Surrendered Green Card Form...do we need it?

[no name 1]

Dev -

I know you weren't speaking to me, but I doubt they would look up a file with a SS number.

Not all greencard holders have a SS number that USCIS is aware of (ie they don't have the number when they file) and certainly not all visa beneficiaries have SS a number.

But they all have A numbers.

No worries RJ. I was only wondering cuz that damn SSN (for a USC) is like your lifeblood. Makes sense tho, what you said.

[Yodrak 7]

devilette,

The A# is the number is number that the USCIS assigns to an alien's case file. It's asked for on every application and petition form that I can think of.

Not all aliens will have a SSN - don't know what would make the SSN an easier identifier for USCIS than the A#. They might be able to use it, if the person has one and provides it, if the person does not provide their A# - I don't know how they search for other case files that an alien may have when an A# is not provided.

Yodrak

jundp,

If you don't give them his old A# then they may well assign him a new one. They may anyway. Or they may continue using the existing A#.

The point is that if he has a history with the USCIS or its' predecessor INS - and he does - they want to know about it. They will get his old file out of the archives and review it as part of the processing of the new case. His A# is the identifier for his old file.

Yodrak

Yodrak-

Won't they use his SSN to come up with all that stuff in an easier way?

Edited June 5, 2007 by Yodrak