selective service

[LAR30 0]

Hi,

My husband and I are preparing the application for his citizenship. I thought I had read somewhere that USCIS only checks the last 5 years of the applicant's history. He never registered for selective service. Since the oldest you can be to register is 26 and he is now 32, can they still hold it against him. (He has been and LPR since he was 23.) Does he still need to request a letter from selective service?

The naturalization guide here on VJ states "If you did not register with the Selective Service and you (1) are male, (2) are 26 years old or older, and (3) lived in the United States in a status other than as a lawful nonimmigrant between the ages of 18 and 26, send:

A 'Status Information Letter' from the Selective Service (Call 1-847-688-8888 for more information)."

Can anyone confirm if we need to do this even though it has been over 5 years?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi,

My husband and I are preparing the application for his citizenship. I thought I had read somewhere that USCIS only checks the last 5 years of the applicant's history. He never registered for selective service. Since the oldest you can be to register is 26 and he is now 32, can they still hold it against him. (He has been and LPR since he was 23.) Does he still need to request a letter from selective service?

The naturalization guide here on VJ states "If you did not register with the Selective Service and you (1) are male, (2) are 26 years old or older, and (3) lived in the United States in a status other than as a lawful nonimmigrant between the ages of 18 and 26, send:

A 'Status Information Letter' from the Selective Service (Call 1-847-688-8888 for more information)."

Can anyone confirm if we need to do this even though it has been over 5 years?

Nothing in the instructions provides an exemption for being here over 5 years. It would appear the instructions are describing your husband perfectly...

1. Male

2. Older than age 26

3. Lived in the US as a permanent resident between the ages of 18 and 26

[Anh map 2,098]

He should have signed up. He is required to obtain the letter.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

This is one of the requirements they are very strict about. It is possible that you may want to consult with an immigration lawyer as not only could this earn him a denial, it could cause them to revoke his current status.

[Ontarkie 13,980]

Call selective services and check if USCIS registered him. They automatically registered my oldest son when we got our greed cards they may have done the same with your husband.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Call selective services and check if USCIS registered him. They automatically registered my oldest son when we got our greed cards they may have done the same with your husband.

He would have had a notification of that. Were you K-1 or CR-1?

Our oldest son was NOT automatically registered when he got his green card, we did it at the post office and he was mailed a notification that he was registered. He was a K-2.

[Ontarkie 13,980]

He would have had a notification of that. Were you K-1 or CR-1?

Our oldest son was NOT automatically registered when he got his green card, we did it at the post office and he was mailed a notification that he was registered. He was a K-2.

We did the k-1 and k-2's, we actually got the his SS form saying he was registered about a 1 1/2 months before his 18Th birthday we thought it was weird but they did it.

I did read on here another member that didn't register with selective services and found out years later USCIS did register him also. I can't see the harm in calling them and checking it out.

[UMUC 3]

This is one of the requirements they are very strict about. It is possible that you may want to consult with an immigration lawyer as not only could this earn him a denial, it could cause them to revoke his current status.

[LAR30 0]

Here is where I am got the information regarding USCIS only looking back on the 5 years before filing N400 to determine good moral character. This is directly from USCIS website.

"If the applicant files after his 31 st birthday, more than five years will have elapsed since his failure to register. Therefore, the failure to register will have occurred outside the period during which the applicant must show that he is of good moral character. This means that even if the applicant willfully and knowingly failed to register with the Selective Service, this fact would not, in and of itself, be a bar to eligibility so long as the applicant has currently satisfied the good moral character requirements of section 316(a)(3) of the Act. However, if the failure to register was willful and knowing, you can consider this fact with other evidence concerning the applicant’s compliance with section 316(a)(3). The applicant should provide the status information letter discussed in the memorandum located in Appendix 74-7."

My husband has already requested a status information letter stating that he did not knowingly and willfully fail to register.