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April 2016 Visa Bulletin Family-Sponsored Predictions vs Actual Dates

Knowledge Date: March 31, 2016 · Methodology

Official April 2016 Visa Bulletin Family-Sponsored Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing, by preference category and country of chargeability, shown alongside our model's predictions.
Pref Row Other CountriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
FA Filing FA Filing FA Filing FA Filing FA Filing
F1 pred
? → 22 Jun 2007
Advancing
01 Oct 2009 → 01 Oct 2009 0
? → 22 Jun 2007
Advancing
01 Oct 2009 → 01 Oct 2009 0
? → 22 Jun 2007
Advancing
01 Oct 2009 → 01 Oct 2009 0
? → 15 Aug 1994
Advancing
01 Apr 1995 → 01 Apr 1995 0
? → 15 Dec 2004
Advancing
01 Sep 2005 → 01 Sep 2005 0
real -
01 Oct 2009 0 exact
-
01 Oct 2009 0 exact
-
01 Oct 2009 0 exact
-
01 Apr 1995 0 exact
-
01 Sep 2005 0 exact
F2A pred
? → 22 Mar 2013
Advancing
15 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015 0
? → 22 Mar 2013
Advancing
15 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015 0
? → 22 Mar 2013
Advancing
15 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015 0
? → 01 Jan 2013
Advancing
15 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015 0
? → 22 Mar 2013
Advancing
15 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015 0
real -
15 Jun 2015 0 exact
-
15 Jun 2015 0 exact
-
15 Jun 2015 0 exact
-
15 Jun 2015 0 exact
-
15 Jun 2015 0 exact
F2B pred
? → 22 Feb 2008
Advancing
15 Dec 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 0
? → 22 Feb 2008
Advancing
15 Dec 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 0
? → 22 Feb 2008
Advancing
15 Dec 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 0
? → 01 Oct 1994
Advancing
01 Apr 1996 → 01 Apr 1996 0
? → 15 Jan 2004
Advancing
01 May 2005 → 01 May 2005 0
real -
15 Dec 2010 0 exact
-
15 Dec 2010 0 exact
-
15 Dec 2010 0 exact
-
01 Apr 1996 0 exact
-
01 May 2005 0 exact
F3 pred
? → 15 Dec 2003
Advancing
01 Aug 2005 → 01 Aug 2005 0
? → 15 Dec 2003
Advancing
01 Aug 2005 → 01 Aug 2005 0
? → 15 Dec 2003
Advancing
01 Aug 2005 → 01 Aug 2005 0
? → 15 Nov 1993
Advancing
01 May 1995 → 01 May 1995 0
? → 22 Jun 1993
Advancing
01 Aug 1995 → 01 Aug 1995 0
real -
01 Aug 2005 0 exact
-
01 Aug 2005 0 exact
-
01 Aug 2005 0 exact
-
01 May 1995 0 exact
-
01 Aug 1995 0 exact
F4 pred
? → 22 Feb 2002
Advancing
01 May 2004 → 01 May 2004 0
? → 22 Feb 2002
Advancing
01 May 2004 → 01 May 2004 0
? → 22 Feb 2002
Advancing
01 May 2004 → 01 May 2004 0
? → 01 Mar 1997
Advancing
01 Jun 1998 → 01 Jun 1998 0
? → 01 Jun 1991
Advancing
01 Jan 1993 → 01 Jan 1993 0
real -
01 May 2004 0 exact
-
01 May 2004 0 exact
-
01 May 2004 0 exact
-
01 Jun 1998 0 exact
-
01 Jan 1993 0 exact
Legend: ↑ advance ↓ retrogression · Error badges: exact/≤15d 16–60d >60d · Hover any badge/date for details
This page is the accuracy archive — predictions that were made for April 2016, scored against what the State Department actually published. The current forecast is for November 2026. View the live Visa Bulletin for Family-Sponsored
How our April 2016 forecast scored Typical miss ±0 days across 25 scored dates.

Model averaged 0.0d versus the naive “no-change” guess's 0.0d — falling behind the no-change baseline; the model landed closer on 0 of 25 scored dates.

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