Getting married in New York involves getting a marriage license but unlike most states, you get it the very same day you apply for it and it must be used in the next 24 hours or you would have reapplied for one. There are certain documents you need to bring to be able to complete this process and they would contain your age, form of identity, a photo ID and also pay the required fee for your license. These documentations are very necessary.

Who Can I Marry?

In the state of New York, there are couples who wouldn’t be allowed to get married. In this state, couples do not have to be residents to be allowed to get married. But the marriage license must be gotten from New York. There are also age restrictions of people looking to marry in the state of New York. People under the age of 14 are not allowed to marry. Individuals who are 14 or 15 years of age must get consent from their parents, as well as the judge before any other step, must be taken. 

 A judge that can grant this can either be from a family court of the particular county of the applicant. There can also be the necessary assent of people from the New York Supreme Court. Meanwhile, applicants who are 16-17 years of age would need to show written consent from both their parents. But people who are at the age of 18 years and over will need no consent before applying for a marriage certificate.

The state of New York does not approve of marriage licenses to people who are related or from the same ancestors and descendants. That means parents and children can get married, uncles and nieces, nephews and aunties, grandparents and grandchildren alike. Even siblings are not allowed to marry, however first cousins can marry.

However same-sex couples can marry legally in the state of New York just like every state in the united states of America. You can apply for a marriage certificate in a situation where you already have a civil union or a domestic partnership with your partner. The procedures involved in a same-sex marriage license is the same as heterosexual couples.

What Documents Are Required?

There are necessary documents that you need to show in other to identify your age as well as your identity of you and your house. Both you and your spouse should have at least one of the documents listed below;

• Birth certificate.
• Social security number.
• Census record.
• Baptismal record.
• Neutralization record.

Refugees who do not have a birth certificate must get a signed and sealed record which includes their names, date of birth, place of birth and also the name of the parents from the sponsoring agency. In a situation where the document comes in a foreign language, there must be a provision of an approved translation to English as well as the original. They are both expected to be shown and a translated document must be signed, sealed and posses a statement that can prove that the translation is 100% accurate.

You are also expected to come with the following;

• Form of photo ID.
• Birth related documents. 
• Accepted form of photo ID. 
• Drivers license.
• Passport.
• Immigration record.
• Employment picture ID.

What Other Documents Are Required?

For people who have been married before the would need to provide their previous documentation of their previous marriages. There must prepared information on previous marriages if either you or your partner have been previously married. It must be written on the application. You would also have to indicate information about your former spouse such as if they are alive or not and if there was death, annulment or a divorce that ended the marriage.

You must also give into detail the name of your former spouse and also the date in which the divorce decree was completed. You should also have the city, state and country where the divorce was issued. This would be presented before to complete the application.

Once you get all these ready, then you can proceed to marry before a time-lapse of 24 hours.

you can always find help at www.usmarriagelaws.com.  

Paul Petersen