Senad and Anna

Hello,
 
I had high hopes that the consulates would continue with K-1 interviews. My fiances interview was scheduled 2nd week of April, then we were hit with the pandemic and her interview was canceled as for everyone else.
Last week I contacted the consulate in Frankfurt, Germany to see if K-1 visa interviews would be included now that they are reopening for some limited services and received the following as an answer:
 
We are not processing or scheduling K visa appointments at this time.  Although you may be eligible for an exception from Presidential Proclamation 10052 on the Risk to the Labor Market, you are still present in the Schengen Zone and subject to Presidential Proclamation 9984.  If you are eligible for an exception from Presidential Proclamation 9984 (ex. You have a U.S. citizen or LPR child under 21 or a U.S. citizen or LPR spouse), please contact us at FrankfurtVisaInquiries@state.gov.   Did anyone receive anything like this from a consulate?   Also, I am having a hard time understanding what an exception could be from the 9984 Proclamation.  Would anyone be able to explain please?   I would really appreciate the help.    

My fiancees interview was canceled a few hours ago. 

My fiancees interview was canceled a few hours ago. 

My fiancees interview was canceled a few hours ago. 

My fiancees interview was canceled a few hours ago. 

I did a screenshot of conversations. I did pick and choose between ones that talked about our future or ones where we were being sweet/funny. But I focus on dates! Creating a timeline of how long we communicated with each other. I certainly didn't print out all of our chat logs. It would be a mile long lol!  

We didn't provide any chat logs, since it's in no way proof of meeting in the last 2 years.
 
We filed in 2017, included 7 pics of us together/with friends/with family, the plane tickets/hotel bookings of when we visited each other and the passport stamps of visiting each other/our travels together through Europe. No RFE and visa got approved in 2018. The only 'extra' evidence the IO wanted to see at the interview were pics from after filing, and that was mostly cause I was basically waving them in the IO's face lol.
 
If you include way to much evidence, the chances are that they'll throw out important documents (cause I read that they will throw out stuff they don't need like 10k pages of chat logs lol) what can lead to RF(I)E's, so better not to overload, especially since you're from a not high fraud country. Including chat logs is fine (although again, no evidence of meeting), but just include 1 or 2 pages with a few sentences of your chats on different days/years. 

IMO, this is the same last name legally and technically. It is a well known issue for Eastern Europe, where females often have last names with specific ending -ova, -ska etc whereas male members of the same family may have completely different last names, and yet, it's the same last name. If you submit this as a legally different surname, USCIS will have no other way out but to ask for the proof of change which you will not be able to provide. At most, I would have mentioned it as 'other last name used' if at all. The embassy must be well aware of the situation. E.g., here in Ukraine I have been through 3 spelling policy changes: born Anna, 1st passport Anna, 2nd passport Anna/Ganna, 1st intl passport Ganna, the one valid now Hanna.