OPT Watcher
Plan your OPT approval, EAD arrival, and job start
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Details
- External ID
- 1271100
- Source
- PH
- Company
- —
- Product
- OPT Watcher
- Website domain
- producthunt.com
- Launched
- Oct. 6, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 1
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.33
- Tags
- Productivity
Description
Will your EAD card arrive before your first day of work? OPT Watcher turns your filing dates and processing choice into an estimated approval and card-arrival window. Compare Regular and Premium timelines, then see how they fit your job start. Free in your browser, with no signup or receipt number. Community-based estimates, not official case status or legal advice.
Enrichment
- Niche
- job search and resume optimization tools
- Vertical
- Education
- Function
- Workflow automation
- Audience
- B2C
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- timeline tracker for international student opt and ead approval
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes A simple client-side calculator estimating dates using basic date math and historical USCIS processing day averages.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one — 90 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #36 of 91 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 185 days after the earliest competitor.
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