip is an invitation (printed on pink paper) to the adopting family to come to the U.S. Embassy for a final interview and issuance of your child's visa to immigrate to the United States. Once the pink slip is issued, your child will be taken to an Embassy approved physician for a visa physical examination. The examination may not be scheduled until after the pink slip has been issued.
At this point, the adopting parents and the newly adopted child go to the U.S. Embassy for the final interview and issuance of the visa. The family may leave Guatemala and travel to the United States at any time after the visa is issued.
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