a system and method for network selection procedures for simultaneous network connectivity through multiple accesses comprises obtaining stored and registered plmns determining whether plmns are both stored plmn for access technology type ai and registered plmn when no plmns are both performing plmn selection using a standard procedure when only one plmn is both determining whether the plmn satisfies a condition and when the plmn satisfies the condition attempting to connect to the plmn and when more than one plmn is both creating a set of plmns selecting one plmn that satisfies the condition from the set plmn attempting to connect to the selected plmn and when attempting to connect fails removing the selected plmn from the set and selecting another plmn in one aspect the plmn that minimizes changes is selected in one aspect the plmn that provides access to a larger number of access technologies is selected application_number US 201113005764 A description for purposes of the description in this application the following definitions shall apply 3gpp access includes access technologies defined by 3gpp i e gsm umts hsdpa lte non 3gpp access includes access technologies not defined by 3gpp e g wifi wimax cdma2000 ue user equipment including but not limited to a multi mode terminal a mobile device etc user equipment has features including a cpu note that 3gpp has specified plmn selection procedures for i wlan only under the category of non 3gpp access i wlan shall be considered as one.