sauldelgado

Only thing I can think of is mine didn't have a crime listed, yours have one. Even if you are the aggrieved party I asume they want to know the details and the resolution. Seems like they want to see a copy of your antecedentes penales y policiacos.

Check mine. My case was EB3 skilled worker as well, going through consulate processing. There is a huge time gap between starting NVC processing and getting to the interview at the consulate because of the pandemic but it should give you an idea of the steps involved.

We waited 10 days. Our interview was on December 20 so add a couple extra days to regular processing times for Christmas holidays, but it was fairly quick.

It was actually a CBP officer who stapled it. Never had any issue whatsoever. Probably just got lucky I guess.

Shouldn't be a problem. Back when I had a B1/B2 visa I stapled the old passport with the visa to the back of the new one and never had any issue going through customs this way. Did this probably 20 times over a 2-year period and it was as easy as it sounds.

You are absolutely right. In my experience, being DQ'ed since August 2020 and waiting for an interview at the US consulate in Guatemala City we tried transferring our case to El Salvador around October 2021 as they had more interview slots and cases were moving faster there. Even though my wife has both Guatemalan and Salvadorean citizenship they shut us down pretty much immediately - to be fair she was not the main beneficiary so that might also be a factor. As someone else already said in this thread, this case seems to be the exception, not the rule.