On Friday Guatemala’s PGN * shut down stating that they would not be accepting any new cases other than those that had been approved. According to Guatadopt.com this is VERY CONFUSING information because it was believed that ALL cases would be GRANDFATHERED in if they were submitted before December 31, thus APPROVED and processed.
What is even more confusing is that the sign on the door to PGN stated that all cases have to be registered with CENTRAL AUTHORITY, a NEW division.

Sure, its a last minute trip but the essentials are the same. Preparing to travel to an international country can be daunting. I know it was when we traveled to Russia. It was actually scary the first time we went. By now traveling is easy for us. We have been to Thailand, Russia, Mexico, England, and my husband travels to Germany frequently. But traveling to meet or bring home a child is entirely different.
When we first traveled to Russia we had months to prepare and we put our suitcases in our guest room and put our essentials in there when …read more

Back in October, just days after we turned in our Dossier our agency told us that Oscar Berger had just put adoptions on hold. But it was not like we couldn’t see the writing on the wall, as it was ALL over the news.
Instead of completely pulling out of the process we decided to put our names into domestic adoption as well (along with some of our money) and keep our name on the list with our agency just in case. Several weeks ago we received an email from our agency stating that although the Guatemalan congress had passed the …read more

From the AP:
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA – 19 hours ago
GUATEMALA (AP) — Guatemalan legislators approved a new law Tuesday to tighten adoptions, while allowing pending adoptions — mostly to U.S. couples — to go through without meeting the stricter requirements.
The legislation had upset thousands of would-be parents who had invested their savings to adopt a child from Guatemala, which is second only to China in sending adoptive children to the United States. Many feared thousands of children would be left in limbo.

The Guatemala Ortega Law has Passed. Stay tuned for forth coming information.