To give you a little background, once the certificate of abandonment for a child is received, adoptive parent’s documents are filed. If approved, there’s a declaration (hokum) that the adoptive parents are the child’s guardians, and then a ‘tanfeed’ which is the actual execution of the declaration and is done before a ‘lajna’ (committee). We are waiting on the ‘tanfeed’.
We asked a friend in Tangier politics to go with us to meet the judge to help with processing our ‘tanfeed’. We were in the car and got a call from Mrs. Haddad who explained that because of the strike, the workers had gone away for the weekend (starting from Wednesday). Their presence was necessary in order for the ‘tanfeed’ to be done. So we realized that it wasn’t going to happen today.
Not getting the ‘tanfeed’ delayed getting the ‘permission to travel’ document and ultimately, the passport and Qatari visa. I was determined to make it to Sarah’s wedding on the 8th so we decided to travel to the Qatari Embassy in Rabat next week to explain our situation and beg for a visa, if needed.
Let’s see what happens…
Baby Maghrib 