Peter D

The NVC has proven to be more than a bit difficult for many of us these past few weeks. When people ask for the pros and cons of IR-1/CR-1 vs K-1 visas it should be pointed out that K-1 visas pass through the NVC just long enough to get a case number assigned and then they are off to the foreign embassy/consulate.
I still think NVC > USCIS because they don't have a 5 month+ backlog, but they are really testing my patience.

Yes, Darnell is is arrogant, with a touch of conceitedness thrown in. He's straight forward and to the point, he doesn't sugar coat it, to the point that it's sometimes rude. Sometimes that's what people need in order to understand what is being told to them. That's Darnell, but 99.9% of the time he's right.
Rujby's situation is horrible, any one with an ounce of empathy feels for his plight. He has strong, compelling evidence, from what he's told us, to get an expedite.
Darnell's point is, Rujby has been told what to do to get his expedite since the end of February/ beginning of March. He's been given advice by more than just Darnell. Everything Rujby's been told to do, has been ignored by Rujby, other than sending in an email. He hasn't gathered the evidence, he and his wife, have chose to wait to get the much needed letter. He's been told to send in his wife's medical records. It's always been either, 'we're going to another doctor', 'My wife is waiting for the next appointment' etc.
It seems anyone who dares disagree with him, or try to reiterate that he hasn't sent the evidence in, is then admonished or ignored by Rujby.
I'm not sure if this is a communication issue, a language barrier, or what. If the advice he was given, was heeded and followed through with, a month ago, he would probably be on his way to the US as this is written. Now the case is closed and he has no other choice than to wait on an interview to be assigned to him.

Darnell, you are not the only one that has been trying... sometimes you just gotta give up trying to help and put the energy on someone who appreciates it!

I just phoned them yesterday and booked an appointment for next Monday. They did have availability for this week too though, so no need to book it way in advance. But since your case is complete it might be better to do it sooner rather than later. Then you only need to think about the interview, at least that's how I'm looking at it . I would have done it this week but it was just easier for me to get time off work and arrange transport for next week.
Maybe saying the wait for interview is worse than the wait for the petition approval wasn't quite right. I think it was more a case of expecting a long wait for that and now that we're soooo close to the end I can't wait to find out the interview date, my patience has ran out lol.