Texas Brit

There you go Severed, according to this, all you have to do is get yourself hospitalized or incarcerated and you're laughing, mate.

Dimsie

I was really surprised reading this thread. I'd no idea this requirement existed. Anyway, I suppose if conscription/draft was ever revived in the UK Brits living in the US or other countries would be exempt ?

I wonder if women would be included in it in the UK ? I'm not an extreme feminist, and I'm way, way out of the relevant age group - but as in most other areas the sexes are supposed to be on equal footing, it seems odd that in this case women are totally exempt.

Let's hope it's all academic !!

Bob

So where would a trans-gendered person or a hermaphrodite stand? *l*

Bob

It is weird considering they can be in the front line if they sign up...so they should be allowed to play the draft lottery along with the guys

I know I'd be on the first plane back to blighty if they bring back the draft, didn't bother to have Austrian citizenship at 18 because of the national service, not that I would have passed the medical...probably *l*

Dimsie

You and several hundred others - and I'd cheer you all the way there!

SeveredNeurons

I read the small print attached to the return form. It stipulates that I need only return the form is the information contained within the document is incorrect, it is not. Therefore, I surmise that I do not have to do anything at all. However, do you think that on the safe side I should return it? That said, I don't want them to think that I'm overly keen to get involved

NKA418

Hi,

I was reading this post as I posted a similar thread on the US. Marriage based visa forum. Severed, you said you received a card in the mail? My husband never received such a card and we only found out he was supposed to register when he attempted to apply for financial aid. He's now been in the U.S. more than a year and over the age to register.

What was your status when you first entered the U.S.? My husband came on a K3 visa and just received his green card a few months ago. We called the customer service and was told he could be fined for not registering.

Just curious what other people's experiences with this has been.

Na'imah

cabritpop

Just send the bloody thing back to them filled out or whatever it says, if they organize a draft, which it looks like they might as they are running out of recruits, then they will want cannon fodder and probably start with 18 year olds then 19 etc etc. I doubt if they will draft 25 year old accountants etc because they need more admin staff, they want young people to shove behind a machine gun nest or whatever.

scrubbedexpat099

He is over age now.

There problem is that they are using his non registration as a block to educational funds.

Manc

if you can write to SSS and plead your case that you didn't knowingly elude registration that it was just an oversight of the law - they may grant an exception.

cabritpop

Does the card received not state that the person has been registered? Therefore you should not be getting blocked from educational funds, From my experience only citizens can get to those funds anyway (rightly so).Immigrants can get loans however.

scrubbedexpat099

Came over when he should have registered, as with many/most knew nothing of the need to register.

Now over 26, too late to register.

Funds I used in the general sense, could well be loans.

Duncan Roberts

If anyone wants to know if they or you are registered you just go to www.sss.gov and click on verify. Then you enter a couple of things and they will tell you if you are registered or not and if you are, the date you registered and registration number.

snowbunny

Well, with the numbers out yesterday that there are 10,000,000 non-legal aliens in this country:

Undocumented (illegal) aliens. Yes

Those males aged 18 to 25 must register.

That'd scare up a load more draftees.

If non-citizens could be drafted, could illegal aliens join the military as a way of making money? I hear the recruiters aren't making their quotas.....

scrubbedexpat099

You have to be a LPR to join, otherwise would they not be mercenaries?

But I agree with meeting the quota's.

I wonder how they know how many there are, a similar question arose in the UK and the Gov had to acknowledge they had no real idea. At best a guess.