Did you register with the Selective Service?

[SEP20]

We were talking about applying for financial aid in class and there were a couple guys who didn't know anything about the Selective Service.

Are you registered?
How did you find out?

FYI: If you don't register by 26 you won't be able to get a federal job or federal aid.



I'm FTM, but have been thinking of trying to register using the mail in form.

You don't need to put a social down with the mail in so I don't understand how they will verify your identity.
And you can use any mailing address.
I really would prefer a card, because I can't change my ID to male until after I've hit 26.

This seems like it could work. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[Sonoran Hope]

I'm registered with it. I knew 3-4 years in advance that I'd have to do it, I think my step dad told me.

[!d!ot Amer!ca]

You have to be registered with it in the state of New Mexico once you're age 18 or you won't be able to renew your drivers license or get a state-issued ID (I dunno if it's the same state to state). I only know this because I work for the MVD and have to ask it constantly.

[Hildr]

My husband got a card when he registered. It's kind of a flimsy piece of s**t, really. It's already faded out and you can't read it.

[Mooby the Golden Sock]

Yes, I registered when I turned 18 and threw out the card the day after it expired. 24 or 26 or whenever it was.

[AraTeran]

I'm female, so no. I had a friend who didn't register until he was 20 or 21, but only out of laziness.

Why can't you get your ID changed until you are 26?

[FORTRAN77]

SEP20

We were talking about applying for financial aid in class and there were a couple guys who didn't know anything about the Selective Service.

Are you registered?
How did you find out?

FYI: If you don't register by 26 you won't be able to get a federal job or federal aid.



I'm FTM, but have been thinking of trying to register using the mail in form.

You don't need to put a social down with the mail in so I don't understand how they will verify your identity.
And you can use any mailing address.
I really would prefer a card, because I can't change my ID to male until after I've hit 26.

This seems like it could work. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I'm 25 and changed my name and gender marker over at the DMV and fed government a couple months ago, and the DMV signed me up then, I think. My school says I'm in the selective service system, but I did get a letter from the government telling me I 'needed' to sign up.
You can get a carry letter from selective service that says you're exempt from signing up, but that route looks like a pain in the a** to do. Why can't you change your ID to male until you're 26? What state do you live in and have you started physically transitioning yet? (You don't have to answer if you don't want. It's kinda sensitive questions.)

[Brain Weasels]

Not old enough yet, probably will though.

Not likely the draft will happen again, and if it does I'll register as a CO

[Mechromancer4Life]

Hell no, ******** that s**t.

[Obscurus]

I registered when I was 17. You can probably do it online now.

I'm old enough now that I'm pretty sure I don't even have to update my address when I move. If there's a draft they'll take the young bucks first.

[Umbral_Necropolitan]

Yes because I'm not a idiot who actually pays attention to life and didn't have deadbeats for parents.

Almost 30 now, so Selective Service does matter to me anymore since I'm not going to be drafted anytime soon, 1 for age and 2 because I'm mtf.

[Umbral_Necropolitan]

Obscurus

I registered when I was 17. You can probably do it online now.

I'm old enough now that I'm pretty sure I don't even have to update my address when I move. If there's a draft they'll take the young bucks first.

20, then 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 19, and 18 is the order of ages drafted.

[Obscurus]

Umbral_Necropolitan

Obscurus

I registered when I was 17. You can probably do it online now.

I'm old enough now that I'm pretty sure I don't even have to update my address when I move. If there's a draft they'll take the young bucks first.

20, then 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 19, and 18 is the order of ages drafted.

Yeah, I'm 27 so I think I'm good. You kids go wear 'em down and then us old ******** will brag about how we finished the job. xp

[Pink Plaid]

I've never heard of this before.

[Obscurus]

Pink Plaid

I've never heard of this before.

I don't know if Canada has Selective Service. I'm pretty sure women aren't required to sign up anyway so that may be why you've never heard of anything like it.