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Vautrin · 02-02-2006, 08:04 PM

Yep. But that is what is happening if you have a third-world nationality. If she were to marry me as a US citizen (here in the Netherworld), it would still be an issue, but only formally. Have to check it out though, because:

The Dutch government has added a nice little clause in marriage laws, that may require that the Dutch partner (me) earns at least 130% of minimum wage. As I am a student, my salary is $0. So as a South African citizen that would be a legal issue, I cannot easily overcome. Don't know whether it applies to marrying an US citizen, though.

So if people wonder, where the anti-bureaucratic element in some of my posts originates from, there is your answer.

02-02-2006, 08:04 PM	#12 (permalink)
Vautrin Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,042	Yep. But that is what is happening if you have a third-world nationality. If she were to marry me as a US citizen (here in the Netherworld), it would still be an issue, but only formally. Have to check it out though, because: The Dutch government has added a nice little clause in marriage laws, that may require that the Dutch partner (me) earns at least 130% of minimum wage. As I am a student, my salary is $0. So as a South African citizen that would be a legal issue, I cannot easily overcome. Don't know whether it applies to marrying an US citizen, though. So if people wonder, where the anti-bureaucratic element in some of my posts originates from, there is your answer. __________________ "Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers." -- Rainer Maria Rilke