LOR question: AMCAS letter ID#

[stayathomemom]

Sorry, this is probably a dumb question but I've spent too long fruitlessly Googling.
I'm trying to officially request LORs from my letter writers today. So we need two numbers with our LOR's: AMCAS ID and AMCAS Letter ID. The first one is obvious, but how do I get the second? My general sense of what I've read is that we somehow generate it in our application (so not until May). I'm using Interfolio so I don't need these two numbers yet because I can assign them later, right? My main concern is that I want to make sure there isn't anything my letter writers need to do other than to click the email link from Interfolio and submit.
Thanks in advance.

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[DMPP123]

The Letter ID is generated once you enter your LOR writers into your application. That's when the system generates the letter ID and letter request form.

Edit to Add: I think in Interfolio I only had to enter the Letter ID once I sent the letters off to AMCAS.

 

[stayathomemom]

Thank you for your reply.

letter request form

What is this? A form generated by AMCAS to request a letter from someone? A form I have to fill out? A form my LOR writer has to fill out?

 

[DMPP123]

What is this? A form generated by AMCAS to request a letter from someone? A form I have to fill out? A form my LOR writer has to fill out?

It auto-generates in AMCAS based on the information you enter for your letter writers. It's a document that you can print and give to them with instructions for the adviser on how to submit. None of my LOR writers needed the form for Interfolio, they just need to put your AMCAS ID on the LOR itself.

 

[stayathomemom]

It auto-generates in AMCAS based on the information you enter for your letter writers. It's a document that you can print and give to them with instructions for the adviser on how to submit. None of my LOR writers needed the form for Interfolio, they just need to put your AMCAS ID on the LOR itself.

Ok, thank you!

 

[907914]

It auto-generates in AMCAS based on the information you enter for your letter writers. It's a document that you can print and give to them with instructions for the adviser on how to submit. None of my LOR writers needed the form for Interfolio, they just need to put your AMCAS ID on the LOR itself.

It auto-generates in AMCAS based on the information you enter for your letter writers. It's a document that you can print and give to them with instructions for the adviser on how to submit. None of my LOR writers needed the form for Interfolio, they just need to put your AMCAS ID on the LOR itself.

I have a correction to add to this: According to both the AAMC letter website and the Interfolio website, there is no mention of the AAMC ID needing to be on the letter itself. It is either on the LOR request form (if traditional LOR) or it is associated with your Interfolio submission.