Won't get criminal record by the appointment date.

[Mlyck 0]

Hi I'm applying for a K1 visa.

I'm from Denmark but I previously lived 2 years in Spain.

 

After I finally got an appointment date with the embassy, I was scrambling to figure out how to get the criminal record from Spain as their government process is a mess and only in Spanish.

I ended up hiring a lawyer to help, and she basically told me the only way to get it in time was to fly to Madrid and go to the ministry of Justice office in person.... So I did that. But Spain being Spain they. refused to provide me the document in person and want to "send" it to my home address in Denmark after about 20 days or so...

The excuse they used to not give it to me was that they had to contact Denmark to get my criminal record from there before they could issue it to me... Which is nonsense cause I'm just trying to get the one from Spain and I have to provide a seperate record from Denmark anyway.

My appointment at the US embassy is in 13 days. So the likelihood that I'll receive the criminal record certificate from Spain in due time is questionable 😢

I'm not sure what to do here... Do I go the appointment with just my danish criminal record? & cross my fingers that maybe the document arrives earlier?

Do I try to reschedule my appointment to be at an even later date after we waited 1.5 years for this? (if so does anyone know where you can actually reschedule it?)
 

This is so frustrating, I even chose a date that was quite late so I would have 3 full weeks to get my documents in order, with the Spanish certificate being priority but even that's not enough.

What do you do in this case?

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

Go to your scheduled appointment.  The Consulate Officer will issue you a 221g for the missing document.  Once you send them the required police certificate, they will continue processing your visa.

Edited October 15, 2021 by Crazy Cat