getting our marriage recognized in my home country

[Pase2323 23]

Hello everyone  I'm not sure if this is the right category but here we go...

Me and my husband got married in September, and now I am thinking of getting our marriage acknowledged in my home country. I am from Germany, and if someone here is from Germany as well and got through the procedure (which seems very complicated), I would love to know what exactly I would have to do since I am not registered anymore in my hometown. 

 

Thank you in advance!

 

[Ontarkie 14,702]

~~Moved to the Regional forum, from Off Topic- The OP is asking a country specific question.~~

[ghostinthemachine 93]

On 1/9/2025 at 5:07 PM, Pase2323 said:

Hello everyone  I'm not sure if this is the right category but here we go...

Me and my husband got married in September, and now I am thinking of getting our marriage acknowledged in my home country. I am from Germany, and if someone here is from Germany as well and got through the procedure (which seems very complicated), I would love to know what exactly I would have to do since I am not registered anymore in my hometown. 

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Are you referring to "Eintragung im Eheregister"? If so, my suggestion would be to contact the Standesamt at your last place of residence in Germany as they are the ones who have to process your petition. There's a general list of documents and the form needed on the AA website, BUT you know what bureaucracy is like at home so the local office might want something specific in addition to those. Ask them to confirm which documents they need translated and if any of them need to be notarised/apostilled too whilst you're at it.

 

Fwiw I never got our marriage acknowledged at home and it doesn't change anything as long as your current marriage cert is accepted as a proper document (which it should if you got married in the US). You also don't need to acknowledge your marriage to officially change your name, those are two separate procedures.

[Pase2323 23]

1 minute ago, ghostinthemachine said:

Are you referring to "Eintragung im Eheregister"? If so, my suggestion would be to contact the Standesamt at your last place of residence in Germany as they are the ones who have to process your petition. There's a general list of documents and the form needed on the AA website, BUT you know what bureaucracy is like at home so the local office might want something specific in addition to those. Ask them to confirm which documents they need translated and if any of them need to be notarised/apostilled too whilst you're at it.

 

Fwiw I never got our marriage acknowledged at home and it doesn't change anything as long as your current marriage cert is accepted as a proper document (which it should if you got married in the US). You also don't need to acknowledge your marriage to officially change your name, those are two separate procedures.

Thank you so much! This is super helpful! I’ll definitely check this out ☺️