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I can definitely relate since I'm in a similar situation to you. My fiance is in China too and I haven't seen her in close to 3 years (will be in October). She has her interview scheduled for the end of August. My fiance did receive Packet 3 in the physical mail though and not electronically. It contains instructions for the next step i.e: 1. Fill out the DS-160 form and print out the confirmation page (NVC case number is required to finish the process). 2. Copy of passport 3. 2 passport photos My fiance had to send that back to the Consulate thru the mail. A few days after the consulate received the contents, she received an email from the consulate to go ahead and schedule her interview. I guess since you can get NVC case number from the NVC you can fill it out without the packet 3 but it's nice to know when to complete the form. We decided not to take our chances with my Fiance visiting since it is up CBP person's discretion and how strict the COVID quarantine is on the return trip. Also, if your Fiance does visit, please keep in mind a direct flight from USA to China currently cost about 5k to 10k plus 7 day mandatory quarantine hotel costs. I heard of people going from USA -> HK -> China for cheaper flights but then she might have to quarantine 2 times, so she definitely want to return earlier for the visa interview / medical check up. Of course the quarantine rules can change anytime but I'm not expecting any huge changes in the next 6 months to be honest.

Lots of activity today: 69000: 6 Approvals (5 new / 1 in progress) 70500: 1 Other (Case Was Reopened) (0 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 71500: 2 Approvals, 1 Other (Department of State Sent Case to USCIS For Review) (0 new / 3 in progress) 72500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (0 new / 2 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 3 Approvals (0 new / 3 in progress) 74500: 9 Approvals, 1 Denial (0 new / 10 in progress) 75500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES (1 new / 2 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 4 Approvals (0 new / 4 in progress) 79500: 4 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 5 in progress) 80000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 08/08/22: 47 Total Updates: 41 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER, 1 Denial, 2 Others (Case Was Reopened, Department of State Sent Case to USCIS For Review) March (5) + April (47) = 52 updates

It's worse for March. Today 17 updates and 15 are denials. Probably the lingering March cases are mostly RFEs which end up getting denied after failing to provide a valid response to USCIS.

Updates for April: 69000: 1 RFES (1 new / 0 in progress) 70500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (0 new / 2 in progress) 71500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 73000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 74000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 4 Approvals, 1 Denial (0 new / 5 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 75500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 1 RFES, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 4 Approvals (0 new / 4 in progress) 79500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 1 in progress) 80500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 08/05/22: 30 Total Updates: 15 Approvals, 3 RFESs, 8 RFERs, 3 Denials, 1 Withdrawal March (17) + April (30) = 47 updates

There this thread for August NOA: tldr: You will need to wait more for the case to be transferred to NVC and NVC to process your case. NVC doesn't really provide updates or take phone calls. NVC sent me an email (took about 40 days) after they finished processing the case (the NVC case number is needed to fill out the DS160 later) and shipped it off to the consulate for your beneficiary.

Updates for today: 69000: 1 Approval, 1 Withdrawal (0 new / 2 in progress) 70000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 75000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (2 new / 1 in progress) 08/04/22: 10 Total Updates: 4 Approvals, 3 RFERs, 2 Denials, 1 Withdrawal March (4) + April (10) = 14 updates

April updates: 73000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (1 new / 1 in progress) 08/03/22: 7 Total Updates: 4 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 RFER, 1 Denial March (2) + April (7) = 9 updates

Updates for April: 71000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 72500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 3 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress) 75000: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress) 75500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 3 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (1 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 81000: 1 Approval, 1 Withdrawal (1 new / 1 in progress) 08/02/22: 24 Total Updates: 10 Approvals, 1 RFES, 12 RFERs, 1 Withdrawal March (5) + April (24) = 29 updates

The April chart what I'm aware is updated every weekend so it might be behind. You can get the updates using a scanner like Case Tracker app. You can use that to confirm if you want

Updates for April: 71500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72000: 3 Approvals (0 new / 3 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 78500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79000: 3 Approvals (1 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 08/01/22: 16 Total Updates: 15 Approvals, 1 Denial March (1) + April (16) = 17 updates

Updates for April: 72000: 2 Denials (1 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 74000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 75000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 75500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 77500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/29/22: 12 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 3 RFERs, 4 Denials March (5) + April (12) = 17 updates

Android app seems to be working. I'm thinking they will need to update the iOS app due to the changes the USCIS website made yesterday with how the forms are submitted. I'm sure the developers are already fixing it but App Store update approvals tend to take a bit longer.

