Foreign students with a student visa attending a U.S. School are not required to register with Selective Service. If the Foreign Student became eligible to naturalize as a U.S. Citizen, the Foreign Student would have to register with Selective Service or obtain a waiver for not registering to become a U.S. Citizen. A Certificate of Naturalization would not be issued to foreigner who did not register with Selective Service or obtain a waiver from registration.
As a person born in 1961, if Obama did not register with Selective Service in 1980, then voters would have questioned his eligibility. Consequently, there is motive to forge a registration card. If Obama waited until he was 21 years old to register, then voters may demand a full explanation as to why he waited. If Obama obtained a waiver from registration, then voter may have question why he obtained a waiver. If it is established Obama did not register because he was a foreigner attending a U.S. School on a student visa in 1980, then his eligibility to be on the Alabama ballot would have been jeopardized.
On August 12, 2008 the Internet blog network and news portal “Pajamas Media” announced that they had received an e-mail confirmation from the Selective Service System that Barack Obama had, in fact, registered for the draft as required by law:
Mr. Owens,
Barack Hussein Obama registered at a post office in Hawaii. The effective registration date was September 4, 1980.
His registration number is 61-1125539-1.
Daniel Amon
Public Affairs Specialist
Selective Service System