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South African   1

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Im engaged to a USC, we were on our way to get our marriage license together but my purse was stolen along with my South African passport in it. My current visa expires in about 6 months, the process to get a replacement takes about 6ish months and thats just being hopeful. My question is whether we need my passport to get the license or not, i do have my South African ID, unabridged birth certificate as well as my DS-2019 form that states i am here legally with the date of expiration, and US homeland stamps etc. We wanted to get the legal part of the marriage over sooner so that we can open our joint bank accounts and get and apartment etc to add  to our paperwork of AOS. Please can someone help me out as ive tried calling the court houses and city clerks only to end up in voicemail,  let me give you guys thanks ahead of time for any help you can offer ,it is much appriciated

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payxibka   10,044

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7 minutes ago, South African said:

Im engaged to a USC, we were on our way to get our marriage license together but my purse was stolen along with my South African passport in it. My current visa expires in about 6 months, the process to get a replacement takes about 6ish months and thats just being hopeful. My question is whether we need my passport to get the license or not, i do have my South African ID, unabridged birth certificate as well as my DS-2019 form that states i am here legally with the date of expiration, and US homeland stamps etc. We wanted to get the legal part of the marriage over sooner so that we can open our joint bank accounts and get and apartment etc to add  to our paperwork of AOS. Please can someone help me out as ive tried calling the court houses and city clerks only to end up in voicemail,  let me give you guys thanks ahead of time for any help you can offer ,it is much appriciated

You need to check with the local license authority as ID requirements are governed by each individual state.  They could care less about your immigration status so the DS-2019 isn't important.  Have you checked online to see what the iD requirements are?

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YMMV

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doggieandsam   765

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it depends on the state. here in VA, they wanted to see my passport when we went to get our marriage license.

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Most states will need to see either a US ID (driver's licence, state ID card, etc.) or a valid foreign passport in order to obtain a marriage licence. 

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