Of course the big news of the day is SENTENCIA! We spent the morning indoors and just as we were getting ready to go to the fruit and vegetable store we heard the phone ringing. Mark and I were already out the front door but we paused and waited. My aunt called us back in and it was Lucia! We knew this could only be GREAT news! Our amazing attorney Oscar got us through in record speed and our Sentencia was issued late Friday.
We were picked up at 1:00 and took the drive down to Soacha. Thankfully the nana's are here and they stayed back with the girls. We arrived at the family court and after reviewing the information we noticed that Mark's passport number was incorrect. 1 hour later it was corrected and we were able to race over the registrar's office to get the amended birth certificate. When we arrived at the registrar's office there was a sign that said "No services today!" Apparently there was an election this passed weekend and the registrar's staff had worked over the weekend so they took today off from assisting the public. Well, our superhero attorney Oscar wasn't having it. He knocked and knocked on the door until the security came and opened the door. The guard said there was no one available. But, that still wasn't enough for Oscar so we drove to another office building and we waited in the car while Oscar worked some kind of magic. We got a call 5 minutes later to drive back to the registrar's office because someone would be helping us today. So off we went and we were called into the registrar where we were able to sign the amended birth certificate showing our daughter's name "A.F.A.A." and showing US as her parents! Oscar always throws in a little something special and he gave us her original birth certificate complete with footprints on the back. We weren't able to take the new birth certificate with us because the person authorized to notarize the documents was not in today. But, we were assured that tomorrow it would be taken care and delivered to Bogota.
We drove back home in the height of Bogota traffic. We had not been out this late so we were taken by surprise by the massive amounts of traffic on the highway and streets. It was definitely something to take in and part of the experience ;D. It took us close to 2 hours to get back home, but we were greeted by two smiley girls happy to have been with the nana's and see their parents. Our friend Myriam (the lady who makes the dresses) was here delivering some of the items that were done and they are SO gorgeous! So that was a little bonus on top of an already amazing day!
So up next....we wait for the birth certificate so that we can go to the passport office and get Amaya Fernanda's colombian passport. Then we have to take her to the embassy doctor and go to the U.S. Embassy to get the visa issued. The Colombian passport takes 2 days to issue and the visa is usually next day. Monday is a holiday here in Colombia so it looks like we may be travelling back home on June 8 or 9. We are all paid up here at our apartment until then so that works out for us!
Hasta Manana!
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