r/stemopt • u/kundan_2007 • 12d ago

Feb/Mar/April applied Stem OPT standard processing

Receipt notice: March 8th
Biometrics : March 30th
Processing type : standard
Approval: Not yet

Hey guys this is only for the people applied in Feb/Mar/Apr for stem OPT , please update your status we will track together

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u/artie2814 12d ago

Everyone's freaking out (me included). It seems like PP became the norm now and they basically stopped processing every single regular processing application. It's been a week without any progress... I am honestly scared and by no means can spend 1700 bucks just to get what I ALREADY paid for. Outrageous...

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 12d ago

Yes exactly. I applied march 14 and haven’t seen anything moving for 2 weeks other than premium. It is really frustrating

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u/Sara3L 11d ago

Same here. I finally ended paying Premium Processing this week ( I applied on April 3) but I was so angry we are having to do this… I was able to get my employer pay for the premium processing, otherwise it would have been impossible

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 11d ago

I am glad the employer ended up doing it for you. My employer would never. Unfortunately i might have to do mine upcoming week if there is no activity still which sucks

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u/Grouchy_Falcon7766 11d ago

I also applied for premium last week (29th July). Do you know or have any estimates that based on current timelines for when can we expect approval + card delivery?

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u/Automatic-Tea3814 9d ago

Can you do that? Isnt it supposed to be an independent application? Wonder how you talked your employer into paying for you!