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by geek_at 2061 days ago
funnily enough that's actually how I was allowed to marry my Austrian wife.

She was pregnant this summer and we tried to get married but because I had an american birth certificate I wasn't allowed to, because the certificate didn't have an "apostille" which is a stamp that can only be issued by the state of birth (Austin,TX) but we live in Austria (Europe).

I found a legal loop hole that stated if your birth certificate was lost in a war or would be substantially hard to get, you can get married without the certificate.

Thanks to the shutdown and the whole COVID desaster in the USA I was able to make the legal case for it and I was allowed to marry her :)

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Congratulations! Refreshing to hear some good news from 2020.