10dulkar:
HI moshcreature,
Not sure if I understood your situation well. You are in India at the moment and your visa begins on 25th May, correct? What you have probably received is a visa and the residence permit will be issued to you once you arrive in Germany. Anyhow, the date of marriage has little to do with when you enter Germany. Once you are legally married, AND you have a German residence permit, AND a place of residence able to accommodate your spouse in Germany, AND evidence of sufficient funds (eg. salary slips), then your wife can apply for her spouse visa. Bear in mind that once she applies at the Consulate in India, you will receive communication from your local Aliens' Office for a short interview on an appointed date to ascertain your status. But if your wife applies before you fly to Germany, I'm quite convinced that the process will get complicated and perhaps invite greater scrutiny by the Consulate. And even then your wife most certainly won't get her visa before your travel date. Usually applying for spouse visa immediately after marriage almost certainly involves a marriage verification process in the Consulate that takes a few months to finish.
FYI When I got married, I had already arrived in Germany on a visa, found a flat and got registered at the town hall office. But my marriage happened before I got a residence permit.
Hi 10dulkar,
Thanks so much for responding - it has cleared out a lot. I am sorry if my previous post was unclear. Let me be more clear: I am currently in India and what I have received is the visa for 3 months starting on the 25th of May (the date I provided for travel). I thought this was a temporary residence permit so to speak.
I am going to get a court marriage done in the next month and enter Germany on 25th May without my spouse of course. I'll then settle down for 4-5 months and only then ask her to apply once I've secured the accommodation, salary slips and the residence permit. So that shouldn't complicate anything.
I have a couple of questions about the marriage verification. Would be awesome if you could shed some light:
- I'm getting a court marriage so there won't be a marriage album as such. The checklist for spouse visa says that they should bring the marriage photo album along as well. Will this affect my spouse's chances?
- My spouse will be at her mum's place after our court marriage considering I won't be in the country. Will the marriage verification folks find that suspicious?
- Is there a salary cap as such they are looking at? To ascertain whether I can provide for my spouse?
- I am a non-Blue Card holder. Will my wife have authorization to work if/when she is granted the residence permit?
Any other tips you can provide regarding marriage verification will be awesome. Thanks in advance!