Wow. Hit's you right in the feels doesn't it. It really does feel like being held hostage because your life is at a stand still and you cant take any major life decisions.
Especially when most of these government agencies run with your tax money and you still are at a limbo on your status in the country. CEC people will know exactly how sucky that feeling is.
They really are grossly understaffed. They either need to increase their staff or majorly cut down on the amount of people being invited until they clear off all the back log. As selfish as it sounds, they really need to give priority to the people who have spent 1000s of dollars in applications fees.