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The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala announces a change in the granting of immigrant visa interviews to adopted children.  Beginning with final approvals received from DHS the week of September 26, 2005, the U.S. Embassy will schedule specific immigrant visa appointment dates and times for all adoption cases.  The U.S. Embassy will continue to issue “pink slips.”  Those “pink slips” will indicate the specific date and time of your child’s immigrant visa appointment, which will likely be during the week following the granting of DHS final approval.  Please note that the “pink slip” will also contain specific instructions for requesting a different immigrant visa interview appointment, if you are not able to make the one we schedule for you.  Please do not contact the U.S. Embassy prior to the issuance of the “pink slip” requesting specific appointment dates.  In addition to indicating the appointment date and time for the immigrant visa interview, the “pink slip” will also specify the date and time that the immigrant visa, if approved, will be available for pick-up.

 

As always, adoptive parents are urged not to travel to Guatemala until the “pink slip” has been issued, and until they have confirmed the date and time of their child’s immigrant visa interview. 

 

The U.S. Embassy is confident that scheduling specific immigrant visa appointments will assist in maintaining a transparent and efficient processing of adoption immigrant visa cases, as well as providing predictability for the adopting parents and minimizing waiting time at the U.S. Embassy.