Kicked out on 3 Previos.........

Philip had an intuition today that we had been kicked out of PGN and were not aware of it. So, I called our adoption agency and spoke to the director. I wanted to know the status of PGN since we have been it for over 11 weeks. Sure enough, Philip was right.

We were kicked out of PGN somewhere between 1-4 and 1-15. She was not sure on the exact date. When our attorney sent her an update on 1-4 we were still in PGN and when he sent another update on 1-15 we were out on 3 previos.

For those of you not familiar with the adoption process a previos is basically an error in our paperwork, Devin's paperwork, or Devin's birthmother's paperwork that needs to be corrected. We have 3 previos - one for an error in the birthmother's id card, second one for an error on the birthmother's birth certificate, and I am not exactly sure what the third one was. I do know they are all things on the Guatemalan side and not something we have to correct. Our attorney in Guatemala will have to fix these issues. The director of our agency could not give us a time frame on fixing these issues. Hopefully, they are quick fixes.

So, I am sure most of you are wondering what happens from this point?
1/ the attorney will have to get these 3 previos corrected
2/ our case will have to be registered with the Central Authority
3/ re-enter PGN after 1&2 are done

Basically, once we re-enter PGN it is like starting all over. We may have another 8-10 week stay in PGN and there is also a possibility of getting kicked out again. We hope and pray that our next stay in PGN is much shorter than this last time and that we don't get kicked out.

At this point we are not expecting to have Devin home before April or May. Only time will tell. We will keep you updated. Since it is going to be longer than expected we are going to Guatemala in February to visit our son.