This was for my son and wife. Thanks for your detailed response. I am really in double mind now to just wait for the Reentry permit to complete instead of dealing with all these complications, but exceeding 1 year may trigger something in the system and will cause the denial, so I may decide at last minute. I guess 11 months vs 11 month 25 days won't make much difference for the CBP officer. Would me (US citizen) traveling along with them would make it any easier with all the required documentation off-course. I am also thinking in worst case scenario I can always sponsor them for the new GC if all this doesn't go smoothly. My only confusion is whether its worth doing that trip