Guatemala Adoption: Visa Interview with the Consular Section
Once the medical examination has been completed and you have obtained a passport for your child, you are able to attend an interview at the Consular Section. The time of your interview will be noted on your pink slip, and you can attend any day between Monday and Thursday. If an escort is acting on your behalf, they will attend the visa interview in your place.
Upon arrival at the Consular Section, you will need to make your way to the entrance and present your appointment letter (pink slip) to the guards. You will then wait in the consular section waiting room, while other applicants present their cases at Window 6. When you are called, you will pay your fees for the visa application and keep the receipt for your records. Each of the cases is assessed by consular officials, and each family interviewed by the authorities.
The following documents will be required at your Adoption Immigrant Visa Interview:
- In all escort cases (see below) the USCIS’s notice of approval of your I-600 is required. In non-escort cases, where you or your partner is traveling to Guatemala, the I-600 should be signed by the partner who is not traveling, notarized, then presented at the interview and signed by the other parent in the presence of Consular officials.
- Your adoption documents and DHS approval letter – a “pink slip”.Please note: these documents should be kept stapled together.
- Your child’s Guatemalan passport, with you and your partner named as parents.
- The results of the child’s medical examination. If your child is ill or disabled in some way, you will need to make a statement to the effect that you are aware of the problem and understand that the child is your responsibility. This statement can be made on the I-600, in the Homestudy report, or separately and submitted with the medical results.
- Three small (2×2”) color portrait photos of your child against a white background.
- The DS-230 form for your child – completed but not signed until the interview, where this is done in the presence of Consular officials.
- If your child qualifies in category IR-4, you will need to bring the following documentation to your Immigrant Visa:
(a) If your income is sufficient to support your child (as determined in the US poverty guidelines), then an Affidavit of Support must be signed by you and presented at the interview. If your income alone is not sufficient, your partner must sign the Agreement of Household Member and provide all relevant documents.
(b) You and/or your partner must submit tax returns for the last three years including, if applicable, W-2 forms, 1099 forms and all IRS schedules.
(c) You and/or your partner must submit evidence of your employment (e.g. pay slips or a letter from your employer.If your child qualifies as an orphan in category IR-3, and they will be entering the US whilst under-18 to live there with you, an I-864 will not be needed. However, you will still need to prove that your child is unlikely to become a public charge. - The $380 for your child’s immigrant visa application.
- Passports for you and your partner – for ID, evidence of American citizenship and (in some cases) entry stamps to prove you have made previous visits to the country.
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