KevNat

I would contact the consulate and ask them to interview both at the same time.  Once an interview has been scheduled by NVC, then the consulate can reschedule.

1.  Case is DQ'd by NVC
2.  Case enters interview queue at NVC
3.  Consulate notifies NVC of available dates for interviews for next month
4.  NVC then schedules interviews for cases at the front of the queue for that consulate
5.  NVC then sends case to Consulate
Yes.

Because NVC schedules the interview.......not the consulate.   NVC then sends the case file to the consulate after scheduling the interview......

Hi! Indonesian with a case at the Jakarta Embassy here. As you may already know, the embassy has resumed regular processing of CR1/IR1 visas. We never filed an expedite request, but we received an approval for one out of nowhere toward the end of October (we're guessing it's just the Embassy's way of getting through the early cases quicker). So K-1 regular processing will probably follow soon.
 
I'd say don't worry about getting your medical checkup done before you hear from the Embassy. Getting an appointment at the hospital is very simple and quick. And this time around, the Embassy will only assign you an interview date after you book your medical checkup. My timeline went something like this:
 
Oct. 22-23: Received an email that my case was not at the Embassy, and shortly after received an instruction from the Embassy.
 
Oct. 29: Booked a medical checkup for Nov. 11 (Note: we're not in too much of a rush and have other reasons that require us to drag things out for a bit)
 
Nov. 4: Emailed the Embassy about my medical checkup date, and they assigned us an interview date for Dec. 8 (which got moved up to Dec. 7)
 
Something that you might want to prepare is collecting the beneficiary's vaccination records. I only had to get 2 shots because I did my homework, while others whom I met at the medical checkup had to get 4. 
 
Also, I saw police certificate getting mentioned earlier on the thread, and if you were only referring to the Indonesian one: you don't need one, in case you didn't know. 

That’s nothing to do with you, it is embassy scheduling issues. We have seen these reschedulings more and more during COVID.

Did you forget the post from before :
 
 

It is accurate, it is referring to a new child born between the parent getting an immigrant visa and actually immigrating. This is not your situation, is it?

I have called the Embassy several times and they said that the Consular workers are still working from  home and they are still waiting for hear when they can open back up as well 🤷‍♂️
 
My wife and daughter is waiting for an interview as well.