How long does it take for forum account approval?

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Does he get that message before or after he posts his comment?

If it's before, that's really weird because the forums are public. You can get a blocked message like that if you were banned on an account before and your browser is cached.

He should be able to login to his forum account before it's verified. Is that happening? Can he see his screen name appear at the top right corner?