Marriage license requirements for K-1 holders

[luv2teach77 41]

Pi,

I agree that the information you have found, as well as the other information provided by posters is correct.

My wife and I live in Illinois but got married at the Larimore House which is in Florissant, MO (North East of the city). We applied for our Marriage lisence in person at City Hall on Market St. downtown and I was only required to show my passport and birth certificate.

The area you're moving too is great, If my wife didn't have ties to Illinois we would love to live near Forest Park. It is great to have such a huge area where you can get out and be active for free. Being close to the metro is awesome too, especially if you can find a job near another metro station. I make a 84 mile round trip every day to work in Clayton and would probably save a fortune on gas if I could get to and from work without using a car.

Mark

[SchatzieCharlie 4]

Hello there, I was browsing this site and bumped into this great topic. Am also a K1 holder and my fiance is from STL. Am very excited to start my life with him in this wonderful place...=)

[JlovesA 109]

Hi all,

I am a K-1 visa holder (successfully had my interview last week at the Embassy in Athens) and will soon (mid-May) travel to the US to marry my fiancee. The wedding will be early June in St. Louis County (MO). I had a question regarding the documents I need to bring with me in order to obtain the marriage license in St. Louis County.

I know this isn't related exactly to the topic of the post, but you are aware that you only have 6 months to move with the visa, right? Unless you are planning to have the embassy issue the visa in December, May is well-past the 6 month date from last week and your visa will not be valid any longer. Just wanted to make sure in case that throws a wrench in your plans (I sure hope not).

Edited October 28, 2010 by JlovesA

[Becky&Steven 1]

lol... that post was made in april 2008. don't think there were any issues

Edited October 28, 2010 by Becky&Steven

[JlovesA 109]

lol... that post was made in april 2008. don't think there were any issues

LOL I didn't even notice! Argh, I hate when old topics get dug up like this. Why?!!?

Hello there, I was browsing this site and bumped into this great topic. Am also a K1 holder and my fiance is from STL. Am very excited to start my life with him in this wonderful place...=)

You should be cognizant of the fact you just dug up a very old file that is no longer really relevant...please watch that in the future.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi all,

I am a K-1 visa holder (successfully had my interview last week at the Embassy in Athens) and will soon (mid-May) travel to the US to marry my fiancee. The wedding will be early June in St. Louis County (MO). I had a question regarding the documents I need to bring with me in order to obtain the marriage license in St. Louis County.

According to the County, one of them is the social security card (which I will have obtained by the time I make the application for the license or if not then an appropriate document from the SSA office certifying I have been assigned a SSN and will get the card soon in the post should suffice) and the other one is ‘state ID’ (or driver license). It is about the second one that I have questions, since the State of Missouri has some stricter requirements, it seems.

Now, correct me if I am wrong (please! <img src="http://www.visajourney.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> ) but this is what I thought so far.

First of all, I think it takes a very long time to actually obtain a state ID/driver's license if you are a new alien (in my case coming from a K-1 visa as I will have about a month after arrival to the US before I apply for a marriage license - typically 2 weeks before the wedding, so we are within the 30 day limit of the license's validity plus I have enough time before to obtain my SSN in the post). Therefore I reason that it might be sufficient to provide alternative papers (at the time when I and my fiancee go to the Office to apply for the marriage license) which show the same type of evidence as a state ID would. Is this true? Or do they actually require that I have a state ID in hand?

That is my first question. My second question continues in a natural way from the above (relating to it).

More specifically, I had a look at the idrequirements.pdf file from this site <a href="http://dor.mo.gov/mvdl/drivers/idrequirements.htm" target="_blank">http://dor.mo.gov/mvdl/drivers/idrequirements.htm</a> . Thus it seems that I will need three things (for state ID and thus for the marriage license): Proofs of lawful presence, identity and residency.

Proof of lawful presence in my case can be covered by my (valid unexpired foreign) passport and future (valid unexpired) I-94. Check.

Proof of identity will be shown by my SSN or the appropriate letter from the SSA (in case the SSN has not been assigned yet). Check.

However, I am not sure what sort of things could alternatively be used as proof of residency. I am a bit hazy if I will be in a position to open a bank account and have a statement or join the lease agreement for my fiancée’s apartment in time for the marriage certificate application. Is there anything else I could use in my case?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm truly at a loss what to do here. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

(Note on dates: I will arrive on May 19 in the US. The wedding is scheduled for July 5.)

I would like to thank all in advance for your consideration in reading this and responding, especially anyone who has experience from Missouri areas!

Thanks!

Pi

Residency and SS requirements were negated in 2008. You will have an SSn anyway so that is a moot point. For the Drivers license number just enter "none" and use you K-1 which is a US issued form of ID.

[imcoming 21]

QUOTE (jzoom6 @ Apr 3 2008, 10:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I didn't see this link posted...

Marriage License Requirements of the 50 states

Seems to have all the information everyone would be looking for at this point.

They even break down the counties within the states and give you the contact # to reach them and the State laws/regulations on what you need in order to get the license, costs, etc.

Great information jzoom6. Thanks for posting!

This is great thanks! I was just reading up on Maryland, apparently its legal to marry your cousin still, hahahaha!