In the December 2010 visa bulletin, the State Department's Visa Office (VO) offered new predictions on visa availability and cutoff date movement for the remainder of FY-2011. Below are the best-case scenarios for cut-off date movement each month:
| Employment Second (EB-2): | Predictions on cut-off date movement each month after 12/2010 | Results |
| China: | 0 - 2 weeks | |
| India: | No movement | |
| Employment Third (EB-3): | ||
| Worldwide: | 3 - 6 weeks | |
| China: | 1 - 3 weeks | |
| India: | 0 - 2 weeks | |
| Mexico: | No predictions at this time | |
| Philippines: | 3 - 6 weeks |
In addition, DOS believes that for the coming months EB1 will likely remain current, and EB2 categories that are current as of December, 2010 will probably remain current as well.
Please keep in mind that these predictions are just estimates, and may fluctuate if visa demand pattern changes.
In the July 2010 visa bulletin, the Department of State Visa Office (VO) offered new predictions on visa availability and cutoff date movement. Below are the best-case scenarios for the remainder of FY-2010, which ends September 30, 2010:
| Employment Second (EB-2): | Predictions | Results |
| China: | March or April 2006 | May 8, 2006 |
| India: | March or April 2006 | May 8, 2006 |
| Employment Third (EB-3): | ||
| Worldwide: | June through September 2004 | December 15, 2004 |
| China: | October through December 2003 | October 22, 2003 |
| India: | February 2002 | January 1, 2002 |
| Mexico: | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Philippines: | June through September 2004 | December 15, 2004 |
For the first time, the Department of State Visa Office (VO) offered their predictions on future visa availability and cutoff date movement. Below are the best-case scenarios for the remainder of FY-2010 which VO projected in the January 2010 visa bulletin:
| Employment Second (EB-2): | |
| China: | July through October 2005 |
| India: | February through early March 2005 |
| In case of visa rollover (Section 202(a)(5)): | |
| China: | October through December 2005 |
| India: | October through December 2005 |
| Employment Third (EB-3): | |
| Worldwide: | April through August 2005 |
| China: | June through September 2003 |
| India: | January through February 2002 |
| Mexico: | January through June 2004 |
| Philippines: | April through August 2005 |