How long did your OPT EAD actually take?

OPT Tracker aggregates real EAD processing timelines submitted by F-1 students and scraped daily from the r/f1visa community. Track every stage — from application received to card delivered — across all four USCIS service centers (Nebraska, Texas, Potomac, Vermont). Filter by OPT type, service center, and premium processing to find cases most similar to yours. How OPT processing works →

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API moves 2–3 days earlier than the official website
Check my.uscis.gov/account/case-service/api/cases/IOE09XXXXXXXX — when updatedAtTimestamp changes, your case moved. If you see a null error, log in to my.uscis.gov in the same browser first.
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Timeline data is auto-refreshed from the r/f1visa OPT megathread to keep community cases current.
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Processing Time Distribution

Init → Biometrics

⚡ Premium Processing

🐢 Regular Processing

Biometrics/PP → Approved PP cases: from later of bio & PP filed
Approved → Delivered
Approved → Produced
Produced → Delivered
⚡ Premium Processing
🐢 Regular Processing

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About OPT Tracker

OPT Tracker is a free community tool that aggregates real processing timelines from F-1 students going through the OPT and STEM OPT EAD process. Unlike USCIS's broad estimates, our data comes directly from applicants — showing exact dates for submission, biometrics, approval, card production, and delivery across all four USCIS service centers.

Whether you're planning around a job start date, booking travel, or simply trying to understand where your case stands, OPT Tracker gives you the community-sourced context that official sources can't.

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