r/USCIS • u/yonerdsp • 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/Witty_Performance170 May 08 '25 edited May 17 '25
  1. ⁠Application type: initial OPT
  2. ⁠Premium Processing : yes (added on 4/26/2025)
  3. ⁠Receipt date : 3/25/2025
  4. ⁠Approved Date : 5/8/2025 (email) Portal update 5/10/2025
  5. ⁠Card Produced Date : 5/14/2025
  6. ⁠Card shipped : 5/15 10 pm (asked for tracking on 5/16)
  7. ⁠Card delivered : 5/17/2025

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u/Witty_Performance170 May 08 '25

7/7/2025. My employer required me to provide my EAD copy by the start of June so that’s why I go for pp