So, as of this year, any foreign-born person wanting to get married in Louisiana must produce both an unexpired visa (even though a federal court has ruled that marriage licenses cannot be denied based on immigration status), as well as, somewhat inexplicably, a birth certificate.
from the Washington Post
In Rayville the immigrant swain
a license to marry can't gain.
And ain't it a shame
Erath is the same;
while living in sin is no strain.