Updates for yesterday: 93000: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress) 93500: 3 Approvals, 4 RFESs (7 new / 0 in progress) 94000: 4 Approvals, 4 RFESs, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed) (9 new / 0 in progress) 94500: 3 Approvals, 4 RFESs, 1 RFER (8 new / 0 in progress) 95000: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (3 new / 0 in progress) 95500: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress) 96000: 8 Approvals, 1 RFES (9 new / 0 in progress) 96500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (2 new / 0 in progress) 97500: 1 Approval, 2 RFESs (3 new / 0 in progress) 102000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/28/22: 48 Total Updates: 28 Approvals, 16 RFESs, 3 RFERs, 1 Other (Notice Explaining USCIS Actions Was Mailed) May (18) + June (48) = 66 updates

Updates for yesterday: 83500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 86500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 87000: 3 Approvals, 2 Others (Appeal Was Dismissed, Appeal Was Dismissed) (2 new / 3 in progress) 87500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 88500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 89000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 89500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 91000: 2 Approvals, 2 RFERs (2 new / 2 in progress) 91500: 1 Other (Date of Birth Was Updated) (0 new / 1 in progress) 92500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/28/22: 18 Total Updates: 11 Approvals, 4 RFERs, 3 Others (Appeal Was Dismissed, Appeal Was Dismissed, Date of Birth Was Updated) May (18) + June (48) = 66 updates

Their website seems to be very slow for me right. I wonder if they are making more changes or just general maintenance...

They just updated the url from a GET to a POST request so it's fairly trivial adjustment. I'm hoping they don't change more in the future.

Updates for April: 71000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 74000: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 4 Approvals (4 new / 0 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 75500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFER (0 new / 3 in progress) 76000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 77500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 6 Approvals, 1 RFES (7 new / 0 in progress) 80000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 80500: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress) 81000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 07/28/22: 29 Total Updates: 23 Approvals, 1 RFES, 4 RFERs, 1 Denial March (13) + April (29) = 42 updates

April updates: 69000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 Other (Name Was Updated) (1 new / 0 in progress) 74500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 2 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 RFER (3 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 4 Approvals, 2 RFERs (0 new / 6 in progress) 81500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/27/22: 22 Total Updates: 12 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 5 RFERs, 2 Denials, 1 Other (Name Was Updated) March (2) + April (22) = 24 updates

Updates for April: 72000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 72500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 75000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 2 Approvals (2 new / 0 in progress) 78500: 2 Approvals (1 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 80500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 07/26/22: 23 Total Updates: 10 Approvals, 13 RFERs March (5) + April (23) = 28 updates

April updates: 71500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 72000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (0 new / 2 in progress) 77500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 4 Approvals (0 new / 4 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 07/25/22: 16 Total Updates: 14 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 Denial March (4) + April (16) = 20 updates

My fiance received the packet 3 over the weekend (Jul 23rd). It also still says the refused status when I check at NVC.

Updates for April: 71000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 71500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 73500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 75500: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 76000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 76500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 77500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/22/22: 20 Total Updates: 15 Approvals, 5 RFERs March(4) + April(20) = 24 updates

April updates: 69500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 73000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 75000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 78000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (1 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (Name Was Updated) (1 new / 1 in progress) 07/21/22: 14 Total Updates: 5 Approvals, 7 RFERs, 1 Withdrawal, 1 Other (Name Was Updated) March (3) + April (14) = 17 updates

Updates for April: 69000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 70000: 1 Approval, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 70500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74500: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress) 78500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFES (1 new / 1 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 07/20/22: 12 Total Updates: 6 Approvals, 2 RFESs, 1 RFER, 3 Denials March (1) + April (12) = 13 updates

Quite a few updates for April today: 69000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 69500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 71000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 71500: 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 2 in progress) 72000: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 72500: 5 Approvals (2 new / 3 in progress) 73000: 2 Approvals, 2 RFERs (0 new / 4 in progress) 73500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 74000: 2 Approvals (0 new / 2 in progress) 74500: 1 Approval, 2 RFERs (0 new / 3 in progress) 75500: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 76000: 2 RFERs (0 new / 2 in progress) 76500: 2 Approvals, 2 RFERs (0 new / 4 in progress) 77500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 78000: 1 RFES (0 new / 1 in progress) 79000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 79500: 1 Approval, 1 RFER, 1 Denial (0 new / 3 in progress) 80000: 1 Approval, 1 RFER (0 new / 2 in progress) 80500: 1 Approval (0 new / 1 in progress) 81000: 1 RFER (0 new / 1 in progress) 81500: 3 Approvals, 2 RFERs (0 new / 5 in progress) 07/19/22: 45 Total Updates: 21 Approvals, 1 RFES, 21 RFERs, 2 Denials March (7) + April (45) = 52 updates