Marriage to a German citizen in Germany

[modmodgirl 2]

Hi, I'm looking for some answers to these questions from my friend who is a US Citizen and will be marrying a German Citizen and moving to Germany... He registered here, but can't find the German citizen forum on here. If anyone can help him with these questions, that would be great! Thanks so much

According to the German consulate general's website I need to get a copy of my passport notarized.

Does it have to be notarized by the German consulate or will a regular, American notary public suffice?

Does the "application of exemption from the certificate of no impediment" have to be filled out at the consulate

or a licensed German translator or can anyone who speaks German help me? Also, the signatures on these forms

have to be authorized by the German consulate as well?

What is the difference between a certificate of no impediment & an affidavit about your marital status?

I already have the certificate of no impediment from Alameda county from 1999 to the present day, 2013.

Do I need another C.O.N.I. from the time I was 18 until 1999 from the county I lived in prior?

Does the schriftliche anmeldung der eheschlieBung have to be authorized by the German consulate?

[Brit Abroad 166]

I'm not sure how much help you'll get here as this forum is for immigration to the US, not to Germany, but you may get lucky. Good Luck.

Otherwise, a quick Google of Immigration of US citizen to germany for marriage may net you a better option.

[Susi&Charlie 9]

Have you already looked at this? http://germany.usembassy.gov/acs/getting_married/

It sounds like he or she is still in the States from what I can tell, so they might not be able to visit the local Standesamt, but maybe their fiance can go there and clarify things. Or are they both in the States and planning to get married there?

Edited March 5, 2013 by Susi&Charlie

[modmodgirl 2]

Have you already looked at this? http://germany.usembassy.gov/acs/getting_married/

It sounds like he or she is still in the States from what I can tell, so they might not be able to visit the local Standesamt, but maybe their fiance can go there and clarify things. Or are they both in the States and planning to get married there?

Thanks for your help! I suggested that page as well and my friend told me that he even made an appt. at the German Embassy and they weren't very helpful... I think his fiance needs to work it out in Germany, but any responses are helpful.

[Stressed Out 81]

The birth certificate doesn't have to be new, just official. The certificate stating you're still single is the one that has to be less than 6 months old. We got married in 2011 and back then they said we had to have apostilles attached, which we obtained from an online source where you mail the birth certificate and notarized (can be done by someone at a US bank) certificate of free status to them and they'll mail them back fairly quickly with the apostilles stapled to the papers. Then just get them translated by a certified translator (Germans only accept certified translations) either in the US or Germany and you'll be set with your documentation. Only thing to add to the pile would of course be the USC's passport, which the official will Ooh and Ahh about the pages being so pretty compared to the German passport.

Things could be different in other states, but not very likely. We filed in Nordrhein-Westfalen. PS- if the USC has taken any German courses in the US then they HAVE to bring along some proof of their performance in school in those courses and be sure to show off their skills when at the Ausländeramt if they're getting their residence permit to live in Germany. Otherwise they'll enroll them into an integrations course that's quite pricy and lasts about a whole year.

Edited March 6, 2013 by Stressed Out