Formula1

The federal government is a mess, that is why some newer applications are being processed before yours. I am in the same situation but in my case waiting for the interview for my N 400 application and then, God knows when, I will have to wait once more for their oath show ceremony. So here we are,  playing their game of giving us uncertain time frames. Legal inmigration is not a priority for politicians in this country so if you have to wait one year with no green card  just wandering around the States without being allowed to work,  they dont care.

The federal government is a mess, that is why some newer applications are being processed before yours. I am in the same situation but in my case waiting for the interview for my N 400 application and then, God knows when, I will have to wait once more for their oath show ceremony. So here we are,  playing their game of giving us uncertain time frames. Legal inmigration is not a priority for politicians in this country so if you have to wait one year with no green card  just wandering around the States without being allowed to work,  they dont care.

Let's get real. For many people getting the citizenship is not a priority but a mandatory US goverment requirement so they can leave the country as freely as they want to work or live somewhere else and be able to come back a year later to visit family or friends. With the green card Uncle Sam denies you this freedom unless you go again to the i485 process meaning more money to Washington. 

Hi,
is the I 131 Advance Parole already expired? She can use that if not.
If you have been waiting more than a year means that something is wrong and the mail is lost. Have you change address during that year?

Because maybe in a few years when I will be living in Europe with my wife and we want to come back to spend Christmas with her family I do not want to:
1) Apply for another Green Card or other kind of visa a year in advance and pay these Government (Republican or Democrat) $1000+ so they can use that money, for example to finance the "War on Drugs" that Nixon started.
OR
2) If I decide not to pay for a visa and I use the tourist line at the airport, it is not my dream to be denied the entry by an arrogant official who is going to question me about my "suspicious" intentions of coming back to his/her country with an American family member who by the way is crossing the border thought the "citizens" line... Meanwhile I will be already on my way to the secondary inspection office when I will be asked if I have been involved "in genocide or espionage or whether I am seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities".
Really, I do not want to deal with the Department of Homeland Security ever again. However I am not sure if it is worse than to deal with the IRS for the rest of my life... What a dilema!