Passports

Today we obtained Colombian ID's for the girls. The line was long, and the process took over an hour. The photos I bought last weekend were the wrong size, so we had to get new ones - but that only added 15 minutes to the process.

With new ID's in-hand we went to obtain their new passports. The line of people extended outside the building, down the block, and back again. It took an hour just to get inside the building, where the line wound through stanchions for another hour. We finally got to the end - only to receive a number. Again we waited for more than an hour to be called upstairs to meet with an agent. They reviewed our paperwork and took photos.

Tomorrow we will pick up the completed passports, and bring copies to the doctor's office so they can prepare their final paperwork for the US Embassy. In addition we will obtain papers from  ICBF, the Colombian Child Protection department.

Kim returns home on Saturday, and is back to work on Monday. It's looking like I will fly home with the girls sometime next week. I will stay home with the kids for a couple weeks before returning to work, then Kim will stay home with them until school starts after the new year, all to help them transition to life in the USA.