No, an Iowa marriage license is only valid in Iowa. You need a license valid in the location where the marriage is to take place.
No, it would not be legal. The license must be issued by the country, Mexico, where the ceremony is to take place.
No. Getting married means you are married in Iowa.
You cannot obtain a marriage license unless he is legal. It would be best to focus on him obtaining citizenship so you can get married.
In Iowa, there is no waiting time to be remarried after a divorce. There is a three day waiting period after the purchase of a marriage license.
You are not married unless the license is signed and brought back to the office that you got it from, which is most likely in or near the court house. They will then enter in all your information, make a copy, and send you a the license in the mail. If it was not signed and brought back, you are not married.
You cannot. Iowa does not issue civil union licenses. A same-sex couple (or an opposite-sex couple) can get a legal marriage license in Iowa.
In Iowa, as you know, you apply for your marriage license at any County Recorder's Office. I would assume that both of you including your witness signed the marriage license application when you applied. Therefore, I'm guessing that you didn't sign the marriage certificate after the wedding ceremony. The marriage certificate is returned to the County Recorder's Office for recording. Since the ceremony was indeed performed, I doubt that the marriage is invalid. I suggest that you contact the County Recorder's Office to confirm that the marriage records have been filed. Attached is a link for obtaining marriage records in all of the counties in Iowa. Using the link, you can find contact information for your specific county.
Yes. A certificate of marriage, regardless of where it was issued, is sufficient proof of legal change of name for an Iowa driver's license. The gender of your spouse is irrelevant.
By obtaining their parents' consent. Iowa does allow marriage at 16 if the parents agree to it.
The parents have to appear at the time the minor applies for the marriage license. If the minor receives a license to marry then the ceremony can be done by a judge or magistrate. The licensing clerk can inform the couple of the cost of a civil ceremony.
No. How could it possibly be? You have to present a valid marriage license to the presiding individual and they MUST be able to identify the two of you as the persons named in the license. NONE of this is possible when doing it anonymously via the internet.
Yes, there is no residency requirement for marriage in Iowa. In fact, many of the same-sex couples who have married there come from out of state. However, when the newlyweds return to Louisiana, their marriage will not be recognized there.