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Hey everyone came back to this thread to pass along some advice for after NOA2.
1) Calling the NVC to get your case number is a pain. You have to call many times just to get in the line as there phone system can only handle so many active calls at one time. Once you do get in (took about 10 to 15 continues tries in my case) be prepared to wait about an hour to get to a live operator. They are open until midnight eastern which is nice. I just called and put it on speaker once I got through and it wasn't that bad.
2) When you're scheduling an interview, if there is a date open, take it! My partner and I had to continually refresh the page for several days until a block of appointments opened up. We were lucky and got the first appointment on Dec 1st but the appointments were half gone after only the first day. Each embassy only has a certain number of appointments per day and in our case they went quickly. The Ankara Embassy is VERY busy because it deals with Turkey, Iran and a lot of Syrian Refugees so maybe you'll have better luck than me.
Good luck everyone!

How did you know what day to do this? Both my fiance in Turkey and I have been trying to get an appointment in still haven't had any luck.

We were just approved for our NOA2. So excited. Good luck everyone.

It has been almost 6 months since we last seen each other. He will be here in a month again. Same as all of you, hopefully we will be celebrating NOA2. Better yet, passing the interview already. Nothing wrong in being so optimistic. Just hang on guys.