Alien number -- how many digits, exactly?? 8 or 9?

[JenniferJarin 0]

I'm about to file AOS, and I was wondering if there is a specific # of digits for the alien number. The reason I ask is because my husband's NOA2 had an alien number on it that was nine digits, starting with "0", but at his port of entry, the officer wrote an alien number with EIGHT digits only, omitting the first "0". I've tried searching previous posts but found conflicting information.

My husband put the 8-digit number on all his application forms and photos -- but I want to make sure this is correct, otherwise we may need to redo everything, adding that first "0".

Any help is much appreciated!

[Abby-Ron 8]

Mine has 8 digits on it. Check out your Visa, at the bottom of it appears your A#. It seems to appear as part of the annotation, but actually it's not. It goes right after the name and address of your petitioner.

[JenniferJarin 0]

Not on my husband's visa. There is an 8-digit number in red, but that's the visa number. His Alien number (which appears on the NOA2 and on his I-94, and which is 9 or 8 digits, respectively, is the one that's confusing to me.)

[Abby-Ron 8]

I checked on my NOA2 and my A# has 0 on it too. But when I applied for my AOS I omitted the first 0. The A# on the NOA2 and my visa shows the same numbers except that the one on NOA2 has a 0 digit following the letter A. I now got my EAD and AP and never had a problem with omitting the 0 on my A#.

[JenniferJarin 0]

I checked on my NOA2 and my A# has 0 on it too. But when I applied for my AOS I omitted the first 0. The A# on the NOA2 and my visa shows the same numbers except that the one on NOA2 has a 0 digit following the letter A. I now got my EAD and AP and never had a problem with omitting the 0 on my A#.

Thanks for your help. I also did another quick VJ search an this and came up with a posting saying sometimes officers omit the "0" but it is the same number.

Good to know! And congratulations to you. Can't wait to get this part over with already!

[second stage 14]

I'm about to file AOS, and I was wondering if there is a specific # of digits for the alien number.

Any help is much appreciated!

"The alien registration number is typically nine digits in length (preceded by an “A”), while the naturalization number is eight digits in length. "

http://bmv.ohio.gov/driver_license/hazmat_apptips.htm

[sweetpiano 0]

It's nine digits, with the first one usually being a zero, which sometimes is omitted. So don't sweat it, put A followed by 8 or 9 digits, it does not matter.

Edited August 29, 2008 by sweetpiano