What is the A number?

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I have a number on my NOA2 that starts WAC__________. Is that my A Number?

[aussiewench 9]

No, the A number (alien registration number) will start with an A followed by a series of 8 or 9 numbers. The WAC number is your service center receipt number.

[road2kros 0]

Right, an A number is your Alien Registration Number which is printed on your visa.

JR

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Hopefully this will bump up to the top so i don't have to create a new thread...

I have what I believe is our alien number for my wife, but here's the rub: it's on our K3 NOA2. In the beneficiary box, above her name is sequence like this: A000 000 000 where the 0s are numbers. Now, I, as many people, it appears, received NOA2 for both the CR-1 and the K3 at about the same time. As I proceed through the CR-1 track, can I still use the alien number from the K3 (we didn't get an A# on the CR-1 NOA2)? Is this number "universal", in the sense that there should only be one per alien (this makes sense to me, but I want to make sure). In particular, should I put the A# from my K3 petition on the I-864 that I fill out for the CR-1 visa? I just want to be careful that there isn't a new A# assigned to my wife in the CR-1 process and things get messed up if I cross the streams. Thanks! ttyl,

mich

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Hopefully this will bump up to the top so i don't have to create a new thread...

I have what I believe is our alien number for my wife, but here's the rub: it's on our K3 NOA2. In the beneficiary box, above her name is sequence like this: A000 000 000 where the 0s are numbers. Now, I, as many people, it appears, received NOA2 for both the CR-1 and the K3 at about the same time. As I proceed through the CR-1 track, can I still use the alien number from the K3 (we didn't get an A# on the CR-1 NOA2)? Is this number "universal", in the sense that there should only be one per alien (this makes sense to me, but I want to make sure). In particular, should I put the A# from my K3 petition on the I-864 that I fill out for the CR-1 visa? I just want to be careful that there isn't a new A# assigned to my wife in the CR-1 process and things get messed up if I cross the streams. Thanks! ttyl,

mich

When you enter the US on a K3 the POE officer will write your "A" number on the back of your I-94, also in your passport!...................well this is what happened with mine anyway!

when you enter the US with a CR1 visa then you will be given an "A" registration number!!............

I got a different 1 with each visa

[Yodrak 7]

mich,

The number you are looking at on the K3 Approval Notice is an A#. Many people end up with several A#s as a result of the numerous applications and petitions that are submitted during the course of the immigration process.

Yodrak

Hopefully this will bump up to the top so i don't have to create a new thread...

I have what I believe is our alien number for my wife, but here's the rub: it's on our K3 NOA2. In the beneficiary box, above her name is sequence like this: A000 000 000 where the 0s are numbers. Now, I, as many people, it appears, received NOA2 for both the CR-1 and the K3 at about the same time. As I proceed through the CR-1 track, can I still use the alien number from the K3 (we didn't get an A# on the CR-1 NOA2)? Is this number "universal", in the sense that there should only be one per alien (this makes sense to me, but I want to make sure). In particular, should I put the A# from my K3 petition on the I-864 that I fill out for the CR-1 visa? I just want to be careful that there isn't a new A# assigned to my wife in the CR-1 process and things get messed up if I cross the streams. Thanks! ttyl,

mich

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ok, so separate petitionns, separate A#s. Got it. Good thing I asked, I would have assumed otherwise! Thanks folks ttyl,

mich

[Yodrak 7]

mich,

Not necessarily, but highly likely.

Most (all?) petitions and applications ask for the A#. If one has an A# and knows what it is, then there's a chance that new A#s might not be assigned to each subsequent case. But, the USCIS usually neglects to put the A# on the Receipt Notice for the initial petition (VSC does, but I don't thank any other SCs do). Further on in the process some people don't recognize their A# when they see it and so don't provide it when asked for it. So for one reason or another many people end up with multiple A#s.

Yodrak

ok, so separate petitionns, separate A#s. Got it. Good thing I asked, I would have assumed otherwise! Thanks folks ttyl,

mich