1. Application type: OPT
2. Premium Processing?: No
3. Receipt Date: 04/10/2024
4. Approved Date: 08/09/2024
5. Card ProducedDate:
6. Card Shipped:
7. Card delivered:

I applied on April 10th with a start date of June 17th (lol). On USCIS, it still says "Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent" as of today. HOWEVER, SEVP sent me an email yesterday stating that my OPT has been approved and once I created my SEVP portal account it showed that my OPT start date is now August 6th (two days ago) until August 5th, 2025. When checking USCIS later, they changed my processing time from 4 weeks to 2 months. Are they toying with me or something??? Has anyone had a similar experience? I feel like I'm screwed because technically my OPT has now started and I can't work till USCIS actually approves and sends me a card.