US Immigration from Senegal

Does anyone have any idea (rough estimate if known) when the appointments slots will open for the next month in the AVITS Dashboard? I was able to pay the $265 visa fee online and immediately redirected to the appointment calendar. Currently September have no more availability and the next three months are greyed out and not allowing me to select them. I am assuming this means that the calendar opens on some date in the future and then I would be able to go in to help schedule a Consulate Appointment. Is this date usually that last few days of the prior month, the first/first week of the next month. Or is this unknown and just have to keep checking back until you get lucky?

And I would assume I need to have that appointment scheduled prior to the actual MD honoring and medical appointment scheduling right?

We finally received word via the Public Inquiry request that our case has been sent for interview and that we don't need to put anything online in the NVC portal. As of today the status reads "Ready" but we have not received any letter from NVC. Based on that status I went into the AVITS website to create and appointment but I am unable to do so. Is that because the Consular does not have the case yet, or no appointment is available? Just wondering for planning purposes.

I am a US citizen. Married 4 yrs ago . Has a daughter and wife living outside united . Filed i130 for my wife and daughter . USCIS says the application is approved for both. My daughter is still minor. I am having another child in a month's time outside united states who's was not included in the already i130 that just got approved

Question 1. What next as the application has been approved? What do I have to do ?

Question 2. Is my unborn baby a US citizen or do I have to file another i130 for the baby?

3. How long before USCIS send an approved application to NVC in the designated country where the beneficiary resides?

Thanks for your help

I noticed today the case status with USCIS changed to Case Was Sent To The Department of State as of this week. Does anyone know the approximate processing for Dakar for K-1 at this time?

We just received the NOA 2 from USCIS approving the K-1 this week. I noticed on the NOA under Notice Type it reads the approval is Valid from 04/1/2025 to 08/13/2025. Can anyone provide any insight into this "valid from" meaning. From my understanding we are not able to access the claim to begin any steps in the portal until we receive the case number and other necessary information from NVC. We also need information from NVC to request an appointment date with the Embassy in Dakar. Does anyone have any insight on their current backlog for interviews? Also, what happens if we are not able to get the interview scheduled prior to August 13th due to backlog? Does the claim just expire and we have to pay to go through the process again? Thanks in advance for any insight on these questions above. Please note these are standalone questions and do not have anything to do with my "timeline" and/or the original case I submitted and setup my account for. Thanks again!