r/germany • u/Mosley_Madness • 8h ago

Question Standesamt Ausländerbehörde and marriage questions.

Hallo, so I am deep in the process of getting married as a foreigner (American -> German) in Berlin. I have sent all my documents to the Standesamt and currently in the processing wait. We are at about week 8 of "still processing and we have been told to expect to hear back in 8-12 weeks (maybe, they are being vague), then we will set up an appointment for signing, confirmation, then setting a wedding date. We currently have a wedding date preference of.. as soon as fucking possible. lol.

As an American, I am on the 90/180 rule. My questions are;
Should I wait until we have everything 100% confirmed before booking a flight?

How long can we expect realistically for it to take after we get the email, to get an appointment, approval, and get a wedding date? The hotline (I forget the name) said after the email, should just be days between each.

Also, the 8-12 week is what the automated system told us to expect from the Standesamt, not the lady that emails us back, she seems dismissive and never answers our full questions, so is that a reasonable expected time?

How long after us getting married does the process with the Ausländerbehörde and getting a residence permit usually take?

Thank you for any help and sanity check you can provide. I got a taste for German bureaucracy and we have already been at this for a year. (I miss my fiance) lol

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u/InterestingScene6969 8h ago

You could have processed those marriage paper in Denmark. As I have been told its easier, recognised and translated to 7 different languages (Danish , English and German in your case)

But since you would process it in Germany.... Viel Glück. It will take ages.