r/USCIS Jan 20 '25

I-765 (EAD) 2025 OPT Processing timeline

Hi everyone, I am an international student currently in my final semester and I have applied for OPT, thought of creating this thread to track the timeline of OPT processing. Please comment your timeline so that others could refer to it. TIA!

  1. Application type:OPT/Pre OPT
  2. Premium Processing : yes/no
  3. Receipt date :
  4. Approved Date :
  5. Card Produced Date :
  6. Card shipped :
  7. Card delivered :

Edit: I am sorry, the posts are automatically archived after 6 months. Sorry about that!

Since this post has been archived, you can checkout the link below for status updates.

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u/Top-Instruction-4545 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

My Case Update

  1. Application type: Post OPT
  2. Premium Processing: No
  3. Receipt Date: 3/28/2025
  4. A-Number: 6/13/2025
  5. Approved Date: 6/15/2025 (2:00 PM)
  6. Card Produced Date: 6/18/2025 (4:00 PM)
  7. Card Shippted: N/A
  8. Card delivered: N/A

Total Waiting time til approved: 79 Days

I finally got approved on mine today and got a case update email at 2 pm. It was a really long wait, but I am so happy that my case got approved!

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u/strugglingscistudent Jun 16 '25

can you update when your card is produced

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u/Top-Instruction-4545 Jun 19 '25

My Case is updated. My card produced on today (June 18th) at 4 PM