These are the cases which Germany wants to avoid: "Scheinehe", where people get paid to marry and give the other person an "Aufenthalts- und Arbeitserlaubnis" -> allowed to stay and work in Germany.
There is quite a business around this.
There is quite a business around this.
I think it is outrageous for a government to allege, or even just to investigate, particular causes for marriage unless one of the parties was coerced into it rather than wanting it out of their own free will.
Big brain move, how many innocent couples get caught in the net, versus how many fraudsters can you realistically catch (organized crime has figured out how to game the bureaucracy, no doubt).
If one doesn't respect German laws, best to go to a country which works differently and stay there.
Anyway none of this is about respecting German law.
sure, why not? People leave for various reasons. People are free to go.
> Anyway none of this is about respecting German law.
Law and traditions. Marriage is a serious decision with lots of implications. It's not the bureaucracy (alone), which slows the process down.