Johannesburg Consulate finally took my husband's passport

[Jucia 5]

Hello fellow VJers,

I just want to give an update. My husband had his interview at the consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 15, 2015. The interview went well, but the interviewer told him that he submitted the wrong birth certificate. My husband is orginally from Nigeria and he had submitted the birth certificate from the NPC (National Population Commission), but they wanted a birth certificate from the state. He was able to get that and turned it in the week following his interview. They took it and said they would call. I contacted the consulate almost every week asking for an update and to get clarificaiton on what administrative processing meant. I usually got form replies. Then on January 19, they called my husband to say they needed yet another birth certificate, from the hospital!!!! He did obtain another birth certificate and turned it in today and they took his passports!!!! That really made us happy. We hope they do not hold it a long time and that he gets his visa very soon. Has anyone else had a visa printed in the Johannesburg consulate after being in AP?? If so, how long did it take to get it back?

[Jucia 5]

Now the status on the CEAC site says 'Ready', but it talks about an interview, which he's already had. Any information on this would be appreciated... Do they use the 'Ready' status in more than one instance?