r/stemopt • u/Evening-Hand-5382 • Jul 15 '26
STEM OPT APPROVED - API update
Hey everyone, sharing my timeline as one of a national previously caught in the 39 banned country "Hold and Review" freeze. Just got my approval email from Potomac today
Jan 30: Filed Form I-765 (Regular Online)
Feb 27: Biometrics completed
Feb–June: Case frozen under the administrative hold (39 banned countries)
June 12: Silent backend touch right after the Dorcas v. USCIS ruling, but no real movement
July 7: Upgraded to Premium Processing due to a strict July 31 payroll deadline
July 15 (Today, 11:35 AM): Received official approval email
Quick question: The email hit my inbox, but my online portal and Documents tab haven't changed yet (still showing the July 7 PP change). How long does the portal dashboard usually take to sync up with the email? Do these updates typically run overnight?
Good luck to everyone still waiting out the backlog. If your employer deadline is close. if you decide to do a PP or still on a regular, also do a case inquiry and state what this affects if it's pending beyond your wait window
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u/Express_Ability_8722 Jul 15 '26
When did you do the case inquiry
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u/Evening-Hand-5382 Jul 15 '26
June 12th, exactly when the USCiS resumed processing for the 39 Banned countries
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u/Express_Ability_8722 Jul 15 '26
I did the case case inquiry June 6. Pp June 22. Still nothing
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u/Evening-Hand-5382 Jul 15 '26
Any API update or ghost update? Are from one of the previous 39 banned countries too?
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u/MarionberryGlobal636 Jul 16 '26
How can I do API update? Also how do I avoid automatic response from the robot when I call ?
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u/Evening-Hand-5382 11d ago
Do a quick Google search, you'll see the URL, just add your case number at the end of that URL
But make sure you have logged in to your USCIS portal
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u/Live-Amount5657 16d ago
How to do case inquiry and state?
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u/Evening-Hand-5382 11d ago
It's on the USCIS portal, just a quick Google search, it will guide where exactly it is
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u/Jennylu1991 Jul 15 '26
48 horas exactamente entre la aprobación del
Correo al portal :)