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I was married in Las Vegas, 2 June USA in June to my �������� wife. We had all our documentation for an italian marriage certificate handled by an officail translator and paid a hefty amount for prompt service. 2 months and we shall have the certificate.That date blew out to 4 months. After constant harrasment of our local coucil with the only response "its not here" ,and little correspondance from the �������� embassy we finally found that the certified email was never recieved.. The pidgeon carrying the message must have been taken down by a falcon somewhere en route.Having gone to speak to the Questura about the forthcoming dillema, myself becoming "clandestino" their reply was don't worry, but hurry.. hmmmm. Three days later i was stopped in Germany by a random car control check without documents, arrested and nearly deported. I still need to deal with and close that one.So marriage certificate in hand i return to the Questura to see about now getting my permesso di soggiorno and waiting like everyone else im told " Im too busy to see you today come back in 1 week." Grrrrr....The papperwork has now been submitted and is being processed which i was told will take a month. I'm no longer counting days after this ordeal, I've had a job lined up for 2 months now, an awesome job with the best pay and conditions possibly available in Italy and been unable to start. Hopefully i can start in the new year?Has anyone else had these kind of issues waiting for what i consider "important" documents? Is this where i look back and laugh after the document finally arrives saying "thats Italy" like after so many other irritating things? Maybe it's not such a long time? Having tried to do everthing right and paid the money im still getting the muddy end of the stick. 2000 euro and i could've brought one black market, yes they are for sale.