OK, I am back. I had to take a blog break. I had to take a break from reading and writing. I have been so discouraged lately that I just had to take a few steps back. In the meantime, our case file was sent to New Delhi. In the email letter we received it stated that they cannot clearly find proof of abandonment in our little girl's case. In a conference call the Nepali Embassy Consular said that they are not finding fraud in these cases, but since they cannot prove that there was no fraud, they will not issue visas. You can read my earlier posts to see what happens in New Delhi. It looks like they will be issuing RFEs in New Delhi. We have been told by our agency that we would probably need an immigration attorney in order to respond to an RFE. As it stands now, we will not be able to hire an attorney. The RFEs are supposed to be specific for each case, so we will have to see if that is what we get, what it says. Many families have traveled to Nepal and have finalized their adoptions even though they cannot return to the US with their children. Some are staying in Nepal indefinitely and some have returned to the US after adopting their children and are arranging for the child's care in Nepal. I admire their bravery and tenacity. If you know us, you know that we cannot travel to Nepal, adopt and stay. Nor could we arrange for care. I wish for our little girl that we were able to do all of these things, but this does not fit our family situation. SO, now we are just waiting and I am hoping and praying for the best. We did receive our travel approval, however it seems it was signed in August, but it was not forwarded to our agency until last week. I really don't know what that means. Our travel approval could be now expired, or maybe not. Our agency could not confirm whether our travel approval expired 60 days after it was signed, or 60 days after it was received. The US embassy has requested an extension for all pipeline cases, but the Nepali ministry is not thrilled with the US, so who knows what they will do? This is all very confusing, but again, we are just waiting.
While I was taking a break, some very amazing prospective adoptive parents were creating a petition to congress. It is very informative and calls for action. Even though I have had a number of people contact congress people on our behalf, there has not been interest from my congress people here in Texas. This petition has the potential to magnify our issue. I will be posting it to my Facebook page and hoping my friends will continue to spread the word. Please read it, sign it and pass it on. Break is over-we have to keep going!
www.petition2congress.com/2/3608/
Carrie
