N400 Filing with Adjustment of Status

[Ycats 24]

Hello, I hope everyone is well.

 

One of the questions on the N400 application asks about "Why did you not register with the Selective Service?" In all honesty, I did not even know I was allowed to register for Selective Service and thought I had to be a citizen to do that... Did everyone that is male here already register for selective service? And if not, did this affect your application? How to resolve this?

 

Thank you for your time!

[Mike E 11,739]

You can  answer that you thought USCIS would register you as per what the I-485 said.  Or you can answer that you were not aware you were required to register.  
 

Every male age 17 to 26 (minus 1 day) is permitted to register.  Except for those with lawful nonimmigrant  status, every male in the USA  aged 18 to 26 minus 1 day is required to register.  Every male LPR or USA citizen in that age range must register regardless whether living in the USA or not.  
 

Most people who file I-485, if not at time of filling, will eventually fall out of  lawful non immigrant status even those the I-485 filing creates a lawful presence. So once your non immigrant status ended, you were required to register if the status ended before you reached age 26. 
 

You will need to also get a status information letter ( follow process at https://www.sss.gov/verify/sil/ ).
 

If you aren’t yet are 31, then you will have to wait until then.  However you should Friday call SSS to verify that you weren’t registered.  Sometimes USCIS does register I-485 applicants but the record is not tried to the SSN (perhaps because the applicant had no SSN or didn’t provide one in the I-485).   

Edited February 17, 2022 by Mike E

[Ycats 24]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

You can  answer that you thought USCIS would register you as per what the I-485 said.  Or you can answer that you were not aware you were required to register.  
 

Every male age 17 to 26 (minus 1 day) is permitted to register.  Except for those with lawful nonimmigrant  status, every male in the USA  aged 18 to 26 minus 1 day is required to register.  Most people who file I-485, if not at time of filling, will eventually fall out of  lawful non immigrant status even those the I-485 filing creates a lawful presence. So once your non immigrant status ended, you were required to register if the status ended before you reached age 26. 
 

You will need to also get a status information letter ( follow process at https://www.sss.gov/verify/sil/ ).
 

If you aren’t yet are 31, then you will have to wait until then.  However you should Friday call SSS to verify that you weren’t registered.  Sometimes USCIS does register I-485 applicants but the record is not tried to the SSN (perhaps because the applicant had no SSN or didn’t provide one in the I-485).   

Ok. I was on an F1 visa until I was 27 years old

[Mike E 11,739]

25 minutes ago, Ycats said:

Ok. I was on an F1 visa until I was 27 years old

If you did not leave F-1 status  until age 27 then that is your answer.  
 

Now you have to provide evidence that you had a lawful non immigrant status through age 26.  Do you have the F-1 visa and entry stamps? Do you the I-94s? Do you have evidence of attending school in the USA through age 26?

[Ycats 24]

19 minutes ago, Mike E said:

If you did not leave F-1 status  until age 27 then that is your answer.  
 

Now you have to provide evidence that you had a lawful non immigrant status through age 26.  Do you have the F-1 visa and entry stamps? Do you the I-94s? Do you have evidence of attending school in the USA through age 26?

Yes I do. I am going to be hunting for the I-20s in the morning though. Luckily most of my stuff is on the computer from when I applied for Permanent resident after getting married. Phew. Just gotta hunt it all down again! Let the fun begin! Thanks again for your help!

[Elphaba 3]

Isn't the green card evidence enough? It says what date you became a LPR. Obviously before that you weren't a LPR so not required to register.

 

Really I'm amazed the US still has such a sexist law. If someone is denied citizenship for this, it's purely because of their sex, because someone of the opposite sex wouldn't be denied.

 

There are already lawsuits against Selective Service (supported by groups like the ACLU) challenging this sexism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Men_v._Selective_Service_System

 

Maybe it's time for a lawsuit against USCIS too?

[Mike E 11,739]

5 hours ago, Elphaba said:

Isn't the green card evidence enough? It says what date you became a LPR. Obviously before that you weren't a LPR so not required to register.

Obvious to whom?

 

The burden is on the man filing N-400 to prove he wasn’t required to register.  The date one became an LPR is immaterial.  
 

Every male between 18 and 26 minus a day in the USA has to register, unless they are lawful non immigrants.  If a man was in the USA in that age range and didn’t register in him the onus is on him to prove lawful non immigrant status.    

Edited February 17, 2022 by Mike E