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"Males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service."

This caught my eye. So does it exclude US citizens who have never registered with Selective Service ? For example, what if someone is a naturalized citizen but got the citizenship at the age of 30 ?

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Non-citizen males between 18 and 25 years of age in the United States, who are permanent residents, seasonal agricultural workers not holding an H-2A Visa, refugees, parolees, asylees, and illegal immigrants, are required to register with the Selective Service System.

If you unlawfully failed to register with the Selective Service system, then you would be excluded from employment with the federal government (and be subject to other penalties and exclusions).

As a non american, what is the "Selective Service"?

Selective Service means registering with the US government. Giving them your name and contact information so if there was ever the need to draft people into the armed forces in times of war, they have your info.

It's pretty much unenforced conscription and a way to track the current body of what constitutes a US "militia".

Registration is mandatory and failure to do so is punishable by jail time and/ or fines. If we had another draft in the US, this would be the list used.

It means you've registered with the military (required at age 18). If we go to war and there are not enough volunteers, you may be "drafted" to join the military. This has not happened since the Vietnam war however.

https://www.sss.gov/what.htm

Basically, if you are under 26, you can be drafted. Think "Vietnam War"

A service to draft males for the US Military.

If it was an issue, they would have brought it up in the naturalization process. You're probably fine to apply.

They need to sign up for the selective service. It's a requirement for federal jobs.

Not quite, it says you have had to have. Meaning if you're past the age where it is required, and you did not to it, you're out of luck.

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