A# in expired EAD card for F-1 OPT

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I just found a A# in my "expired" EAD card for F1-OPT.

Is this the same A# that we need to put in I-140?

I am now in H1. I did not file any immigration application (i.e I-140, 485 etc) before.

Please help.


Thank you so much, in advance.
 
I read from the forum that F1 EAD A# is different from 485 and advised not to use that A#.

Not a legal advice.
 
Hmmm
Interesting. Somebody told me the other day that you are going to get only one A# form the USCIS in your lifetime... It is the number of your administrative file.

I made a quick check on the web and indeed:
"The A number is for life, much like a Social Security number, and the Immigration service makes every attempt to ensure that a person is never assigned more than one A-number, but mistakes do occur."
 
ChrisV said:
Hmmm
Interesting. Somebody told me the other day that you are going to get only one A# form the USCIS in your lifetime... It is the number of your administrative file.

I made a quick check on the web and indeed:
"The A number is for life, much like a Social Security number, and the Immigration service makes every attempt to ensure that a person is never assigned more than one A-number, but mistakes do occur."
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Thanks for your helpful reply, ChrisV and EB1today.
 
This is the reply I got from the international student advisor of my university:

"" Although you will be assigned a different A number as part of your
"green card" application, it would be helpful to CIS to include your OPT
"A" number on your I-140. ""
 
Good!
And let us know if you really get a different number or not when your petition is approved ;)
 
I e-filed my I-140 yesterday and have left the space for A# and also IRS Tax # blank . I was on F-1 OPT before. Will this mistake have any consequences? Please comment. Thank you!
 
You are not supposed to left fields blank...
Please answer all questions by typing or clearly printing inblack ink. Indicate that an item is not applicable with "N/A." If the answer is "none," write "none."
 
Thank you for your comment ChrisV. My application is prepared by my lawyer and I am really worried now that she has not made it a point to correct the sample I-140 which I had sent to her. I believe it is her responsibility to write "none" in the spaces I had left blank. Will this affect my application?
 
I was assigned a different A# after I filed my 140 (I put the opt A number on the fporm I-140 it). So I wrote to em and ye replied..See below..

I wrote:

******************
Dear Officer,

I filed form I-140 on 01/17/06.My beneficiary number on the from 797C for I-140 was A** . This was the number I entered on form I-140.

Later, on 02/05/07, I filed form premium processing for I-140 and I got another 797C, the number changed to A**.

Could you please address this change; and in case of an error could you please revert it back to the original number.

Thank you,
Pradeep

******************
USCIS officer wrote:

Pradeep, the first A number was assigned because you were a student. A****NEW will be your A number from now on.

Lee
********************
 
What Pradeep07 wrote is correct. the A# from OPT-EAD is not valid anymore and USCIS will assign a different A# with the approval of I-140 and that is your permanent A#. So do not worry.

So, Niwguru, you have not made any mistake by leaving it blank.
 
To clarify:

1- Yes, you should have written "none" as that is preferred to keeping it blank, but they won't reject your application because of it. It's just good practice and "none" is much preferred by USCIS because they don't want to guess why you didn't put a number there (are you trying to hide a previously rejected I-140, etc etc).

2- A numbers: Yes there are 2 types of A numbers, as you all found out. If you apply for an EAD under a non-immigrant visa status (J-2, OPT, etc), you will receive a nine-digit A# that usually begins with a "1". When you file for immigrant benefits (I-140, I-485, EAD based on I-145, etc), you will receive a different 8-digit A# (it's sometimes 9-digit but the first number is "0"). So basically, if you are ever applying for an immigrant petition or benefit, as opposed to a non-immigrant based benefit, and you have an A number based on the non-immigrant benefit (9 digit number that does NOT start with a "0"), then you can write "None" in the field requesting the A number because you will be assigned a new 8-digit (or nine-digit with the first being "0") A number which will, as mentioned above, stay with you for life.
 
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