It’s less the denial, time it takes, it’s more that Germany requires a lot more documents. My favorite is still "Befreiung von der Beibringung des Ehefähigkeits

It’s less the denial, time it takes, it’s more that Germany requires a lot more documents. My favorite is still "Befreiung von der Beibringung des Ehefähigkeitszeugnisses" (Exemption from providing the certificate of marriageability) just because it’s such a mouthful and sounds crazy ;) We could have gotten married with her here on a normal tourist visa, that wouldn’t have been an issue. But we didn’t want her to have to go back to change visas afterward, so we got married with a marriage visa (which converts to a spousal visa automatically)