Recording summary · March 2018
WE GOT MARRIED
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Overview
Daniel married in Japan, experiencing administrative delays concerning a British birth certificate and an erroneous birth date provided by a witness, before finalizing registration paperwork at the city hall.
After registering the marriage, Daniel applied for a visa status change at immigration and received a passport stamp granting a stay extension of up to two months pending a postal decision.
Daniel cooked a pasta dish containing bacon, onions, olive oil, tomato basil sauce, kidney beans, and mixed frozen vegetables.
Themes
Marriage in Japan and documentation procedures
Reactions to the marriage from family, friends, and online commenters
Delays caused by birth certificate verification and witness age discrepancies
Immigration visit, visa processing, and contingency plans
Cooking pasta on Cooking with Daniel
Developments
Daniel married in Japan.
Officials verified Daniel's British birth certificate by telephone after identifying differences from reference samples.
Officials discovered an age mismatch for the marriage witness during a background check.
The marriage witness returned a phone call an hour later and corrected her birth date.
Daniel and spouse signed paperwork and completed documentation at the city hall.
Daniel submitted an application for a change of visa status at the immigration center.
Immigration personnel stamped Daniel's passport with an extension of stay for up to two months pending a decision by mail.
Daniel prepared a pasta dish mixing bacon, onions, tomato and basil pasta sauce, fagioli kidney beans, and frozen vegetables.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the witness deliberately lied about her age or genuinely forgot her date of birth is unconfirmed.
The exact timeline for immigration processing and whether additional documents will be requested remain unknown.
The options and legal standing to reapply if the spouse visa application is rejected are uncertain to Daniel.
When Daniel's spouse intends to inform her family about the marriage remains unknown.