NONRESIDENTS MAY MARRY NOW ON ST. MAARTEN.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : Daily News The Caribbean island of St. Maarten has changed a 127-year-old law to allow nonresident non·res·i·dent adj. 1. Not living in a particular place: nonresident students who commute to classes. 2. couples to marry on the island. To get hitched in paradise, visitors must be at least 21 years old and must make a written request to the island's lieutenant governor lieutenant governor n. Abbr. Lt. Gov. 1. An elected official ranking just below the governor of a state in the United States. 2. The nonelective chief of government of a Canadian province. for a temporary tourist permit, submit birth certificates, divorce papers (for those who've been married before) and valid return tickets to their country of origin or to anywhere else outside the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles, island group, an autonomous part of the Netherlands (2005 est. pop. 220,000), 371 sq mi (961 sq km), West Indies. Formerly known as the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands West Indies, they are divided into two groups. . All papers must be translated into Dutch. Once approved, there's a 10-day waiting period and a fee of 90 guilders (about $50) for the marriage permit. |
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