naturalization certificate

[ebie 0]

Hello,

I am a naturalized US citizen. On the certificate there is a registration number along with the certificate number. Is this registration number an alien registration number or are they not related? Does a naturalized citizen also have an alien registration number?

Thanks

[YuAndDan 153]

A Naturilized Citizen is no longer considered to be an alien, so no AR number..

[milimelo 4,487]

Hello,

I am a naturalized US citizen. On the certificate there is a registration number along with the certificate number. Is this registration number an alien registration number or are they not related? Does a naturalized citizen also have an alien registration number?

Thanks

Apparently I'm wrong. I was told if you ever had A number if a form asks for it - you have to provide it. Is there a publicly available policy on this?

Edited January 27, 2011 by milimelo

[YuAndDan 153]

Apparently I'm wrong. I was told if you ever had A number if a form asks for it - you have to provide it. Is there a publicly available policy on this?

Yes if you ever had an A# and know it, you can always put on any USCIS forms that may ask for it, this does help them look you up in their systems, however, if you no longer know it, then can always state "unknown"

The Nat cert typically has a different number than the old A# from LPR status.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

A US citizen is no longer an alien; thus he or she does not longer have an alien number. If you ever were a prison inmate, you also had a prison inmate number. Once released, this number is a thing of the past. Some people may like the fact that they were aliens, or prison inmates (i.e., hard core gang members) and state that openly or even brag about it. Keep in mind that the "this is your number now" went as far as the KKK and Nazi concentration camps (where they tatooed it on the wrist), so it's not everybody's cup of tea to be reminded of that.

I, for example, never memorized my alien number and I would never bother looking it up again or even mention it for any purpose. Even my Certificate of Naturalization is now safely in its folder in the safe, and I doubt that I will ever take it out again to present it to any state agency employee. It's primarily something for grandchildren to drool over. Once you have a US passport, that's the document that you use from then henceforward use to prove your US citizenship, unless you personally get a kick out of using the CoN for that purposes. I actually also got a passport card (still waiting for it to arrive), which serves the same purpose but fits conveniently into the wallet next to the driver license and credit card.