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After 2 years and 1month visa finally issued alhamdullilah 

So the consulate finally called my husband and said he needs to renew DS260  and financial documents they said he is approved just need those documents in the system updated for NVC. For some reason I'm still skeptical and waiting until my husband actually has his visa in his hands because last time the consulate said he was approved we ended up needing administrative processing and still waiting. Also they asked for update medical and all the approved doctors are backed up until November but we found a way to get an appointment tomorrow so alhamdullilah for that anyway if u need help or have questions feel free to ask oh yea and all the people that's still waiting dont give up keep calling keep emailing get your state congress involved.. I pray this helps someone InshaAllah

the state department site lists all visas approved by post and class if you ever want to check /September 2020 not out yet and there are several spouse October interviews listed for members in October (5)
 
June           0 visas for CR1, IR1 or K1
July            CR1 -11,   IR1 -23,  K1 -7
August      CR1 -20,  IR1-51, and K1 -17
 
These approvals would have been from people in AP that interviewed before covid shutdown of embassy
you should note the embassy favors spouse visa and approves more than fiancee from these numbers and all stats from the following USCIS site
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics.html

Thank you!
 
You were right, this was a good thing! The following day our visa status changed to "Issued" and we received a phone call from Colombian embassy that our visa was ready to be picked up! 
 
October 5th visa in hand!!! 
 
Thanks sooo much to all for the support.

incha allah
no good has come out of this 
i am speaking to family every day so my Arabic is getting better
and to brother-in- laws in Paris and Spain so i am using several languages but this is at a big price to pay to learn them when we can't be with or even visit family./ we wanted to return in May for Ramadan and hope things change for the better but even that is ify
Adil and i are together and very glad we beat this time when things are rough
all of you have our best wishes and our prayers 
Allah yessir means God make things right

Thank you, very nice of you. If it wasn't to my wife loss, I was planing on going on  the "AP" route. I have to wait till she decides what she want us to do.  Prayers for this pandemic to go away. Good Luck to us all insha'Allah.

Thanks JeanneAdil and queenMorocco12 for this conversation.
Update about our case: My wife lost her father yesterday.
She was planing to go next week in person to try to get medical appointment. After many phone call for last 10 days, she sent many people to the doctors cause she lives 800km south of Casablanca, and also cause Casablanca is under lock-down{COVID19}. Doctors are taking their precautions by limiting the number of visits.One of them Doctor Nezha FEhri has that irresponsible(last to say selfish) text answer to our request for appointment ":she is close for one year???' could'nt she just let some other doctor take over. The medical appointment are to be around december, her interview is 10/16. I'm weighing our options between Rescheduling or the Administrative Processing 221g.
I will appreciate any inputs.God Bless
 

I had this email from Dr Nezha Fihri. Still trying to get an  appointment from one of the two other doctors. 

I had this email from Dr Nezha Fihri. Still trying to get an  appointment from one of the two other doctors. 

You have a lot going for you
You are about the same age
same religion
and your income is well above the needed range
and there are always jobs here for a decent mechanic
I believe it was the K1 that was denied and for Morocco that is very normal ( and casa never gives a reason for denial)
if he said during interview he did not know your kids,  it would have been reason enough for them to deny as he is to know everything about u and your family
As for interview,  no one can say when Casa will start again,  the country just went backwards in the fight with covid virus and closed some cities down because of big increase in cases of the virus.
 
You satisfied the NOID and spent 6 weeks with him and he met your kids so your case is looking good
Best to you both
allah yekbel
Jeanne and Adil
 
 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyIVIssuances/JULY 2020 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf
According to the above link, 11 CR1 Visa were issued on July 2020.

Photos of a wedding are not required, but are good proof/evidence. 
But, you should not worry if you two have the following:
1- Closer in age, and mostly if the male is older. 2- Same religion. 3- Same language and culture. Are you both Algerian? 4- Multiple meetings, as in you have visited each other many times. 5- Photos of you two and with families. 6- Petitioner s stable income, and NO sponsors, as  this shows responsibility. I feel that Photos are not as important as the actors above. Nowadays, in North Africa, many do delay weddings until after "Visa Approval". Then, they come back with their spouses to honey moon in the states. It is almost a trend now for North African French or Dutch; They wait until "Visa Approval" to have a wedding. Add to that, Some families prefer to push the weddings until after the "Visa Approval" to ensure their daughter is not left behind after marriage, as there are no guarantees of the "Visa Approval". Culturally, many girls remain Virgin until marriage. A girl s Virginity is almost her livelihood. But, that calls for a whole new topic.  Bon courage!