Slight change of plans for the trip. Turns out that Qantas and Avianca are having a bit of a problem with invalid fare codes in the booking system, meaning that we can can’t actually book Avianca flights correctly right now (not without jumping through too many hoops). This has made the whole trip rather more … [Read More »]
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Travel approved
Finally we have the go-ahead to travel to Colombia. Andres has passed all his medical checks and his visa has been approved pending final documentation from Colombia. We have an appointment on the 18th May at the orphanage to collect Andres and I think another meeting or two the day after – and then we … [Read More »]
Update from Australian Embassy in Chile
We received an email today from the Australian Embassy in Chile requesting various documents and medical reports to complete the visa application. This was mostly just for our information – everything is taken care of between the adoption support agency and the orphanage, including arranging for health checks for Andres. We asked whether this tells … [Read More »]
We have a cot
We made our first big purchase today – put a cot on layby. We would have just paid for it and taken it home, but we had already measured the box they come in and discovered that there is simply no way it would fit in our car (Daihatsu Charade hatchback). So we arranged for … [Read More »]
Documentation sent
As part of the adoption application process – we needed to get quite a few official documents together, including birth certificates, marriage certificate, medical reports, employment reports, police good behaviour certificates, plus copies of passports and such. These documents were only considered valid for 12 months, so as a final part of the application process … [Read More »]
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