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May 21st 2013 | 8:37 am

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MarylandNed

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Re: Registering for Selective Service

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Originally Posted by Xebedee

My eldest son will be 18 in 3 years. I do not want him to sign up for the SS draft list. He has dual UK/USA nationality and I'm concerned about what they might do to him if he refuses since nowadays there is so much paranoia in Amerika.

Dual nationality is irrelevant. He must register. Whether he would actually be inducted or not depends on whether the country of other nationality has an agreement with the US.

http://www.sss.gov/fsaliens.htm

Besides, there hasn't been a draft in 40 years even though the US has been involved in other wars since then.

May 21st 2013 | 9:41 am

#32

Psyman

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Re: Registering for Selective Service

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Originally Posted by MarylandNed

You don't need a letter. It clearly states so here:

http://www.sss.gov/Status.html

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.

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Whether for a holiday in the 1980's or under my J-1 in the 90's this would be me. Except I have no documentation anymore of any of those visits/visas. I'll just see if I get offered a federal job and cross the SS bridge when/if it comes up, although the application process certainly suggested it was a box that needed to be ticked.

May 21st 2013 | 4:31 pm

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Steve_

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Re: Registering for Selective Service

I don't care what it says in the instructions, if you need evidence and you don't have any, that is the only way to get it. There is no other. Unless you can get a copy of the I-20 or DS-2019 from the college or USCIS. Request it in the Privacy Act request.

But yes the employer should be clever enough to realize that you were exempt.