Question About Digital Signatures on OPT Application
I graduated this Spring 2026(May).I applied for post-completion OPT on May 16, and my case is still showing as Processing on the USCIS portal. Both my CPT and OPT I-20s were signed using Adobe eSign.
I've recently seen news mentioning that digital signatures might be considered a red flag like it was published from uscis that they will deny applications starting from July 10th if the signatures are digital ones.However My DSO hand-signed it,but my sign was a Adobe E-sign.My friends got their OPT’s approved last week,their’s was also the same Adobe E-sign but they applied early.My 60-day grace period ends this week, so I'm wondering if I should print my OPT I-20, sign it by hand, and upload it as Unsolicited Evidence, or just leave my application as it is and wait.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? If your I-20 had an Adobe eSign signature, is this okay?did you receive an RFE, or did you have to upload a hand-signed copy?
Any experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!