US Immigration from Brazil

Has anyone else accidentally registered your scheduled interview through the Paris portal as being a resident of Portugal with a CR1/IR1 interview?

On Paris's own webpage there was no warning to tell residents of Portugal not to register, but alas on the NVC site it says "they are not required to" and further down it says "Do not register".

I am concerned about what may happen to our interview date since I did indeed register - and the consulate is not responding to emails.

We were notified that our approved K1 petition/case was sent to the Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by the NVC on Feb 14th and our case status changed to ready the 15th. I emailed the consulate to see how long it would take to receive the email with the instructions (packet 3) and they replied that it could take up to 3 weeks for them to receive the case and send that email. I did the DHL hack and I'm pretty sure our case has been received by the Rio Embassy, but we haven't received the email yet. My questions are:

1. How long does it usually take to get this email for everyone else now-a-days, and do you even receive it?

2. I've been told we will need it for the medical exam and the interview, is this true?

3. Also, we went ahead and scheduled my fiance's interview as per the advice on one of these forum topics, so if we don't receive the letter by the appointment date, will we have to cancel the appointment?

Thank you in advance!

I'm trying to get an idea on when I should start looking for tickets to fly down to Rio and when I should expect the interview to happen.

Anybody that has recently scheduled their Rio interview, how is availability looking for the rest of the year and early next year?

Hello all, we were DQ May 12th waiting for appointment for interview at the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil consulate. Anyone else in the same boat? I saw that Rio is doing well with the backlog if I'm correct?

I have received my welcome letter and filed DS-160 forms. However, I can't find the civil documents column in the CEAC website. I heard here that some consulates demand that documents are sent in paper copies to the NVC. Does anyone has experienced that with immigrant visas being processed in Rio de Janeiro? Thanks!