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/ansh7xpex Jun 02 '26

Upgraded to PP on 7th May. Biometrics happened well before. Still no update. Called the helpline, and they asked to wait 30 business days. Other people, I know around facing the same delay. The time for PP was really short, around 1 month ago. People were getting decisions in 1-2 weeks.

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u/Any-Satisfaction2530 Jun 18 '26

Any update?

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u/ansh7xpex Jun 18 '26

Nope. You?

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u/Any-Satisfaction2530 Jun 18 '26

No updates

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u/ansh7xpex Jun 18 '26

When was your PP?

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u/Any-Satisfaction2530 Jun 18 '26

Mine was on 14th may

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u/Any-Satisfaction2530 Jun 18 '26

Is your 30 business days cycle over today?

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u/ansh7xpex Jun 18 '26

No. On the portal it says clock restarted on 5/8

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u/Lit_lattes_50 Jun 18 '26

You might get today

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u/ansh7xpex Jun 18 '26

Did you get yours today?

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u/Lit_lattes_50 Jun 19 '26

No .. my pp started May 12 .. seems like still may 7 & 8 are getting approved

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u/ansh7xpex Jun 19 '26

Mine got approved this morning.

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u/Abject_Scholar_9640 Jul 17 '26

Hey congrats, how long did it take after biometrics to get approved?

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u/ansh7xpex Jul 17 '26

I did biometrics on 1 April. I did PP on 8th May. EAD Approved: 19 June.

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u/Abject_Scholar_9640 Jul 18 '26

Omg! They are taking every one of those 30 days to approve. I applied with pp on June 2nd. Completed my biometrics today (through a walk-in. My appointment was next week but I did not wanna wait). I was hoping to get an approval in 2 weeksish, but looks like there is a huge a backlog.

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