They explained that the Minister for Ethiopian Adoptions has halted the Federal MOWA office from issuing anymore approvals indefinitely. Apparently they've had some concerns about adoption cases in other regions in Ethiopia (not the region that L is from). They said they are not going to issue any approvals until they've completed an investigation of these cases.
Unfortunately this does affect us greatly. We need one last MOWA approval in order to get L's birth certificate and be able to bring him to the U.S. Please pray that maybe they will make an exception for us and the other two families who have recently passed court and are just waiting to be able to bring our children home.
In case you're wondering what happens next, here are the steps that have to happen before we will be allowed to return to Ethiopia and bring L home:
Our agency will receive our official Adoption Decree from the court. (We've been told that they expect us to have our decree by tomorrow.)
Our agency will receive L's Birth Certificate (after MOWA approval).
Our agency's in-country staff will apply for L's Passport. The passport application cannot be initiated without the birth certificate.
L will be seen for his Embassy Physical with a doctor. L has to have a passport in order to complete this doctor's visit.
We will fill out L's Visa Application online.
Our agency's in-country staff will submit L's entire file and visa application to the U.S. Embassy for review.
We will receive an e-mail from the U.S. Embassy once the case is reviewed and they will schedule our interview date.
We will fly back to Ethiopia for our interview at the U.S. Embassy and bring L home to the U.S.A.!!
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