As many of you are asking the same question... When is Kyanne coming home???? When can you pick her up????
So please send positive energy to Kyanne Berline Cormier and lets all make her dossier pass all these steps quickly so we can have her home.
Process for Adoptions at GLAHere is an overview of the adoption process in Haiti process, including approximate timelines for the various stages:
1. Arrival – Completed Dossier arrives in Haiti at the orphanage. We review it to ensure all the required documents are present and legalized by the Haitian embassy in the originating country. (Time is approximately two days.)
2. Legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs – Completed We prepare the dossier for legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs office. They legalize the signature of the Haitian Consular Officer who legalized the dossier at the foreign Haitian Embassy in the originating country. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
3. Waiting for a referral – Completed Once the dossier is legalized, we hold it until a proposal is ready for the family. (Time varies, based on requested age, gender, length of waiting list, etc.)
4. Referral – In Progress The referral is sent to the family, private adoption agency or government authority. The family responds with questions or acceptance of the referral. Upon acceptance, we prepare the dossier for IBESR and send it to the lawyer. (Time is approximately one to two months, but will vary if any documents are difficult to obtain, such as a death certificate from another district.)
5. Lawyer and social histoire – The histoire social (a combined social history of the child and the adoptive family) is prepared for the dossier as we are preparing the dossier for IBESR or when the lawyer receives the dossier. The lawyer reviews the dossier to ensure it meets legal requirements. (Time varies from one to three weeks.)
6. IBESR (Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches) – Haitian social services reviews the dossier and gives approval for the adoption. (Time varies from three to six months, but could be longer if you need a Presidential dispense.) If you have biological children, a dispensations from the Haitian President will be required. This can take 3-6 months. You need to be aware of this as you go into the adoption process.
7. Parquet – After approval at IBESR, we prepare the dossier for Parquet (District Attorney). (Time varies from one to six months)
8. Courts – Once the adoption is approved by Parquet, the court papers are prepared for the finalization of the Haitian legal component of the adoption process. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.
9. Attestation signature (National Archives) – The National Archives of Haiti issue a paper to state that the signature on the act of adoption corresponds with the signature of the authorized party who signed it. (Essentially, this is a legalization of the signature.) (Time is one to 2 weeks.)
10. Legalization at the Minister of Justice – All of the Haitian legal papers must be legalized by the Minister of Justice. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
11. Legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs– Legalizing the signature of the Minister of Justice. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
12. Passport – The passport process actually involves a two step study of the application by the Minister of Interior’s office, and then finalization and printing at the Immigration Department. (Time is approximately three to four months.)
13. Final review and visa application – After the passport is issued, all of the paperwork is reviewed and any errors are corrected before the dossier is given to the required authority for the child’s visa. Minor errors do not cause a problem in the process of the adoption, but some countries will not issue a visa for small errors. The visa process and timeframe varies widely by country, and for the United States and Canada, some paperwork is completed by GLA and/or the family prior to this point. At this point, the remaining visa process takes approximately:
a. Canada: one week
1. Arrival – Completed Dossier arrives in Haiti at the orphanage. We review it to ensure all the required documents are present and legalized by the Haitian embassy in the originating country. (Time is approximately two days.)
2. Legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs – Completed We prepare the dossier for legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs office. They legalize the signature of the Haitian Consular Officer who legalized the dossier at the foreign Haitian Embassy in the originating country. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
3. Waiting for a referral – Completed Once the dossier is legalized, we hold it until a proposal is ready for the family. (Time varies, based on requested age, gender, length of waiting list, etc.)
4. Referral – In Progress The referral is sent to the family, private adoption agency or government authority. The family responds with questions or acceptance of the referral. Upon acceptance, we prepare the dossier for IBESR and send it to the lawyer. (Time is approximately one to two months, but will vary if any documents are difficult to obtain, such as a death certificate from another district.)
5. Lawyer and social histoire – The histoire social (a combined social history of the child and the adoptive family) is prepared for the dossier as we are preparing the dossier for IBESR or when the lawyer receives the dossier. The lawyer reviews the dossier to ensure it meets legal requirements. (Time varies from one to three weeks.)
6. IBESR (Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches) – Haitian social services reviews the dossier and gives approval for the adoption. (Time varies from three to six months, but could be longer if you need a Presidential dispense.) If you have biological children, a dispensations from the Haitian President will be required. This can take 3-6 months. You need to be aware of this as you go into the adoption process.
7. Parquet – After approval at IBESR, we prepare the dossier for Parquet (District Attorney). (Time varies from one to six months)
8. Courts – Once the adoption is approved by Parquet, the court papers are prepared for the finalization of the Haitian legal component of the adoption process. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.
9. Attestation signature (National Archives) – The National Archives of Haiti issue a paper to state that the signature on the act of adoption corresponds with the signature of the authorized party who signed it. (Essentially, this is a legalization of the signature.) (Time is one to 2 weeks.)
10. Legalization at the Minister of Justice – All of the Haitian legal papers must be legalized by the Minister of Justice. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
11. Legalization at the Minister of Foreign Affairs– Legalizing the signature of the Minister of Justice. (Time is approximately two to four weeks.)
12. Passport – The passport process actually involves a two step study of the application by the Minister of Interior’s office, and then finalization and printing at the Immigration Department. (Time is approximately three to four months.)
13. Final review and visa application – After the passport is issued, all of the paperwork is reviewed and any errors are corrected before the dossier is given to the required authority for the child’s visa. Minor errors do not cause a problem in the process of the adoption, but some countries will not issue a visa for small errors. The visa process and timeframe varies widely by country, and for the United States and Canada, some paperwork is completed by GLA and/or the family prior to this point. At this point, the remaining visa process takes approximately:
a. Canada: one week
2 comments:
Best wishes, I hope everything goes really smoothly for you through this stage....you're on the home straight now:)
Hi! I found your blog through a blog... :) We are just starting our Haitian adoption as well - should have our referral in the next few weeks! I am happy to hear that a family passed IBESR in one month - that would be AMAZING if it continued!! My blog is private right now, but if you want to join, just email me at nausfamily@ yahoo. com (no spaces). It would be fun to follow each other's journeys through this process. ~ Denise
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