{"id":802,"date":"2020-04-02T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu.master-7rqtwti-ytf57z7frat4e.us-2.platformsh.site\/isss\/?page_id=802"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:44:27","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/living-in-columbia\/daily-life\/marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting married in the United States requires a marriage license issued by the county recorder from the county in which you will be married. Marriage requirements vary by state; you can find Missouri&#8217;s requirements on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mo.gov\/home-family\/marriage-divorce\/\">state website<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmeboone.com\/recorder\/marriage-license.asp\">Boone County website<\/a> outlines the specific process if you will be getting married in Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing your name due to marriage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing your name on all of your legal and important documents will take time. The first step is to <b>update your passport<\/b>. Consult your home country&#8217;s embassy\/consulate for information regarding changing your name on your passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To <b>update your I-20\/DS-2019<\/b>, bring your updated passport to International Student and Scholar Services. An adviser will then issue you a new I-20\/DS-2019 with your new name. To <b>update your Social Security card<\/b>, take an original or certified copy of your marriage license, along with the <a href=\"\/isss\/living-in-columbia\/identification-documents\/\">other documents required<\/a> for a Social Security card to the Social Security office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After those key documents have been changed, the following will also need to be updated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mizzou student or employee information system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visa (next time you renew it)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I-94 record (next time you re-enter the U.S.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bank accounts and any debit or credit cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driver&#8217;s license<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that marriage may affect your income taxes. Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.missouri.edu\/payroll\/tax-information-working-international-students-faculty-and-staff\">Nonresident Alien Taxation Office<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting married in the United States requires a marriage license issued by the county recorder from the county in which you will be married. Marriage requirements vary by state; you can find Missouri&#8217;s requirements on the state website. The Boone County website outlines the specific process if you will be getting married in Columbia. Changing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-802","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions\/3307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}