Selective Service

[Tom_Jim 40]

I was an F1 student that adjusted to H1B. However, I fell out of status during my H1B and adjusted succssefully as an LPR through my spouse.

Looking at the N400, it appears I should have registered with Selective Services during my H1B or shortly thereafter when I fell out of status.

Has anyone gone through this and what was the remedy? I think I need to register now and explain why I didn't register before. For what it's worth, I'm 33 now.

Anyone have any advice with respect to this situation?

Thanks.

[Lansbury 19]

Don't bother if you have been in the US for the last 5 years and are of good conduct. If that is the case you meet the criteria necessary that not registering for selective service will not count against you when you apply for citizenship

[Tom_Jim 40]

Thanks, Lansbury. It does appear that the statutory period wherein I was supposed to register has now passed. And since then, I'm living a life that's considered of "good moral character".

[v333k 59]

H1B's are not required to register with Selective Service. Only permanent residents and those who became LPRs between the ages of 18 and 26.

[Tom_Jim 40]

Thanks, V33K. Would this apply as well that in the 7 months that I was 26, I was out of status? It appears there is relief by form of waiver in the Act itself, specifically Section 462(g)(2) of the Military Select Services Act about "knowing and willful failure to register", which in my case, was not the case.

Since I did not register, doesn't the N400 require that I obtain a "Status Information Letter" from the SSS?

[NickD 202]

Thanks, V33K. Would this apply as well that in the 7 months that I was 26, I was out of status? It appears there is relief by form of waiver in the Act itself, specifically Section 462(g)(2) of the Military Select Services Act about "knowing and willful failure to register", which in my case, was not the case.

Since I did not register, doesn't the N400 require that I obtain a "Status Information Letter" from the SSS?

First we have to get this male/female thing out of the way, assume you are a male, females do not have to register.

Second thing is your precise age when you received your green card, card has a date on it, resident since xx/xx/xx. Were you under the age of 26 at this date? If so, you had to register for selective service, if over 26 years of age, you did not.

So rather than speculate, give your exact age compared to the date of your green card. Recall when my wife and daughter first received their conditional cards, a brochure came in with their cards and registering for selective was one of things they would have to do if they were males between the ages of 18 and 26. Reverified they were females so was not a concern to us. But wife was over 26 and stepdaughter under 18, but even at that, stepdaughter did not have to register when she turned 18 unless she underwent a sex change.

Selective service is kind of a bad joke anyway started by Reagan, when my son was about to turn 18, he received a post card telling him they know his name, age, SS number, where he lives, but if he fails to return that little post card, he could get a $10,000 fine. Made damn sure he returned it, that was the last he heard about it. When I was his age, received a draft card that I had to carry with me always, just like you have to carry your green card with you always. But I didn't have to carry it very long, was drafted soon afterwards.

No one to my knowledge was ever called from selective service.

[v333k 59]

I though in the AOS, there was a section for Selective Service... in any case, NickD is correct. We need a little more information from you before we can give you proper answers. All USCIS and the US gov't care about is since you became a LPR. Anything before that no longer matters to them.

Male/Female? (assuming answer is male)

Age - when you got approved for AOS, how old were you that exact day?