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I'm not going to quote your entire first post, but it seems that you were on about how the loan would give you some financial breathing space, but you could make it without it. That says, to me, inconvenient. The reason you gave for this was that no one told you about "selective service" ever at any time, and that was the cause for the delay in funds. That says to me that you feel it is unfair that no one told you about it.
In post 20 you said you entered on a K-1 visa, and I assumed that was your current visa status, as there was nothing to indicate otherwise. If this was incorrect, and your visa status has changed, I apologize. I congratulate you on your marriage, but at no time do you indicate your current visa status. You do make it clear that no INS agent has ever told you anything about selective service. I submit, respectfully, that if it is not one of the expensive, time consuming, legal hoops that you are required to jump through, if it not something that appears on any of your forms for a K-1 or a permanent resident visa as some kind of check-off requirement for granting the appropriate visa that can not be overlooked or ignored or missed in any way (and I know that gov't forms can be misleading and confusing, so this is a possibility), then it was not in anyway, however unfair you may think it is, necessary for the agents handling your immigration to inform you about selective service. I'm not saying it would not be a good idea to inform people about this, but if it is not a requirement for the visa status, I don't see the obligation to do so. And I appreciate that you have gone through the system legally, and I hope that if you desire to become a citizen that your path is smooth.
It seems from your later posts that the source of your frustration is that no one ever told you about something that native-born Americans know about and take for granted- compulsory registration in the selective service. Us native-borns take it for granted that everyone in the country (we don't assume anything about your visa status, that would be discriminatory) knows about selective service. Aren't the notices posted at every post office in the country? I understand that you feel left out. But you know what? No one from the government has ever called on the second Tuesday of November, EVER, to check if I voted.
You admit that you saw the question on the FAFSA, with your wife, that you should have researched it to get the information, but you answered it as you did on her advise. What are you mad about? You had everything you needed in front of you for the loan months ago, but it's not about the loan. It's not about your visa status, because you are legal regardless of your registration status, right? There is no chance that you are going to be dragged out of you bed in the dead of night and sent to Guantanamo because of your registration status, is there? On-topic, off-topic, bring it on you say. What is the topic? If you are just frustrated with the process of dealing with the government, well, shit, you will have more sympathy than you know what to do with, because anyone that has lived in any country with a government knows what you mean. If you cry "poor me, it's so unfair!", well don't expect a lot of sympathy because anyone that has lived in any country with a government feels the same way.
Just to be clear- not about the loan. Not about the visa. Not about college entrance. Not about registering for SS. Not about the chance of serving if registered. What is this about?
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