Venting!!
Last week turned into another helpless week of getting nowhere!
I called Laura, the immigration lady in Santo Domingo, and she said to give her a call back on Friday as she would send Haiti an e-mail. When I called her back on Friday she said to me that there is a problem with Oscar's birth certificate and that they have sent Oscar a letter! HELLO, it's been over two months and neither of us have received a letter or call. They called Oscar before, why would they not call him this time?? I again explained to her that Oscar gave the new birth certificate on Sept. 27, but she could not specify whether there was a problem with the old or the new one, she told me to contact Haiti. At this point I wanted to cry and scream at her (although not Laura's fault) cause I feel like I am spinning in circles and can't get the actual truth!
I then called Oscar, assuming that there was a problem with the new birth certificate and took my frustations out on him and we got in a little fight! I am sure that my voice told him that I had enough! I think that I also said that I can't help him if he gave them another bad birth certificate. He said that the only problem that he could think of is that he was born in 1974 and his dad did not get the birth certificate until 1997.
Later that day we talked everything out and we think that Haiti still has not put the new birth certificate with his immigration papers because when I was talking to Laura, she gave me a second file# that was different from Mississauga's client ID#. When Oscar took the new papers he wrote the client ID# that I have always known, his name, and phone #. When Laura wanted the info to send Haiti an e-mail, she wanted his name, birth date, and the other file number (which I was never given).
Oscar and I have decided that I would send them a second e-mail (although they never responded to the first one) using the new file #, I will send them a fax, I am going to continue to call Haiti to get some answers as to which birth certificate they are talking about, and Oscar is going to call Laura and try to find out whether to package of the new papers actually went to Haiti. When I talk to somebody in Haiti I am going to stress that the medicals are going to expire on Dec. 21/06. I will also tell them that Jenni has been registered for school in January because I expected them to be here in October.
Sorry for the long read, I do feel a bit better. At this point I am going to keep at them. I want my husband and family to be here for Christmas!!
Does anyone have any advice or experience, especially with calling Haiti?
Thanks for everyone's support!
Kim