Alien registration number

[BenAndNida 0]

My wife is currently here in the U.S. on a K-3 visa.

How can I find her alien registration number (used for other subsequent immigration documents)?

I notice that she does have an A-number on the NOA2 for her I-129F. However, that document also indicates: "Approval Notice: Valid from 09/03/2008 to 01/02/2009" [so, I don't entirely understand that validity date. I think that may be the window of time for apply for a K-1/K-3 or CR-1 visa, but I'm not completely sure.]

So, is that still my wife's official "alien registration number," even though we have a K-3 visa rather than a K-1 visa, and even though that approval notice has expired?

Thanks very much,

Ben

[daboyz 36]

My wife is currently here in the U.S. on a K-3 visa.

How can I find her alien registration number (used for other subsequent immigration documents)?

I notice that she does have an A-number on the NOA2 for her I-129F. However, that document also indicates: "Approval Notice: Valid from 09/03/2008 to 01/02/2009" [so, I don't entirely understand that validity date. I think that may be the window of time for apply for a K-1/K-3 or CR-1 visa, but I'm not completely sure.]

So, is that still my wife's official "alien registration number," even though we have a K-3 visa rather than a K-1 visa, and even though that approval notice has expired?

Thanks very much,

Ben

It should be on the visa page in the passport. There are some photos here on VJ that show an example, but I can't find them.

[daboyz 36]

http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display...um=19&pos=1

[BenAndNida 0]

Thank you for your replies, but there appears to be a bit of confusion here (for me and many others on the web apparently).

On my wife's K-3 visa (which is very similar to that shown in the photo in the preceding link), there is a red 8-digit number in the lower right of the visa.

However that number is said (by some) to be the "non-immigrant visa number," rather than the "alien registration number."

Also, that number does not have a preceding "A", nor does it indicate "alien registration number" in any way.

So: Are you 100% sure that the red 8-digit number on my wife's visa is her "A-number" or "alien registration number"?

Thanks very much,

Ben

[daboyz 36]

Thank you for your replies, but there appears to be a bit of confusion here (for me and many others on the web apparently).

On my wife's K-3 visa (which is very similar to that shown in the photo in the preceding link), there is a red 8-digit number in the lower right of the visa.

However that number is said (by some) to be the "non-immigrant visa number," rather than the "alien registration number."

Also, that number does not have a preceding "A", nor does it indicate "alien registration number" in any way.

So: Are you 100% sure that the red 8-digit number on my wife's visa is her "A-number" or "alien registration number"?

Thanks very much,

Ben

No, I'm not 100% sure sinca I haven't gotten that far yet.

[daboyz 36]

Maybe you need to have the GC before you get it. This photo shows an A#:

http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display...um=12&pos=0

[rin and john 71]

The red number on the visa is the visa number. The A number is nowhere on the visa. The A number is the one on your NOA 2. It never changes.

http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display...bum=4&pos=0

John

Edited January 11, 2009 by rin and john