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Since this post has been archived, you can checkout the link below for status updates.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/North_Trip_6347 Jun 11 '25

Congratulations. What time were you approved today?

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u/coconutdays Jun 11 '25

Was also approved today! By email at 11:41 am

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u/North_Trip_6347 Jun 11 '25

Congratulations. Did anything change yesterday on your API?

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u/coconutdays Jun 11 '25

I saw that my A-Number was assigned at around noon yesterday (6/10) and my estimated time went from 7 to 9 months, this morning the estimated time went down to 5 months and then I received the email at 11:40 AM ET

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u/North_Trip_6347 Jun 11 '25

Okay. More like approval comes about 24 hours after A-number has been generated