Could it suddenly become that tomorrow they start taking months instead of weeks again to process OPT applications? Absolutely.Įdit: For questions specific to F-1 status (and OPT is still F-1 status), you can also review information specific to these topics on r/f1visa.
We're currently in a very abnormally fast processing time. Typically processing times over many years have been between two and four months. ISSO will issue a STEM Recommended I-20 with employment details listed. Students MUST submit their STEM Application to ISSO no later than 3 weeks prior to their Post-OPT EAD expiry date to account for processing time. Only in 2020 was it common for a time for it to take five months. F-1 students on Post-OPT who are eligible for STEM Extension may apply as early as 90 days prior to the Post-OPT EAD expiry date. USCIS processing times have been over the years been very unpredictable. The timeline can be utilised to plan your entry into the US job market without any hurdles.
The above figure displays the OPT application timeline, which has to adhere to strictly. Keep in mind in past years I've seen it where people who apply in say August and September have about a four week processing time and then people who apply in October of that same year suddenly have a four month processing time. OPT TIMELINE One is aware of the fact that one needs an OPT authorisation to start work on OPT job for US employer. But this latest processing time is extremely unusual in its speed. Occasionally in the past they would get as fast as four to six weeks.
OPT applications since about September 2021 have been being processed, in general, much faster than they have been processed in probably at least a decade.
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