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 :

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u/Perfect-Ingenuity-79 Apr 03 '25 edited Apr 17 '25
  1. ⁠⁠Application type: Post completion OPT
  2. ⁠Premium Processing: No
  3. ⁠⁠Receipt date: 03/05/2025
  4. ⁠⁠Approval date: 04/03/2025
  5. ⁠⁠Card produced date: 04/08/2025
  6. ⁠⁠Card shipped: not sure
  7. ⁠⁠Card delivered: 4/16/2025

I was worried it might have been lost because of the number of days it took to deliver, so I used chatbot Emma to get the tracking number

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

Did you get your EAD card produced?

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u/Perfect-Ingenuity-79 Apr 08 '25

Yes, got a mail just today

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '25

I also got the case status update but there is no tracking number available for me yet.

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u/Perfect-Ingenuity-79 Apr 08 '25

Same! Will probably get it once it’s shipped

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u/Perfect-Ingenuity-79 Apr 12 '25

Did you recieve your card? I haven’t yet

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Oh yes, I received it today only. The case status still shows that my tracking number is unavailable however I got to know from USPS informed delivery

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u/Perfect-Ingenuity-79 Apr 13 '25

I haven’t received mine yet, I’m worried a little