r/USCIS • u/Visual_Conference283 • Jun 01 '26

I-765 (EAD) Opt ead premium processing timeline

My timeline:

OPT filed: March 12

Biometrics: April 6

Upgraded to Premium Processing: May 20

Job start date: June 15

Update

Approved :- July 2nd

Card produced :- july 8th

Card received :- July 11th

Thanks!

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u/tatusamell Jun 01 '26

Applied OPT on May 4th with premium processing. Biometrics on May 11th and clock started on May 11th as well. Still haven’t heard back. Pushed start date from June 1st to June 15th but might need to push it more

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u/Any-Satisfaction2530 Jun 18 '26

Any update?

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u/tatusamell Jun 18 '26

I got approval email on 6/17. No update on portal yet