"Abraham Hebert had a spelling difference in the passport. I am very sorry to have missed that.
JEFFREY was spelled JEFEREY in the passport. I argued this but the embassy would not accept it. Because changing the passport is near impossible and time consuming (immigration does not like to do that) we are sending the birth certificate to be changed and I will resubmit the file tomorrow morning.
Jeferey on the adoption contract and court decision are easy enough to correct as the Amharic is all the same."
So we thought ok......get the documents changed to reveal the misspelling and we should be good to go....right? WRONG! This morning we received this sad e-mail:
"In the past we have had to change the birth certificate a few times because of mistakes in the passport that the immigration office has not wanted to correct. Because the embassy employee wrote on the form "correct the birth certificate" we made the decision to do that. However this morning the embassy c onfirmed that in this case it cannot be accepted as it is Jeffrey's name which must match his passport and I-600 form. If it was the child's first name then it can be changed throughout without question as it can be translated in different ways.
So this morning we took the old birth certificate back and Abraham has gone back to immigration to get the passport corrected."
According to our agency it is next to impossible to get immigration to issue a new passport and we are talking WEEKS if not MONTHS delays!
This is breaking our hearts..something so minor, an E that should have been an F??
Our U.S. embassy couldn't just use white out? I mean come on embassy! A child's welfare is at stake here! He NEEDS his family! He does not need to be living in an orphanage, he has had a family since April!!
Our U.S. embassy couldn't just use white out? I mean come on embassy! A child's welfare is at stake here! He NEEDS his family! He does not need to be living in an orphanage, he has had a family since April!!
So here we sit, frustrated, sad, grieving immensely....pray for us..please.
To help pass the time I decided to make another video of him...this helps me smile. The video is on the side.
To help pass the time I decided to make another video of him...this helps me smile. The video is on the side.
Oh, my dear friends...my heart aches for you. It's so easy for me to sit here and say "hold on...God's timing is best" when it's you and Abraham going through the real suffering and testing. One of these days you'll be announcing Abraham's arrival to Maine, and we'll all greatly rejoice together. Until then, you need to know that you are all loved dearly and are being lifted up in prayer.
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