bureaucracy

Asnida and I have started the procedure to get married in the Netherlands. We need to gather a bunch of documents for both of us and with bureaucratic procedures hanging left and right.
The passport copy is the easiest one. Already had that so check. Then I needed a birth certificate from my birth place. Fortunately my dad could request it and collect it. Check.
Now my final document should be a statement about where I live, my nationality and civil status (unmarried). At first I was told I had to request this from the Dutch embassy in Portugal. But when I called them they said they only issue that for people who've lived for longer than 1 year in Portugal. And I've only been here since October 2010 so less than 1 year.
They informed me that I should get this statement from the last place in the Netherlands where I've lived. My dad tried to get it but was given an email address for me to contact. Which I've done so now I wait and hopefully will get what I need.

Though this is adventurous I'm sure Asnida will face bigger adventures to obtain all the required documents, to have them translated and legalised by both Malaysian authorities and the Dutch embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

To be continued I guess.