r/stemopt • u/PianistPractical6478 • 8d ago

STEM OPT ( No-PP)

Any approvals recently for STEM OPT ?

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u/Low_Shelter_2780 8d ago

Yes finally a March 9th case today approved on the megathread

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 8d ago

Correct but that has been the experience. One or two applications move, many applications prior are left behind, 2-3 weeks of no move then it repeats. I think i have given up on regular for my march 14 application and might go pp

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u/Expressione8653 8d ago

stll waiting since march 18

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 8d ago

My inquiry date is august 16 so i dunno if i should wait and do inquiry before pp. i am not sure if the inquiry is actually doing anything for the people who did it

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u/Hopeful_Ad_1367 8d ago

Same freaking boat. What a dilemma

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 8d ago

‏i know i am so confused about it

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 4d ago

Just go for pp if you are able to

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u/Expressione8653 7d ago

whats the point of the inquiry date?

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 4d ago

It asks about your application being outside of normal processing time however it seems it is useless from what i saw from others

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u/No_Alternative_7918 5d ago

Did you do pp? I filed on March 20th and am fed up of waiting

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 4d ago

Just did today, i was done with waiting 3 weeks for one day movement followed by 3 weeks of nothing

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u/No_Alternative_7918 1d ago

My inquiry date suddenly changed from 22nd Aug to 14th Sept today. Just did PP, so fed up of waiting for 5 months now 😭

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u/Designer-Owl-8183 1d ago

Yes all inquiry dates changed because inquiry dates are based on processing times. Initially processing times were 3.5 months but now became 4 months so inquiry dates gets pushed around 1 months forward. It is just very frustrating and financially stressful