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Oh I understand now! Thanks for clearing that up! 😁

In more normal times it’s a few days to a few weeks. And yes , once he has his passport back with the visa in it , he is good to go ! 

Just watch the CEAC status.  It should change to "Issued".....then, once he has his passport with visa inside, he can travel.

Just got off the phone with NVC (July 27, 2020) - she said to mark that document as Not Available (it's one of the options on the left on the document submission page) and leave a comment. I left the comment "The New Zealand police department sent this information to the US Consulate in Auckland, who informed us via email that they have sent the document to the NVC." Then I hit submit documents. 

Wow! I didn't even realize this was an option. Thanks! I'm going to try this now.

No problem.
 
It was very fast. I submitted my form last Saturday and received confirmation that it had been emailed to the Auckland Consulate on Monday morning.

Here's what I did:
 
Once the New Zealand Police have completed the vetting process, they send you a confirmation that the results have been sent to the Auckland Consulate. I uploaded that confirmation in the police certificate box on CEAC.

Thank you both so much! Just needed some peace of mind on that :) 

Absolutely he can, assuming he has no ban or is otherwise inadmissible as a non-immigrant. Entry into the US is only ever guaranteed to USCs but with a good travel history and evidence of strong ties to home he should he able to overcome the CBP officer’s assumption of immigration intent.
 
I visited my husband more than once whilst waiting for the process to be completed. 
*~*~*moved from “bringing family members of USCs” to “IR-1/CR-1 spouse visa process and procedures”*~*~*

Kia Ora!
 
My husband (then-fiancé) travelled on his B-2 from NZ to visit me here while our K-1  petition was pending, without a problem.  He always had evidence of his ties to NZ to show if asked.