Selective service status and naturalization interview

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babasai

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Is it wise to reschedule the interview or to go for it, in the following case?

Age:39
Age when entering USA:23
received PR: at the age of 29
Never registered in the selective service.
Interview is one month from today.

No selective service status letter recieved, and it looks like it may take more than one month. so should i go to the interview without the letter or reschedule the interview?
Anyone gone through this problem please do guide me.
 
I'm on the same boat and my understanding (and my legal team's opinion as well :cool:) was that since at 26 I had an alphabet soup non-immigrant status F / J / H / ??? then no SSS registration is required. Form N-659 has some clarification in the back about this.

Anyone know better?
 
If someone is in a legal non-immigrant status before the age of 26, then there is no need to register and there is no need to obtain a status information letter now. Moreover, the SSS will not give you any letter.
 
König said:
If someone is in a legal non-immigrant status before the age of 26, then there is no need to register and there is no need to obtain a status information letter now. Moreover, the SSS will not give you any letter.
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That's what the N-659 implies, section 13. It lists 4 conditions if one did not register:

1 male
2 over 26
3 born > 1/1/1960
4 had GC between 18 and 26th
 
König said:
If someone is in a legal non-immigrant status before the age of 26, then there is no need to register and there is no need to obtain a status information letter now. Moreover, the SSS will not give you any letter.
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TRUE, but you can still get a letter from SSS. It takes 2 months to get it..
 
According to sss dot gov (check Status)

No status information letters are required from the Selective Service System for :


* Non-U.S. male on a valid non-immigrant visa

For example, if the man entered the United States as an F-1 student visa and remained in that status until his 26th birthday, he would need to provide documentation indicating that he was admitted on an F-1 visa and attended school full-time as required. Acceptable documentation for this situation include a copy of his I-20 form or a letter from the school he attended indicating his full-time attendance as a non-immigrant alien. The same thing applies for all non-immigrant statuses.


So, if I have a briefcase full of I-20's, F-1's, H-1's, and other assorted documents of times past, or even passport visa stamps attesting to same, would I still need an absolution letter from SSS?
 
I don't quite understand why people want to unnecessarily complicate things?

It's enough to check NO on question 33 and get on with your life :D I have never ever heard of any applicant who had been asked to prove that he did not have to register. The IO will have all the prior A-file history, so it would be easy to see what status you've had when you were between 18 and 26.

Some people on this forum who suffer from an extreme form of obsessive-compulsive disorder even wanted to get the status information letter although they entered the USA after the age of 26 :rolleyes: Very disturbing to me :eek: :D
 
Several posters in the past have indicated that their IO verified their SS status via the website during interview, so if you don't get the letter by the time you go to interview, but worry about it. Just explain to IO you hadn't received it yet and you should be fine.
 
thanks all of you for your replies. Is it true that people who got green card after age 26 don't need status letter from selective service. i was in USA since i was 23 and i had work permit till i got my green card when i was 29. so, not having the the SSS letter in interview can have what kind of consequences. anyone who went through this peoplem pease do guide me..........
 
babasai said:
thanks all of you for your replies. Is it true that people who got green card after age 26 don't need status letter from selective service.
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Correct, as long as you were in valid nonimmigrant status or always outside the US before age 26 (but if you were illegally present you would have to register).

And now that you are over 31, they're not going to deny your citizenship for failing to register, even if you were supposed to register.
 
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