Visa Bulletin Predictions - February 8, 2016
The Visa Office of the Department of State is responsible for publishing visa bulletins each month. Occasionally, the Visa Office also provides their predictions on cut-off date movement in the coming months.
DOS Visa Bulletin Predictions Made in February 2016:
The Department of State published their predictions on monthly cutoff date movement for the next few months in the March 2015 Visa Bulletin:
- EB1: Current
- EB2:
- Worldwide: Current
- China: Up to five months.
- India: Up to three months.
- EB3:
- Worldwide: The rapid forward movement of this cut-off date during the past ten months should generate a significant amount of demand for numbers. When such demand begins to materialize it will be necessary to limit movement of this cut-off date.
- China: Up to five months.
- India: Up to one month.
- Mexico: Will remain at the worldwide date.
- Philippines: Up to four months.
- EB4: Current
- EB5: The category will remain "Current" for most countries. China-mainland born: Slow forward movement.
- Family-Sponsored worldwide dates:
- F1: Three to five weeks
- F2A: Up to one month
- F2B: Up to three weeks
- F3: Up to four weeks
- F4: Three to four weeks
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