"Nonimmigrant Visa Number" Question on I-485

[johnkinnear]

It's in part 3 "processing information."

Where exactly on the visa does the number they're looking for appear?

Thanks

[johnkinnear]

To give an idea of how unclear this is, the following was posted somewhere four years ago:

"The nonimmigrant visa number seems to be a very confusing issue for everyone filling out form I-485.

If you search the internet, one source will say to use the visa control number while another will say to use the red number in the lower right hand corner of the visa.

To ease your mind, a couple of websites maintained by immigration lawyers say that it doesn't matter which number you use since you will be including a photocopy of your passport and visa with the application. Even the lawyers seemed to disagree upon which number was the actual non-immigrant visa number. However, they had success using either number.

On my wife's I-485, we are going to use the red number in the lower right hand corner. We are doing this based upon our four hours of research of many different web sites / forums."


And on top of it all, there is no red number on the visa I'm looking at. Just four very long rows of different numbers and/or letters. And yes I know I will be including a photocopy of the visa with the application. That doesn't answer the question.

And that's great that some people had success using either number. That doesn't answer the question either.

Whoever can answer it, I appreciate the help.