Selective Service System Question

[Ravik 0]

I am 37 years old. I came to USA with a valid  F-1 VISA at age of 19  and stayed and lost my status when I was  24  years old. Later  I Got married reinstated my status and got my permanent residency card when I was 32. I am planning to apply for citizenship. There is a question 

Are you a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays in any status except as a lawful nonimmigrant?

... If you answered "YES" but you did not Register with the SS and you are now 25 years old or order, attach a statement explaining why you did not register.

 

I never applied for Selective Services and now I am 37 years old. Should I Say YES or NO.. If yes Should I apply for selective service first then apply for citizenship?

Thanks 

[marriedtomrg 141]

26 minutes ago, Ravik said:

I am 37 years old. I came to USA with a valid  F-1 VISA at age of 19  and stayed and lost my status when I was  24  years old. Later  I Got married reinstated my status and got my permanent residency card when I was 32. I am planning to apply for citizenship. There is a question 

Are you a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays in any status except as a lawful nonimmigrant?

... If you answered "YES" but you did not Register with the SS and you are now 25 years old or order, attach a statement explaining why you did not register.

 

I never applied for Selective Services and now I am 37 years old. Should I Say YES or NO.. If yes Should I apply for selective service first then apply for citizenship?

Thanks 

When you arrived, you were 19, but you were a F-1 visa holder - a lawful non-immigrant.

 

The question being asked basically was Did you live in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 under an immigrant visa category - like, K1, IR-1, CR-1

 

So your answer should be NO.  Attach a statement why you did not apply for selective service - your reason would be because you were using a visa under a non-immigrant category: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html - If you go to this website, and expand the list of non-immigrant visa categories, student visas (F-1) are listed.

 

 

[DanAl 11]

2 hours ago, marriedtomrg said:

When you arrived, you were 19, but you were a F-1 visa holder - a lawful non-immigrant.

 

The question being asked basically was Did you live in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 under an immigrant visa category - like, K1, IR-1, CR-1

 

So your answer should be NO.  Attach a statement why you did not apply for selective service - your reason would be because you were using a visa under a non-immigrant category: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html - If you go to this website, and expand the list of non-immigrant visa categories, student visas (F-1) are listed.

 

 

Shouldn't he answer YES since at age 24 he lost his F-1 status which is lawful non-immigrant? Once he lost this status he was probably unlawful?

[marriedtomrg 141]

1 hour ago, DanAl said:

Shouldn't he answer YES since at age 24 he lost his F-1 status which is lawful non-immigrant? Once he lost this status he was probably unlawful?

Right, that was what I meant. 😊 Thabks for the catch!

4 hours ago, marriedtomrg said:

When you arrived, you were 19, but you were a F-1 visa holder - a lawful non-immigrant.

 

The question being asked basically was Did you live in the US between the ages of 18 and 26 under an immigrant visa category - like, K1, IR-1, CR-1

 

So your answer should be YES  Attach a statement why you did not apply for selective service - your reason would be because you were using a visa under a non-immigrant category: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html - If you go to this website, and expand the list of non-immigrant visa categories, student visas (F-1) are listed.

 

 

Correction above

[Abhay 15]

If you did not have a valid visa but stayed on as a non-immigrant then you will answer now. If you had any immigrant visa you would have to answer yes.

[WonderLA87 5]

Technically when you became unlawful at 24 you should have signed up. Say yes, because you were present in the country, then explain why you didn’t signup. More than likely was due to the fact you didn’t know you had to.