Cambo2017

Hi everyone,
It has been a long journey since the embassy sent the case back to uscis for further review. After 7 months got reaffirmed and mailed the file back to the embassy, no second interview is require but asked to submit more evidences, then AP for 2 months, today it has changed to Issued, and asked to pick up the visa in 2 weeks.
thank you everyone for your help.

They will call you and tell you what you need to do next. My case they told to submit more evidence. They will give you the appointment by phone. Most likely your visa application will be approved because it came with a recommendation from uscis to approved.

If everything is correct and not missing, it should change to issued soon.
good luck 

6 months or so?

Some good advice here and some not so good.

1. Your status shows REFUSED and not RETURNED (yet).
2. You need to wait until you know if it has been returned. You are undergoing AP right now while the senior officer makes a final decision.
That decision we don't know at this time. Nothing to appeal, no lawyer needed. 
3. This is the return process:
IF the petition gets returned THEN you will receive a NOID letter from USCIS telling you the reason(s) for return.
You will have 30 days to answer the letter and overcome the reason(s) with quality relationship evidence as rebuttal for the findings.
4. The return process can take 9-18 months total, depending on embassy.
5. If USCIS is satisfied with your submitted NOID response then they will reaffirm it and send it back to the embassy for a second interview.

You can try to email and ask the embassy to inform you of the reason WHEN AND IF YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN RETURNED.
You likely won't get an answer but can request the reason through a senator and gather specific evidence until you receive the NOID
letter or you can wait for it and read the reason(s) then.

No lawyer needed, nothing to appeal currently. Update here or in a new thread if you find out if it was returned.

You have to send the letter back with the evidence.  Yes, 9 pounds of evidence is too much.  When comes to communication evidence think in terms of sending EXAMPLES of how and how frequently you communicate.  You want them to read it, not ignore it.  How much of 9 pounds of evidence do you think anybody has time to read?

I would wait to see what the letter says - how do you know what you want to send until you know what they are asking for? I highly doubt anyone will look through 9 lbs of information - I would highlight the things they request when you get your letter. 

All very suspicious.

I read the thread your friend created.
He is not able to communicate well in English and you are the go between which creates confusion.
The USC, his wife needs to be on here and ask the questions because she is the one who has to answer the NOIR.
If she creates an account I will be glad to help further. Otherwise I am out.

If she does not know the reason for refusal then she waits for it in the NOID/NOIR.
IF she does not understand how to do a rebuttal THEN she can hire a lawyer.
IF she does understand it and it was just a general "not enough evidence" reason then she can easily do it herself.
It is stupid to spend money for a lawyer now and the money is better invested for a trip to generate more bona fide evidence.

This looks like it is the NOID/NOIR that the petitioner receives from USCIS after the case has been returned from the embassy
to USCIS with recommendation to deny the petition.

Your wife (the USC) will have 30 days to submit the rebuttal to the CO's findings.
 
1. Yes, marrying so quick after meeting is a fraud indicator.
Submit a lot of proof of all visits, receipts of your times together, photos, phone logs, chats, from the beginning of the relationship
to current. Write a relationship timeline on how you met, how your relationship grew from friendship to love to marriage.
USC needs to write this letter, it can be signed and dated by both of you.
Also submit affidavits which are letters from family and friends who can attest that you are in a bona fide marriage.
2. This states that the mother of your childrens  (beneficiary) family visited you and that is looked at as a traditional marriage
by Ghanaian custom. So they think you are traditionally married to the mother of your children.
How you can prove a rebuttal that this didn't happen is up to you, I don't know what happened.
Affidavits from your family (beneficiary) stating you did not traditionally marry the mother of your children would help, including from the
mother of the children and also if she remarried submit her marriage certificate if she will cooperate.
3. You, the beneficiary, should also write a relationship letter, including answers to the questions that he is accused of not being able to answer.
I was not there and do not know if you were able to answer all questions correctly so you two will have figure that out.
4. resubmit the photos in question (plus add about 150 updated newer ones along with wedding photos and photos with family etc)
Add a paragraph for each photos that they said were staged for immigration only, write where it was, who took it, what you did that day,
names and dates and location.

Read through this entire 52 page thread and then post in that thread for more feedback on how to submit evidence as a rebuttal.
There are a lot of people from Ghana going through the same thing.

Your wife, the USC needs to understand this as she will be the one doing the rebuttal so she needs to be here and read and research.
Time is of the essence her, she has 30 days unless the letter states otherwise.
Confirm that this is the actual NOID/NOIR request from USCIS that hse received.

Yes, it would have been highly unusual for USCIS giving your wife a call.
It can take 9-12 months until she will receive the NOID/NOIR letter that she has to respond to within 30 days after receiving it.
Let the senator's aid inquire every 3 months or so to perhaps hear something sooner but I doubt it.

Sounds like the data entry is not complete that USCIS has to do in order to officially expire your petition and hence the security check excuse.
If your case was still at the embassy or NVC then it would make sense that you are in AP for security checks but USCIS received your case back
from the embassy in March 2015 and therefore they could care less about security checks because the case will be expired and closed out as
I previously mentioned.
You should receive your expiration letter soon. If not and you really want to see for yourself that it is expired, the petitioner can contact the senator
to make an inquiry as to where exactly your case is currently and you want the "review" letter which is the expiration letter. It is fruitless
at this point to make yourself more confused by calling the misinformation line because they don't know what they are talking about.

7 months or so seems the norm.