A month ago, on June the 19th, Elizabeth's readoption process here in New Hampshire was finalized.
We attended a 9 am Court appointment and after a very short ceremony, Eli got her Certificate of Adoption from the Probate Court in our County.
There was no really the need of this extra step but our adoption agency like many others suggest that adoptive parents do this so they can then apply and get a "Foreign Birth Certificate" in the State in which the family resides. This helps everybody because whenever the child needs a birth certificate, it can be requested in The United States and not in the country where the child was born. Guatemala in Eli's case.
And this week we already received her Foreign Birth Certificate and right after picking it up, I went to the Social Security office and applied for her social security card. I was told, we would get it in the mail within 7 working days so this means that it would be here no later than next week.
These are some pics from that day in Court.
El dia 19 de Junio pasado, Eli recibio su certificado de readopcion luego de una corta ceremonia en la Corte del condado en donde vivimos. Este proceso, aunque no obligatorio, todas las agencias de adopciones lo sugieren hacer ya que facilita la consecusion de un certificado de nacimiento que la nina lo podra obtener aqui en los Estados Unidos, en vez de tener que solicitarlo a su ciudad natal en Guatemala.
Con este certificado de readopcion que la Juez expidio , esta semana pudimos obtener el "Certificado de Nacimiento para Extranjero". Y una vez lo obtuvimos, nos dirigimos inmediatamente a solicitar la tarjeta de Seguro Social (Social Security)para Eli. Me dijeron que en unos 7 dias habiles estaremos recibiendo su tarjeta, asi es que poco a poco vamos finalizando todos los tramites y obteniendo los documentos de identificaion necesarios para ella.
Y estas son unas foticos de ese dia en la Corte.
We attended a 9 am Court appointment and after a very short ceremony, Eli got her Certificate of Adoption from the Probate Court in our County.
There was no really the need of this extra step but our adoption agency like many others suggest that adoptive parents do this so they can then apply and get a "Foreign Birth Certificate" in the State in which the family resides. This helps everybody because whenever the child needs a birth certificate, it can be requested in The United States and not in the country where the child was born. Guatemala in Eli's case.
And this week we already received her Foreign Birth Certificate and right after picking it up, I went to the Social Security office and applied for her social security card. I was told, we would get it in the mail within 7 working days so this means that it would be here no later than next week.
These are some pics from that day in Court.
El dia 19 de Junio pasado, Eli recibio su certificado de readopcion luego de una corta ceremonia en la Corte del condado en donde vivimos. Este proceso, aunque no obligatorio, todas las agencias de adopciones lo sugieren hacer ya que facilita la consecusion de un certificado de nacimiento que la nina lo podra obtener aqui en los Estados Unidos, en vez de tener que solicitarlo a su ciudad natal en Guatemala.
Con este certificado de readopcion que la Juez expidio , esta semana pudimos obtener el "Certificado de Nacimiento para Extranjero". Y una vez lo obtuvimos, nos dirigimos inmediatamente a solicitar la tarjeta de Seguro Social (Social Security)para Eli. Me dijeron que en unos 7 dias habiles estaremos recibiendo su tarjeta, asi es que poco a poco vamos finalizando todos los tramites y obteniendo los documentos de identificaion necesarios para ella.
Y estas son unas foticos de ese dia en la Corte.
Elizabeth received a haircut from her grandma Herminia just two days after the Baptism. At first we were not sure if we had gone the right way, but later on we really liked it. It's short and she looks adorable.
At the Court room in Laconia, NH.
The entire process was very easy, everybody was so helpful and nice and we avoided paying a lawyer to do the readoption process!
Outside the Court House.
Luego de la ceremonia, nos fuimos a celebrar desayunando en Dunkin Donuts. Aqui en NH se encuentran se puede decir que un Dunking Donuts en cada dos cuadras. Increible. Esto y las placas de los carros con nombres en vez de numeros fueron lo que mas me llamo la atencion cuando recien nos mudamos a este Estado.
aqui con la Tia Betty.
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