Tim

I found a web site that says my UK fiance needs to contact her local clerks office
for our Marriage license for some reason... is this true?

It says...."Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years of age
should call their town or city clerk for special instructions."

Now for the question....WHAT SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS!!!

Tim

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The following is important information you need to know before apply for your
marriage license:
a.. Marriage licenses are available at any town or city clerk office in New York
and are valid throughout the state.

b.. There is a $25 license fee.

c.. Both parties must be present in order to get a marriage license.

d.. Bring a form of identification for proof of age (driver's license, birth
certificate, baptismal record, military id, or passport) and your Social
Security number.

e.. You will both need to know the proper spelling of your mother's maiden name and
parents' country of birth.

f.. You and your fiancée will need to supply information about any previous
marriages. You may need to bring certified copy of the Decree of Divorce or death
certificate if widowed. Call your city or town clerk for specific directions.

g.. The marriage license is issued on the same day you apply.

h.. Remember that the marriage license is not valid until 24 hours after it is
issued. Therefore, if you plan on getting married on a Saturday, you should not
wait until Friday afternoon to get your license.

i.. A marriage license is valid for 60 days from the day after it was issued.

j.. TEST>>Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years of age
should call their town or city clerk for special instructions.

k.. You may get you marriage license at any city or town clerk office in New York
if you are being married in the state. However, choose a place that you will
remember because you will need to return to that office to get a copy of your
license in the future.

l.. You should arrive at the city or town clerk office no later than half an hour
before it closes.

K

I think it is because if the wife or husband to be is from another country you can only marry under the age of 18 with parental consent.

Rete

Tim

My foreign husband and I didn't have to contact his country's town clerk before we got a NYS marriage license. You have the K-1 and she is over 18, you will be fine.

Shelley

I get the feeling that someone is misreading that website - or that the wording is
confusing. I am guessing that if you are marrying in the US - the USC should contact
the local county clerks office is regarding any special instructions when one of
applicants for a marriage license is under 18 or born out of the US. I know my
husband and I surprised the County Clerk when we applied for our license - there are
only 15,000 people in our county - they don't issue a lot of licenses with one fiancé
who isn't a US citizen. The marriage license required your SSN, which my (then)
fiancé didn't have - so the clerk wrote in his Canadian Social Insurance Number and
made a notation next to
it. But we could tell he (the County Clerk) was really confused as to what to do,
and wasn't even sure this would be okay - but we were issued the license. Gee, I
wonder if we are really married??? Take Care. Shelley

"Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I found a web site that says my UK fiance needs to contact her local
clerks
    > office for our Marriage license for some reason... is this true?
    >
    > It says...."Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years
of
    > age should call their town or city clerk for special instructions."
    >
    > Now for the question....WHAT SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS!!!
    >
    > Tim
    >
    > TEST-ClipTEST-
    >
    > The following is important information you need to know before apply for your
    > marriage license:
    > a.. Marriage licenses are available at any town or city clerk office in New York
    > and are valid throughout the state.
    >
    > b.. There is a $25 license fee.
    >
    > c.. Both parties must be present in order to get a marriage license.
    >
    > d.. Bring a form of identification for proof of age (driver's license, birth
    > certificate, baptismal record, military id, or passport) and your Social
    > Security number.
    >
    > e.. You will both need to know the proper spelling of your mother's
maiden
    > name and parents' country of birth.
    >
    > f.. You and your fiancée will need to supply information about any previous
    > marriages. You may need to bring certified copy of the Decree of Divorce or
    > death certificate if widowed. Call your city or town clerk for specific
    > directions.
    >
    > g.. The marriage license is issued on the same day you apply.
    >
    > h.. Remember that the marriage license is not valid until 24 hours after it is
    > issued. Therefore, if you plan on getting married on a Saturday, you should not
    > wait until Friday afternoon to get your license.
    >
    > i.. A marriage license is valid for 60 days from the day after it was issued.
    >
    > j.. TEST>>Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years
of
    > age should call their town or city clerk for special instructions.
    >
    >a. . You may get you marriage license at any city or town clerk office in
    > New York if you are being married in the state. However, choose a place
that
    > you will remember because you will need to return to that office to get a copy of
    > your license in the future.
    >
    > b.. You should arrive at the city or town clerk office no later than
half
    > an hour before it closes.

Skaternl

They probably want to tell you that you need a international birth certificate. Most
countries (besides the UK, Australia, Canada, etc.) have NON-English birth
certificates. And if you bring one in swahili or german or french or russian or greek
or whatever language you feel like, then the county office clerk surely is NOT able
to process your application. Because most county office clerks didn't study 20 other
languages at college So that is probably the special instruction. Other then that
I advise you the easiest way, CALL THEM

Bye, Daniel

"Tim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] >...
    > I found a web site that says my UK fiance needs to contact her local clerks office
    > for our Marriage license for some reason... is this true?
    >
    > It says...."Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years of age
    > should call their town or city clerk for special instructions."
    >
    > Now for the question....WHAT SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS!!!
    >
    > Tim
    >
    > TEST-ClipTEST-
    >
    > The following is important information you need to know before apply for your
    > marriage license:
    > a.. Marriage licenses are available at any town or city clerk office in New York
    > and are valid throughout the state.
    >
    > b.. There is a $25 license fee.
    >
    > c.. Both parties must be present in order to get a marriage license.
    >
    > d.. Bring a form of identification for proof of age (driver's license, birth
    > certificate, baptismal record, military id, or passport) and your Social
    > Security number.
    >
    > e.. You will both need to know the proper spelling of your mother's maiden name
    > and parents' country of birth.
    >
    > f.. You and your fiancée will need to supply information about any previous
    > marriages. You may need to bring certified copy of the Decree of Divorce or
    > death certificate if widowed. Call your city or town clerk for specific
    > directions.
    >
    > g.. The marriage license is issued on the same day you apply.
    >
    > h.. Remember that the marriage license is not valid until 24 hours after it is
    > issued. Therefore, if you plan on getting married on a Saturday, you should not
    > wait until Friday afternoon to get your license.
    >
    > i.. A marriage license is valid for 60 days from the day after it was issued.
    >
    > j.. TEST>>Applicants born outside of the U.S. or who are under 18 years of age
    > should call their town or city clerk for special instructions.
    >
    > a.. You may get you marriage license at any city or town clerk office in New York
    > if you are being married in the state. However, choose a place that you will
    > remember because you will need to return to that office to get a copy of your
    > license in the future.
    >
    > b.. You should arrive at the city or town clerk office no later than half an hour
    > before it closes.

Mrtravel

But, it says 18 "or" from another country.

K wrote:

    > I think it is because if the wife or husband to be is from another country you can
    > only marry under the age of 18 with parental consent.
    >
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