Selective Service evidence

[COX Boulder 1]

I will have an interview for N-400 and it looks I need to bring the evidence of Selective Service registration.

I got my green card when I was 38 from H1-B, so it is already passed age 26.  Therefore I cannot bring the evidence since I am not registered.  What would be the problem at the interview?  Please advice me.  

[Dashinka 24,523]

How old were you when you entered the US with your H1- B?

[COX Boulder 1]

I entered the US with F-1 when I was 23.  And I got H1-B, when I was 29 or 30.

[HRQX 4,145]

1 minute ago, COX Boulder said:

I entered the US with F-1 when I was 23.  And I got H1-B, when I was 29 or 30.

Looks like you were not required to register: https://www.sss.gov/register/immigrants/ "Non-immigrant men living in the United States on a valid visa are not required to register for as long as they remain on a valid visa up until they turn 26."

[Dashinka 24,523]

As long as your F1 NIV was current when you turned 26 it should not be an issue.  You should be able to show the timeline of your visas to prove you were not required to register.

 

Good Luck!

[COX Boulder 1]

I was with F-1 status when I was 26.  I thought F-1 is not required to register Selective Service since it is non-immigrant visa.  

[jimster08 0]

Selective service rule only applies to some under the age of 31. IF over 31 yrs when u go for the interview USCIS will not ask u about the Selective Service registration. I'm in the same boat I check it. I have attached a letter which is signed by director of SSS

Applicants-over-31-years-of-Age-USCIS-Policy-1.pdf

[ThaOne 101]

2 hours ago, COX Boulder said:

I will have an interview for N-400 and it looks I need to bring the evidence of Selective Service registration.

I got my green card when I was 38 from H1-B, so it is already passed age 26.  Therefore I cannot bring the evidence since I am not registered.  What would be the problem at the interview?  Please advice me.  

1- If you had a non immigrant visa (i.e F1) up to the age of 26 then you do not have to prove anything. The interview letter is generic so it includes that but you don't have to bring anything. 

2-Even if you had an immigrant visa between ages 18 to 26 and didn't register, but are now over 31 then the 5 years statute of limitations for good moral character would have been passed so that wouldn't be an issue either.

 

Either way case 1 applies to you.

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

15 hours ago, ThaOne said:

1- If you had a non immigrant visa (i.e F1) up to the age of 26 then you do not have to prove anything. The interview letter is generic so it includes that but you don't have to bring anything. 

2-Even if you had an immigrant visa between ages 18 to 26 and didn't register, but are now over 31 then the 5 years statute of limitations for good moral character would have been passed so that wouldn't be an issue either.

 

Either way case 1 applies to you.

Exactly.

[Rdandani2 0]

On 12/8/2020 at 5:37 PM, jimster08 said:

Selective service rule only applies to some under the age of 31. IF over 31 yrs when u go for the interview USCIS will not ask u about the Selective Service registration. I'm in the same boat I check it. I have attached a letter which is signed by director of SSS

Applicants-over-31-years-of-Age-USCIS-Policy-1.pdf 195.85 kB · 7 downloads

How was the interview? I’m in the same boat I enter the USA when I was 28 get my green card when I was 29. They ask me proof of selective service? Any idea?

[OldUser 6,726]

7 hours ago, Rdandani2 said:

How was the interview? I’m in the same boat I enter the USA when I was 28 get my green card when I was 29. They ask me proof of selective service? Any idea?

Not needed 

Edited February 10, 2023 by OldUser

[Ontarkie 14,234]

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