Pending Approval due to missing Status Information Letter (Selective Service)

[Faye10 1]

Hi everyone, 

my husband had his Naturalization test on March 14th. He is 31yo, was not registered to the Selective Service, we called regarding getting a status information letter and we were told than he didn't needed one. To his interview he was told that he instead needed one and only 32yo don't need to provide.

 

His approval for Citizenship is now pending until a letter is provided and a statement is submitted explaining why he didn't register.

We called again and requested a status letter on march 14 hoping it won't take a month or the application will be denied.

 

Anyone else went through the same process? 

 

[iwannaplay54 985]

Did he arrive before his 26th birthday?  Was he actually registered?

 

If he did, and did not register, they need proof he wasn’t eligible to register.  Citizenship in that case is the very least of his worries.  They can prosecute him.  Penalty is severe.  What exactly did they say?

 

Some background

 

https://www.sss.gov/register/benefits-and-penalties/

Edited March 22, 2022 by iwannaplay54

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Faye10 said:

 He is 31yo, was not registered to the Selective Service, we called regarding getting a status information letter and we were told than he didn't needed one. To his interview he was told that he instead needed one and only 32yo don't need to provide.

Everyone 26 and over needs to provide. Everyone under 26 just registers. 
 

1 hour ago, Faye10 said:

 

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We called again and requested a status letter on march 14 hoping it won't take a month or the application will be denied.

 

 

You don’t call to get a status information letter. You follow the process in:

 

https://www.sss.gov/verify/sil/
 

Takes two weeks. 
 

He also needs to write a letter explaining his failure register.  
 

This all said, was he in the USA before he turned age 26?  If so before age 26, was he ever an LPR, an alien without authorized presence, or an alien whose non immigrant status expired before or after he filed  I-485?
 

 

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, iwannaplay54 said:

 They can prosecute him.  Penalty is severe.  

This won’t happen.  

[Mike E 11,739]

Also, if the status information letter doesn’t arrive in time, it’s a Hail Mary, but you can print 

 

https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Applicants-Over-31-Letter-Updated-03-02-2021.pdf

 

and submit that instead.  I don’t have high hopes it will work.  
 

Note DoS or USCIS as appropriate should have registered him if he was under 26 when he filed DS-260 or I-485.  Be certain that didn’t happen. If he didn’t have an SSN at the time it is possible he was registered and SSS doesn’t have the SSN attached to his record.  

Edited March 22, 2022 by Mike E

[Faye10 1]

 

57 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Also, if the status information letter doesn’t arrive in time, it’s a Hail Mary, but you can print 

 

https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Applicants-Over-31-Letter-Updated-03-02-2021.pdf

 

and submit that instead.  I don’t have high hopes it will work.  
 

Note DoS or USCIS as appropriate should have registered him if he was under 26 when he filed DS-260 or I-485.  Be certain that didn’t happen. If he didn’t have an SSN at the time it is possible he was registered and SSS doesn’t have the SSN attached to his record.  

Thank you, we checked to see if he was automatically registered but he wasn't. He came here before turning 26 and didn't have any idea. Our fault but def not intentional.  

 

we printed that same letter (following instructions that someone gave us when we called Selective Service, they stated multiple times that that was all we needed as he already turned 31) and presented it at the interview, the officer told him he needs to be 32 and that a SIL is in fact needed. We called again and they're sending us now a SIL.

 

2 hours ago, iwannaplay54 said:

Did he arrive before his 26th birthday?  Was he actually registered?

 

If he did, and did not register, they need proof he wasn’t eligible to register.  Citizenship in that case is the very least of his worries.  They can prosecute him.  Penalty is severe.  What exactly did they say?

 

Some background

 

https://www.sss.gov/register/benefits-and-penalties/

I've read of other people (also here) that did not register and none of them said they were prosecuted nor had any big troubles. They just had to present the status letter and that was it. Not a different situation than my husband. 

 

 

 

[Faye10 1]

Update! 
 

we received the letter from Selective Service and uploaded it to his USCIS account/application. 
 

Fortunately they scheduled his oath ceremony days after and without any issues :) 

 

We’re finally both U.S Citizens 🇺🇸