Alien Registration Number I-130

[papichris]

Hello everybody,

I am new to this forum and I hope this is the place to get a question or two...maybe more answered.

Here is my situation. My Dominican wife and I orginally petitioned for a K-1. We submitted the I-129F in June 2007 (NOA #1), it was approved (NOA #2) in October 2007 and a notice was received in November 2007 stating the petition is being sent to the consulate in Santo Domingo. Two months ago we decided to get married. We got married last month in Honduras and she has returned to the Dominican Republic. So now we are in the process of filing the I-130. Here is where I am confused, she was assigned an Alien Registration Number (A#) when we received the 2nd NOA for the I-129F. The I-130 form and the G325A asks for an A#. Do we use the number assigned on the I-130? Or should I put N/A? Is the K-3 considered an entirely different case?

Has anyone here experienced this situation? I really need an answer on this one.

Thanks...Chris

[PraetorianXI]

Put in the A# already assigned to her.

You are looking at another 7-10 months waiting... you should have just gotten the K-1 and married in the USA.

[papichris]

Regarding the additional 7-10 months...that is nothing compared to the 2 year wait for an interview in Santo Domingo. Just got my notice last week and there are 30,000 cases ahead of mine as of 12/31/07. So 7 or 8 months are worth it.