Yea I know the pain I am consular as well. The progress timeline on VJ is not to be trusted either but like you said if we are by the 12 month mark we are just about halfway there. I am apart from my wife as well and it is painful. By the statistics those outside the country are not prioritize compared to those inside already. The new biden plan "Keeping families together is not for consular processing but for those doing AOS. It is election year after all gotta get that votes lol. Only thing we can do is be patient and wait God has not forgotten us yet but until then there is nothing we can do. I am happy for those that get lucky but we are allowed to feel frustrated. There was a lady that got approved in 20 days and another in 5 days. I saw that on the lawfully app was a little disappointed but was still happy for them. Our time will come so let us just pray and wait