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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-01-26</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000885590</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VRX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001595698</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kellen Ari</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>400 SOMERSET CORPORATE BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BRIDGEWATER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08807</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Company Group Chairman</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, no par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-01-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3317</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>88.98</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>535450</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This number represents common shares withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligations due upon vesting of Matching Restricted Share Units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This number includes the maximum number of Common Shares that may be delivered in settlement of performance-based Restricted Share Units (&quot;PSUs&quot;) that were previously reported on Form 4 in Table II.  See notes (3) and (4).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes unvested PSUs for up to 225,000 Common Shares that vest based on total shareholder return (&quot;TSR&quot;) between a price of $107.96 starting on January 9, 2014 and the average stock price for the 20 trading days starting on each measurement dates: 25% on October 9, 2016, 50% January 9, 2017 and 25% on April 9, 2017 (or 25% on October 9, 2017, 50% on January 9, 2018 and 25% on April 9, 2018, if applicable). Unit vesting is contingent on TSR performance between 10% and 30% into between one and three shares of common stock, respectively, with early vesting possible at higher TSR levels.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes unvested PSUs for up to 225,000 Common Shares that vest based on TSR between a price of $54.15 starting on February 21, 2014 and the average stock price for the 20 trading days starting on each measurement dates: 25% on November 21, 2018, 50% February 21, 2019 and 25% on May 21, 2019 (or 25% on November 21, 2019, 50% on February 21, 2020 and 25% on May 21, 2020, if applicable). Unit vesting is contingent on TSR performance between 10% and 30% into between one and three shares of common stock, respectively, with early vesting possible at higher TSR levels.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>by: Nicholas Zanoni for Ari Kellen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-01-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
