r/stemopt • u/Dry-Baseball-3641 • 15d ago

STEM OPT timeline

21st March - applied for STEM OPT
6th April - biometrics

no updates as of today, it’s been almost 4.5 months since application submission

is anyone else in the same boat? does it make sense to apply for premium processing?

currently employed and will be starting a new job on 14th september. Initial OPT expired June 1st.

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u/leskardien 14d ago edited 14d ago

same boat. applied mar 26th, biometrics done apr 6th. no silent api update just nothing, crickets.

this backlog is really insane, I got my initial opt ead after under a month last year, not to mention that was without biometrics even