22 Months

We got notice that our daughter's visa was ready on May 31st, 4 weeks after the interview.  The embassy decided to ask for my previous marriage certificate at the interview, though it had never been requested before.  That delayed the process, even though I uploaded the document the same day as the interview.  We have been in contact with the embassy through email and my state senator is also inquiring about the status.  We were finally told on June 21st that the visa was issued and that it could take 6-10 more days before it was ready to pick up.  So frustrating.  It feels like they are punishing us and dragging it out as long as possible.

We were told that we were approved by NVS the first week of January 2023.  Notice of interview date was in March, for the interview on May 3rd.  We are still waiting for the visa to be issued after 7 weeks.  It is not easy to get any response to email.  It has now been 22 months since we applied for the spouse visa.