Postby Salivia_Baker » October 30th, 2009 4:02 pm
cotongrl wrote:Since gay men and lesbians are legally able to marry in Germany, if you are a gay American and you marry a gay German, what is your status as regards staying in Germany legally? This is probably an usual question, but thanks for any helpful answers.
gay marriage is (sadly) not possible in Germany, you can only have a registered partnership. If an American and a German have such a registered partnership the American partner has a residence permit to stay legally in Germany.
The only way for two gay people to be married is when one partner in a heterosexual marriage had a sex change.
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