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02-04-2012, 08:35 PM
Hello all,
I have read through some of the threads and decided to post a new one because there is no one place that really gives all the answers to my question - am starting to think there are no answers.
this is the situation:
- I am a Canadian citizen and came to Spain for vacation. Here I met a Spaniard, fell in love, and decided to try a relationship with him. I stayed in Spain then we left because I reached my 3 month tourist stay allowance, and returned to Spain again. At this point we have decided to stay together and in fact get married soon. However, we realized that for me to stay here more than 3 months is not possible without more documentation. So these are the following that we tried, and meantime we have been together almost one year.
- I tried getting a work visa but we live in the Costa del Sol area so it's hard enough to find work during the crisis yet alone find an employer that is willing to go through all the paper work, and not to mention the waiting period.
- then we tried "pareja de hecho", to make a long story short after a lot of effort and paper work and going to this office and that office and the city hall, etc. we ended up in one lady's office in Malaga that just decided to make life a living hell for us and NO y No y No. So we hit a dead end with this method because we just could not get passed her.
So meantime, we are more in love and decided to just get married. However, there are 2 problems with getting married here in Spain:
1. it seems to take a long time as has told us our city hall, something like 5 to 6 months and after being here almost 1 year without being able to do anything it is getting a bit frustrating.
2. for the paper work they need my birth certificate and it has to be apostollized: issues with that - I do not have one as I was born in Iran and we left as refugees and it is lost/destroyed and I cannot request one again
So now I am wondering if it is easier and faster to get married in Canada and then come back here to get the residencia. My questions are:
1: Can someone please tell me how long the process of getting married and receiving residencia in the province of Malaga takes and if anyone has an idea how to get around the birth certificate issue
2: Can someone please tell me if getting married outside of Canada and then coming back to Spain for residencia is a faster process than getting married in Spain and if this is the recommended method.
3: Can someone please tell me what the process is exactly for getting married outside of Spain and then coming back to Spain for residencia and how long it generally takes.
Thank you in advance.
I have read through some of the threads and decided to post a new one because there is no one place that really gives all the answers to my question - am starting to think there are no answers.
this is the situation:
- I am a Canadian citizen and came to Spain for vacation. Here I met a Spaniard, fell in love, and decided to try a relationship with him. I stayed in Spain then we left because I reached my 3 month tourist stay allowance, and returned to Spain again. At this point we have decided to stay together and in fact get married soon. However, we realized that for me to stay here more than 3 months is not possible without more documentation. So these are the following that we tried, and meantime we have been together almost one year.
- I tried getting a work visa but we live in the Costa del Sol area so it's hard enough to find work during the crisis yet alone find an employer that is willing to go through all the paper work, and not to mention the waiting period.
- then we tried "pareja de hecho", to make a long story short after a lot of effort and paper work and going to this office and that office and the city hall, etc. we ended up in one lady's office in Malaga that just decided to make life a living hell for us and NO y No y No. So we hit a dead end with this method because we just could not get passed her.
So meantime, we are more in love and decided to just get married. However, there are 2 problems with getting married here in Spain:
1. it seems to take a long time as has told us our city hall, something like 5 to 6 months and after being here almost 1 year without being able to do anything it is getting a bit frustrating.
2. for the paper work they need my birth certificate and it has to be apostollized: issues with that - I do not have one as I was born in Iran and we left as refugees and it is lost/destroyed and I cannot request one again
So now I am wondering if it is easier and faster to get married in Canada and then come back here to get the residencia. My questions are:
1: Can someone please tell me how long the process of getting married and receiving residencia in the province of Malaga takes and if anyone has an idea how to get around the birth certificate issue
2: Can someone please tell me if getting married outside of Canada and then coming back to Spain for residencia is a faster process than getting married in Spain and if this is the recommended method.
3: Can someone please tell me what the process is exactly for getting married outside of Spain and then coming back to Spain for residencia and how long it generally takes.
Thank you in advance.