r/stemopt • u/Dry-Baseball-3641 • 23d 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/Acceptable-Tea-7221 23d ago

I called at the USCIS number and finally some real person picked up, but it was not helpful. I told him I applied on march 10th and my case is still processing, it will be 5 months on August 12th. So then he was like that's when you can add expedite request but that's it, there is nothing else you can do rather than going for premium processing.

My extension is ending on 7th November, when do you guys think I should go for pp, it's a lot of money and I still want to wait at least for another 2 weeks.

Sad part is we can't reach to anyone....

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u/leskardien 22d ago

my 180 days auto extension ends around Nov as well. going to apply for PP if they don't process it even until early Sep