Da wir zu Beginn der Planung hier Informationen gesucht und gefunden haben, hier ein Bericht über die Schritte, Dauer und Ausgaben zu unserer Eheschließung. Vielleicht hilft es ja jemanden. Anmerkung: hier geht es nur um die Beschaffung der notwendigen Dokumente (Geburtsurkunde, Ehefähigkeitszeugnis) sowie um das Prozedere der Eheschließung. Da meine zukünftige Ehefrau bereits bevor wir uns kennenlernten mit einem Studentenvisum in Deutschland lebte, war das Visum bei uns kein Thema.
Den Text hatte ich leider auf Englisch geschrieben:
In the hope that this may help others: Steps, timeline and expenses for our german-indian marriage. In our case, visa was not an issue, because my soon-to-be wife already had a student visa when we met.
23.05.2016
First appointment at german Standesamt (register office).
We learnt that - in addition to passports and salary statements (are poor people not allowed to marry?) - we need to get a birth certificate and a marriageability certificate / certificate of no impediment to the marriage (Ehefähigkeitszeugnis) for my indian fiancée. India does not provide a marriageability certificate, so the exact requirements are unclear. In the case of my fiancée even a birth certificate is not available.
Furthermore we learnt that once the documents are handed it they will be send for validation in india (3 months on average) and afterwards in germany (another 3 months on average).
The following months we were busy finding out how to provide the non-existing documents. The website
http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/06__Consu__Visa/Consular__Service... gave us the following hint
> Since the Indian authorities do not issue such
> a formal certificate based upon a national register like in Germany, the
> Indian partner has to obtain exemption from this requirement from the
> President of the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) in Germany.
> In order to do so, it is often required by the German authorities to
> present affidavits from the family that the Indian partner is eligible
> for marriage.
In the end, an affidavit (eidesstattliche Erklärung) of my financees parents seemed to be the best way for both the birth certificate and the marriageability certificate. Since my fiancee was born in an airforce campus, despite of having no birth certificate her birth is well-documented and all documents are available at the military, so we assumed that the document check in india shouldn't be too difficult.
So her parents in India got a lawyer and set up a document stating that my financee is her daughter, giving all relevant names, dates and places. A second document was set up stating that she has never been married before and there are no impediments to our marriage. Moreover, we added her 10th grade school certficate which also states name and birth date.
Since all these documents were in english already, a translation was not necessary at this point. However, for the subsequent validation of the documents in gemany, an official certified translation to german is required. The translation cost us arround 200 Euro.
09.08.2016
Finally all documents were ready and the next appointment at Standesamt was there. We had to pay 550 Euro security deposit for the document check. The Standesamt sends the documents to India for validation - which could be anything, from contacting her parents, the lawyer, military, school, or even asking us to set up an advertisement in a local indian newspaper asking for anybody to speak up if there are impediments to our marriage. In our case, nothing like that happened; her parents have never been questioned and we don't know what else they did exactly. The check is essentially a black box, and while the check is happening, no one in germany could tell us about the progress.
19.01.2017
Finally the long-awaited call: after 5 1/2 month of checking in india, the documents are back in germany and seem to be fine.
25.01.2017
Next appointment of Standesamt for the official registration of our marriage. We had to pay another 115 Euro for the official registration. This is also the moment to decide on what last name we want after marriage - although it is still possible to change it later, but only until the marriage is officially performed.
Usually we would have needed a translator for this appointment since my fiancée does not speak german, but Standesamt decided it will work without. However, for the official ceremony a translator will be required (no special qualification required, can be friend or family).
We got back 464 Euro of our 550 Euro security deposit (no explanation how it was used exactly - the process is not very transparent).
15.03.2017
Letter from Standesamt arrives that the court (Oberlandesgericht Hamm) accepted the "application of exemption from the obligation to present a marriageability certificate". 55 Euro have to be paid to the bank account of the court, before we can make an appointment at Standesamt to finally set the day for the official wedding. According to Standesamt website, the next free appointment would be end of May, but by phone we got an appointment for next day.
17.03.2017
The wedding has to happen in a six month period starting from the date of he court decision, which in our case was already at the 27.02.2017. So at todays's appointment we could choose any date until 27.08.2017. The date is set now and we don't expect any further difficulties.
Summary: The whole process from first appointment at Standesamt to getting permission and date for the wedding took approximately 10 months; or 8 months from the moment when we had all documents available. Total expenses were 200+550-464+115+55 = 456 Euro.
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