A summary of an update from a different US agency:
There was a scheduled meeting with the court and the orphanage directors today, which was postponed until Monday. The court has received their final police report on the investigation and a ruling is expected on Monday. This ruling will concern all those cases that had court dates that have been postponed.
It is believed (but not confirmed) that MOWA is going to now be responsible for issuing clearance papers on abandoned children, rather than the Bureau of Civil and Social Affairs.
My thoughts:
ReplyDeleteIf this ruling is only to affect those whose cases have been postponed, perhaps the news that the ban has been lifted, if true, only pertains to future cases?
Also, I think this means the announcement the other agency expected will not be made today after all. My guess is they were expecting some news from the scheduled meeting, but that meeting has now been postponed till Monday.
Mabye the ruling on Monday is about how to proceed with assigning new court dates. We can hope!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I do not understand nothing anymore.
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen to us, that our court dates are/were on hold?
Will the ban only be lifted for future cases?
What is going to happen with us, that we are waiting for our new court dates?
It sounds like that's what the meeting Monday is supposed to be about (new court dates for us who are on hold.)
ReplyDeleteMy take on this was (as Melissa guessed) that this meeting and announcement mostly pertains to those of us w/ old cases that missed our court dates b/c of the ban, not new cases.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom line is that this is an ongoing process, and while progress is being made, I am not getting any hopes up until the state department makes a new announcement. I find it highly unlikely that some agencies know more than others- everyone is interpreting what their agency is telling them differently.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. For example, ours is a small agency and did not know of the court closure for 4 or 5 days after it happened. Probably because the agency did not have any court dates for any of it's kids/families during those days. Recently with all the rumors of a pending announcement, so many of us contacted the agency regarding the announcement, that the ET program director was spurred to get in contact with the attorney in-country who in turn got the info in this post. Note...the meeting on Monday has nothing to do with agency staff in the US or in ET. It is for orphanage directors. I doubt if orphanage directors necessarily keep a hotline to the agencies in the States. So depending on how willing your agency is to dig for info, you may or may not get info before other agencies' clients do. I CANNOT WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!!
ReplyDeleteOur agency is the top gun of agencies, which is exactly why they do not spew out unconfirmed information. I am sorry and angry that some people are being strung along a terrible up and down roller coaster because their agencies are not using discretion in the information they reveal. The State Department is the standard that everyone should use...do yourselves a favor. Don't let disappointment be part of the process more than it already is. At least for the short term, lower your expectations. I know it is cliche but a watched pot never boils.
ReplyDeleteanon...june 22...6:37am...what are you saying? what is your agency telling you? how can disappointment not be part of the process when we have not had our court date and we are sitting here with no direction? it is not our agencies fault. it is nobody's fault. it is how the ball has bounced for me. and i disappointed? yes...but not at my agency. not sure what you meant your post....
ReplyDeleteI meant that if everyone speculates they will be more disappointed than they already are. Of course this is not the agency's fault, and they should be careful with releasing definitive statements without concrete proof. Our agency is not telling us anything that is not proven or official so that we do not get our hopes up...false hope is not going to help.
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