Foreign Marriage Certificate Older than 3 months in Spain

[smccue]

Hi everyone,
I'm American, my husband is British and we were married in November 2015. We moved to Spain in September after a long honeymoon of traveling and are dealing with the delightful process of getting me a Spanish residency card.

We applied to the British Consulate in Madrid for a Foreign Marriage Recognition Certificate. However, they have said that because our certificate is a year old, the Spanish authorities may not accept it.

When we sent the original off to get apostilled, the office in Colorado sent back the original PLUS a newly issued certified copy, all stapled together. Will the Spanish authorities accept this copy? If not, what's the point of having certified copies at all??? Nobody can give us a straight answer on this.

[Casa]

This thread may help:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/europe ... 94231.html

The Spanish authorities as notorious for the unreasonable level of bureaucracy.