K-1 Visa - U.S. Military requirement??

[jackiechesco 1]

Hoping someone can help give us some more information...

I (US Citizen) attended the K1 Visa interview with my fiance in Rio de Janeiro last week. Before the interview, when we were in another room having our papers checked by another officer, my fiance was given a form to read and sign. It was something about a requirement to go to the post office upon arrival in the United States and sign for the U.S. Military (applies until the K1 Visa holder is 26 years old).

My fiance read and signed the paper, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to read the form before my fiance handed it back to the officer. Now my fiance is worried that he is required to enter the U.S. Military upon arrival in the United States, but I think he may have misunderstood the purpose of the form that he signed.

Does anyone know the purpose of that form? It seems ridiculous that K1 Visa holders up to 26 years old would be FORCED to join the U.S. Military. I'm thinking maybe this just means he must give his information to the military so that if they are recruiting new members, they could contact him. But I really don't think it makes sense that he would be forced to join.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, my fiance is just worried about this since he doesn't want to join the military. I wasn't able to find any information online or on visa journey, so I'd really appreciate if someone has some information.

Thank you!

Jackie

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

The purpose of the form is to inform your fiance that he must sign up for Selective Service. All males in the US between 18 - 26 must sign up for the Selective Service. It is NOT military service. It is a list of all eligible males which will be used IF the US were to start a forced draft again (which was eliminated in the 70s). So, if the US were to reinstate the forced draft, then yes, he could be called up for service. The chances of this are very remote. He does not need to join the military right now. However, he must sign up for this by law, and especially if he wants to go for citizenship, because failure to do so can make him ineligible for citizenship.

Hope that helps explain it. Here is information on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_System

www.sss.gov

Edited July 13, 2011 by Harpa Timsah

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Hoping someone can help give us some more information...

I (US Citizen) attended the K1 Visa interview with my fiance in Rio de Janeiro last week. Before the interview, when we were in another room having our papers checked by another officer, my fiance was given a form to read and sign. It was something about a requirement to go to the post office upon arrival in the United States and sign for the U.S. Military (applies until the K1 Visa holder is 26 years old).

My fiance read and signed the paper, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to read the form before my fiance handed it back to the officer. Now my fiance is worried that he is required to enter the U.S. Military upon arrival in the United States, but I think he may have misunderstood the purpose of the form that he signed.

Edit: And yes, you are correct, they just want to have contact info and a checkmark that thi swas done

Does anyone know the purpose of that form? It seems ridiculous that K1 Visa holders up to 26 years old would be FORCED to join the U.S. Military. I'm thinking maybe this just means he must give his information to the military so that if they are recruiting new members, they could contact him. But I really don't think it makes sense that he would be forced to join.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, my fiance is just worried about this since he doesn't want to join the military. I wasn't able to find any information online or on visa journey, so I'd really appreciate if someone has some information.

Thank you!

Jackie

Not to worry, it is the registration for 'selective military service'. It is not joining the Army (not even the Reserve), it's just registering (to make a long story short, in case there was a war so bad that the entire army gets wiped out, and the reserve as well, someone has to go up to the front, that would be us guys). Applicable to anyone at or under 26. He will need the registration confirmation for the AOS (or when he applies to the USC) if I recall correctly. The key here is the exact age he has when he enters the US with the intent of residing. ANyone coming over that is older than 26 is also required to send the registration and the confirmation letter will sate that you are not required to do selective service.

Edited July 13, 2011 by Gosia & Tito

[jackiechesco 1]

Thank you so much! Both of your explanations were very helpful. My fiance will be very relieved

[Chepito24 1]

Being a Navy Recruiter, we actually get a few people coming into the office thinking they need to sign up for the Military because of that form they signed.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hoping someone can help give us some more information...

I (US Citizen) attended the K1 Visa interview with my fiance in Rio de Janeiro last week. Before the interview, when we were in another room having our papers checked by another officer, my fiance was given a form to read and sign. It was something about a requirement to go to the post office upon arrival in the United States and sign for the U.S. Military (applies until the K1 Visa holder is 26 years old).

My fiance read and signed the paper, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to read the form before my fiance handed it back to the officer. Now my fiance is worried that he is required to enter the U.S. Military upon arrival in the United States, but I think he may have misunderstood the purpose of the form that he signed.

Does anyone know the purpose of that form? It seems ridiculous that K1 Visa holders up to 26 years old would be FORCED to join the U.S. Military. I'm thinking maybe this just means he must give his information to the military so that if they are recruiting new members, they could contact him. But I really don't think it makes sense that he would be forced to join.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, my fiance is just worried about this since he doesn't want to join the military. I wasn't able to find any information online or on visa journey, so I'd really appreciate if someone has some information.

Thank you!

Jackie

Once he becomes a permanent resident he must register for the draft if he is between 18-26 years old. Nothing to it. google "SSS"

It was good for us as it earned our son a permanent deferrment from compulsary Ukrainian military duty.

[* Kristin * 49]

This post has me a bit worried... so my fiance came over in June. He's supposed to go to the post office, get that form, and fill it out?

We just filed for AOS in late September.

Once he becomes a permanent resident he must register for the draft if he is between 18-26 years old. Nothing to it. google "SSS"

It was good for us as it earned our son a permanent deferrment from compulsary Ukrainian military duty.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Not to worry, it is the registration for 'selective military service'. It is not joining the Army (not even the Reserve), it's just registering (to make a long story short, in case there was a war so bad that the entire army gets wiped out, and the reserve as well, someone has to go up to the front, that would be us guys). Applicable to anyone at or under 26. He will need the registration confirmation for the AOS (or when he applies to the USC) if I recall correctly. The key here is the exact age he has when he enters the US with the intent of residing. ANyone coming over that is older than 26 is also required to send the registration and the confirmation letter will sate that you are not required to do selective service.

This is a little over simplistic. The US would reinstate the draft long before the entire army got "wiped out". They would even reinstate the draft in peace time if the number of volunteers fell below the number of recruits needed to maintain force readiness. Everything depends on how many people they need vs. how many are volunteering.

US forces are currently stretched pretty thin, but the shortage of personnel is because of budget restraints and not because of a lack of volunteers.

This post has me a bit worried... so my fiance came over in June. He's supposed to go to the post office, get that form, and fill it out?

We just filed for AOS in late September.

Yes. We got selected for an AOS interview, and the IO gave my step-son the registration form to fill out at the interview and filed it for us, so we didn't have to go to the post office and do it ourselves. He got a letter confirming his registration a couple of weeks later. Unlike Gary's case, I don't think registration for the US draft excuses my step-son from eligibility for conscription in Vietnam.