N-400 selective service??

[hsa12390 30]

Hi All

 

My hubby is getting ready to file his N-400 but the selective service question is totally confusing. He came to the US when he was 25 but on a J-1 visa and then left after a year to go back to France. We lived together in France between the time he was 26 and 28 and then he came back to the US with his green card when he was 28. He never got anything about a selective service registration and we're panicking because we're nervous there was something he was supposed to fill out and didn't. He did live in the US before he turned 26 but on a J-1, does that mean he was here as a lawful non-immigrant? The wording USCIS uses is a mess

Did we screw up?

 

Thanks

[piff 46]

he was not an immigrant at that point, so no worries - only PRs and US Citizens have to be registered - I literally spoke to SSS over the phone last Friday

Edited June 28, 2017 by piff

[hsa12390 30]

8 minutes ago, piff said:

he was not an immigrant at that point, so no worries - only PRs and US Citizens have to be registered - I literally spoke to SSS over the phone last Friday

Thanks! That clears things up

[sd2017 18]

3 hours ago, piff said:

he was not an immigrant at that point, so no worries - only PRs and US Citizens have to be registered - I literally spoke to SSS over the phone last Friday

Technically, if you were illegally in the US between 18 and 25, you would also be required to register for Selective Service.

[piff 46]

1 hour ago, sd2017 said:

Technically, if you were illegally in the US between 18 and 25, you would also be required to register for Selective Service.

nope, illegals aren't required to server in the military and furthermore are NOT even authorized to do so. there are exceptions when the army was recruiting some, but in general it is not the case.

Edited June 28, 2017 by piff

[sd2017 18]

7 minutes ago, piff said:

nope, illegals aren't required to server in the military and furthermore are NOT even authorized to do so. there are exceptions when the army was recruiting some, but in general it is not the case.

I'm sorry, but you're wrong. From the following website,

 

https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Immigrants-and-Dual-Nationals

 

it states that,

 

"If you are an immigrant man (documented or undocumented) living in the United States, age 18 through 25, you are required to register."

[sd2017 18]

If you read question 44.A. on the N-400 form, it is written in plain English, it asks if you are male and lived in the United States at any time between your 18th birthday and 26th birthday, and you are only to exclude periods for which you were a lawful nonimmigrant.

[hsa12390 30]

3 minutes ago, sd2017 said:

If you read question 44.A. on the N-400 form, it is written in plain English, it asks if you are male and lived in the United States at any time between your 18th birthday and 26th birthday, and you are only to exclude periods for which you were a lawful nonimmigrant.

Yes I did see that but got confused about whether J-1 was considered lawful non immigrant

[sd2017 18]

1 minute ago, hsa12390 said:

Yes I did see that but got confused about whether J-1 was considered lawful non immigrant

Yes, a J-1 is a lawful nonimmigrant status.

 

This is a helpful chart of visas, and whether they are considered immigrant or nonimmigrant visas,

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/all-visa-categories.html