Originally Posted by CanucksHKG

Sorry, I didn't word it that properly. What I meant was OP wanted a reset, so he can take advantage of a full year to take his bi-annual trips without cut off.

But you do raise a good point - many of us has posted here MPO is generally very lenient with providing 1-2 months extensions. However, the risk is 99% of these data points are for qualifying/re-qualifying SL/GO/DM. I don't recall hearing such cases with GR's.

Guess all OP can do is, try to call MPO now and see if they would grant a reset first. Which would obviously be the safer route. If not, then try asking for a 2 month extension at the end of next year.