After our trip to Haiti to sign in front of the Justice of the Peace, we have had several people ask if this will speed up the process for us?
Unfortunatley... NO.
This is a new unexpected requirement that I'm afraid will just slow down the process even further. Just to give an example of time. When we started our adoption the expected time for the following steps took about 2- 4 weeks.
Courts = The dossier is in the Haitian Courts having the actual adoption declared and legalized.
Attest or Attestation= After court papers are finished, the Act of Adoption must be sent to the National Archives and they declare that the signature on the Act of Adoption is legal.
Legal or Legalization = All court papers must be sent to the Ministry of Justice to be legalized. They declare that the signature on all of the paperwork actually is the signature of the Judge who signed it.
MAE = Ministry of Foreign Affairs must legalize the signature of the person in the Ministry of Justice who signed your paperwork in the step above.
Just as a reminder, we entered Courts September 3. So, when things were "good" with adoptions, we could expect to be finished with the Court side of things by October 3. Things are unpredictable and that could still happen, but we aren't expecting it.
But who knows?
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There is the notebook!!! :-) You got a picture of it so now we all have proof the notebook exists! Did you see our signatures on a random blank page too? :-)
Praying for our paperwork to MOVE...
I hope you are doing okay... I know it's hard to come back.
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