How do an illegal immigrant marry without ID?

His ambassy in New York told him that his passport was expired so they dont renew passport after expired but before expiration yes they could
 
You/your friend cannot get a marriage certificate in the US without a valid photo ID. A valid photo ID is required in order to obtain a marriage license.
 
Jason1987 said:
His ambassy in New York told him that his passport was expired so they dont renew passport after expired but before expiration yes they could
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New York is the consulate, according to google, i have no idea how valid this is, to renew an expired Uzbek passport, you need to contact the Uzbek Embassy in Washington D.C., where you can submit the necessary documents to apply for a new passport.

but I am assuming it’s at least true that your friend can get some sort of document. No country leaves its citizens stuck abroad - how could he get home with airlines refusing to board an expired passport?
 
I am assuming he is in the service area of the New York consulate and not of the Washington embassy. Here is the page from the New York consulate on passports (in Russian), and here is the page on the certificate of return to Uzbekistan (in Russian). It is not clear to me from reading this what are the situations in which one can get a new passport vs. can only get a certificate of return. It says that Uzbekistani citizens who are permanently or temporarily registered with the consulate can get a passport from the consulate. It also has a paragraph saying that people permanent registered in Uzbekistan can only get a return certificate within 1-3 months of their planned return upon loss or expiration of their passport.

In any case, if he can only get a certificate of return to Uzbekistan, I believe that is a passport-like travel document, which will most likely be accepted as a photo ID for marriage and other purposes. However, I am not sure whether the consulate will refuse to issue the return certificate if he is not planning to return to Uzbekistan.
 
newacct said:
I am assuming he is in the service area of the New York consulate and not of the Washington embassy. Here is the page from the New York consulate on passports (in Russian), and here is the page on the certificate of return to Uzbekistan (in Russian). It is not clear to me from reading this what are the situations in which one can get a new passport vs. can only get a certificate of return. It says that Uzbekistani citizens who are permanently or temporarily registered with the consulate can get a passport from the consulate. It also has a paragraph saying that people permanent registered in Uzbekistan can only get a return certificate within 1-3 months of their planned return upon loss or expiration of their passport.

In any case, if he can only get a certificate of return to Uzbekistan, I believe that is a passport-like travel document, which will most likely be accepted as a photo ID for marriage and other purposes. However, I am not sure whether the consulate will refuse to issue the return certificate if he is not planning to return to Uzbekistan.
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For some countries, for sure the DC embassy can do things that the consulates cannot do and those “override” the regional service areas. No idea about this one. But yes it seems that the solution his embassy poses is that he has to return home to get a new passport, which obviously he doesn’t want to do as he won’t get back to the US then due to his overstay. No idea what status the certificate of return will have as being accepted as ID. I guess his options are to try and see if that works, stay illegal, or go home.
 
Thank you all for all of your help. These info will be very helpfull for him. I do really appreciate your help. I will be posting about his situation step by step.
 
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