Embassy Dates

Since the court re-opened, there has been talk of some new delays between court date and embassy/travel date. One US agency is saying it will now be 8 weeks from court to embassy, another is telling their clients to expect a 5-6 week wait (which for their agency is about 2 weeks longer than usual).

Similar to our court date list:
Those who have passed court after the October 2009 re-opening of the courts- please post when you passed court, and what your embassy date was or is expected to be. Hopefully we'll be able to get an idea of whether most people can expect a longer wait after court or if recent travel delays are more agency-specific. Thank you!

Court dates

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It was requested that a post be started about court dates so people could get an idea of current dates being assigned. Please post your newly assigned court dates here, whether it's the first date or a reassigned date, and when you got your referral (to see if earlier cases are being given priority).

The latest date I have heard of so far is:
-November 25

Medhanialem Investigation

Apparently the orphanage known as Medhanialem Children’s Help Association, which is thought to be a newer institution, is under investigation by the police, and holding up court dates of those whose children came from or are residing there.

It seems that authorities hope the investigation will be finished by the end of this month or beginning of next month, but if anyone has information concerning the investigation (when it started, why they are under investigation, when they expect it to be over, etc) please post here or contact me.

Courts open

At least one US agency confirmed today the courts are now open. Good luck to those with court dates this week!

Updated: Another US agency announced today (10/13) that the courts are indeed open.

The court has extended their closure due to training. Many with early October court dates have already been rescheduled for later in the month; the latest date I've heard so far is October 21st. Here are what agencies are saying about re-open dates (updated):

-In 2 weeks, no date given- 2 US agencies
-October 12- 2 US agencies
-October 13- 1 US agency

Re-opening of the courts

At least two US agencies so far have announced that the courts have delayed their re-opening until Oct 12th or 13th due to training.

At least one US agency has announced that the court will be closed for another two weeks for training (no re-open date given)

1 US agency said recently that the courts will be opening back up on October 7th 2009.

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Abandoned children without clearance letters

An email:

"Are there any families that received referrals of children abandoned in Addis Ababa that meet all of the following criteria?

1. The children were referred before or during the ban
2. They had been reported to the police as abandoned BEFORE the ban, but
3. Had not completed their 60 day police clearances at the time the ban started

I would like to know if any of these adoptions have been processed and how many are still pending. We are in this category and know 3 others from the same orphanage that are as well and we are still waiting for our police clearances."

If you have any information regarding cases like this, please respond or email me. Thanks!