Tatjana

No

No, because i didnt know id end up staying here. Things just came up and changed. I saw i can do it per mail. I mean you always have to have ties to your home country, so i figured its not a good idea to take that step. Is it a problem?

Ties to your home country will always be your passport. Try to get your Abmeldebestaetigung via email. Everything is possible even if they tell you no at first. You can even ask your nearest german embassy/consulat in your area for help in advance. don't worry, everything will fall into place :-)

And I can only get that in person once im back in berlin, right?

Did you not get one when moving to the states as an au pair?

Good luck on your journey

When you do the process of the name change, it's like going to the Standesamt in Germany, they want to see the marrige license and everything that goes with it, like birth certificate of the both of you. Your husband needs to go with you to also sign the forms. after that your marriage should be registerd in germany and your new passport is in the works.

A lady at the Standesamt here in Germany told me this, because that's what we had first planned on doing, but changed our mind and did the name change here in Germany before moving to the states.

You can also get more info from the Standesamt Berlin II. From what I understand that's where Germans abroad are "registered".

Yes, you can change your last name at the German Embassy and apply for a new passport. It'll take a while because the paperwork gets routed back to Berlin.

Good Luck

Congrats to you and everybody else

Nice!! Ours was received May 29, 2012. And priority date was June 4, 2012.. Fingers crossed! Hoping for fast processing of our papers!

I'll keep you updated on our progress. hope to hear from you, too

we filed May 29th! keeping fingers crossed :-)