How And When To Register For Selective Service
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How and when to register for selective service. You must register for the selective service if you are a male u s. Law calls for citizens to register within 30 days of turning 18 and immigrants to register within 30 days of arriving in the u s. With very few exceptions all males between ages 18 and 25 must register with the selective service system sss within 30 days of arriving in the united states. How failure to register with the selective service may impact your ability to receive public benefits. Here s how you know.
Register online if you have a social security number or use a hard copy form if you prefer or do not have a ssn. Those who register for the selective service form the prospective pool of people who might be drafted if the draft is reinstated. The selective service system is the agency that registers men and is responsible for running a draft. An official website of the united states government. The general rule is that if a male noncitizen takes up residency in the u s.
Who must register with selective service. Before his 26th birthday he must register with selective service. Some colleges and universities have similar requirements for institutional financial aid funds. Government suspended the registration in april of 1975 and resumed it in 1980. Citizen documented immigrant or undocumented immigrant and you are between the ages of 18 25.
Selective service system p o. Impact on your ability to get public benefits. View our news section for more information. If a student was born male the student must register with selective service between ages 18 and 25 inclusive to be eligible for federal and state student financial aid for college. Also registrants must let the selective service know within 10 days of any changes in the information provided in their original registration until they turn 26.
Are required to be registered with selective service. Online registration and verification are available 24 7. Citizens or are immigrants living in the u s. For a more detailed list of which non citizens must register. Neither the military selective service act nor the presidential proclamation provide an exemption from registration because of a man s mental or physical condition unless certain criteria are met.