Naturalization Interview, pending approval, two A numbers

[Moosker 7]

Well this is odd....after ten years of being married, I finally got around to applying for my naturalization. I applied January 2018, and had my interview today.

 

I passed all the testing (yay!), but the officer said it was pending approval due to the fact that I have TWO A numbers to my name. That was a surprise! I came home and started digging through all my old USCIS notice of actions throughout the years. Turns out, when we did the I-129 and the I-130, all the A numbers were the same, but as soon as I did my interview in Montreal, and crossed the border, the document I received had a new A number.

 

Anyone else have this situation?!? I hope they can resolve it quickly.... 😕

[little immigrant 800]

Quite interesting although I haven't seen this situation. I'm sure it was USCIS error and they need to fix it. The A number will be printed on your naturalization certificate. Is the number similar to the first or is it totally different? 

 

Please keep us updated.

[Moosker 7]

14 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

Quite interesting although I haven't seen this situation. I'm sure it was USCIS error and they need to fix it. The A number will be printed on your naturalization certificate. Is the number similar to the first or is it totally different? 

 

Please keep us updated.

Oddly enough, I never noticed it. When my two year PR green card was approved and I crossed the border, the notice of action had a completely different A number than all the others. That's been the number all my biometrics appointments, etc has come in. I've been on a ten year green card since then, and it has the same number. Part of me wonders if it's because I was on an OPT visa before we got married (in my maiden name also.)

 

Some Google searches show it's fairly common...so here's hoping there isn't a huge delay!

[Hypnos 6,576]

I've heard of it happening before, but it's not exactly common. They have to consolidate the case files and get them merged under a single alien number, and that takes a little bit of time. I can't imagine this will be something that adds months to your process.