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Do Your Part Register Today

When you register with the Selective Service System, you're helping ensure a secure future for your community and the United States of America.

Federal law requires nearly all male U.S. citizens and male immigrants to register at age 18. The agency permits males up to age 25 to complete their registration with Selective Service System.

In a national emergency, Selective Service System will use the registry to provide personnel to the Department of Defense and alternative service for conscientious objectors, if authorized by the President and Congress.

Registration for Men

Selective Service System registration is required by law. By registering, a young man remains eligible for jobs, state-based student aid and employment in most states, Federally-funded job training, and U.S. citizenship for immigrant men.

Verify Your Registration

Online verification provides a quick way to access your Selective Service registration number and date of registration. You also can print a copy of your registration card that can be used as proof of registration.

Men 26 and Older

If you are 26 or older, it's too late to register. If you failed to register by age 26 and are seeking benefits associated with Selective Service registration, click the link below to learn more about next steps.

Additional Groups

Women

The law requires that only men register with Selective Service System.

Immigrants

If you are an 18-25-year-old immigrant man living in the United States, you are required to register with few exceptions. If you are an immigrant seeking citizenship who failed to register prior turning age 26, click the button below.

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Veterans

If you are a military veteran or a military reservist, you are still required to register. However, if you served in the Armed Forces and are 26 or older, but failed to register, your DD Form 214 is evidence that your failure to register was not knowing and willful.

Parents

Your son remains eligible for benefits that are linked to registration, like state-based student aid, grants, job training programs, government jobs and citizenship. Registration is not the same as enlisting with the U.S. Armed Forces. There is no draft and registration does not mean automatic induction into the military.