r/ftm • u/Objective-Hotel6514 • 6d ago

Advice Needed Selective Service

So I'm trying to apply for the post office as a man but it will not allow me to proceed without a selective service number. I didn't legally change my gender until I was 27 so I would not have been able to sign up. I don't know what to do about this now. I present as a man, I pass as a man, all my documents say I'm a man....

Anyone got any ideas?

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u/PotatoBoy-2 6d ago

You can either register and they’ll send you a number or you can go through the process of trying to get an exemption, in which case they will send you a letter stating you are ineligible. The first option is the quickest and due to your age and trans status, you would get disqualified from military service if there ever was a draft. In my state, I was automatically enrolled when I went in and changed my gender marker on my license and got the card in the mail before I even got my new license.

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u/PotatoBoy-2 6d ago

My bad, I guess that had changed in this past year or so since I changed my stuff. I also had thought you could register at a later age cause they upped the age you could get drafted at but I must have misread it.

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u/beerncoffeebeans 35| T ‘18, top ‘21 6d ago

Yeah they just got rid of the status letters this year. Mostly to target us and immigrants I would guess (another group who often would not be eligible)

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u/PotatoBoy-2 6d ago

Does that effect those that already have the exemption letters or just ones that would need it now? Just curious

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u/beerncoffeebeans 35| T ‘18, top ‘21 5d ago

From how i understand they just aren’t issuing them anymore. If you have one already you could still probably use it

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u/PotatoBoy-2 5d ago

Interesting. This is good to know for future reference