Danes may tie the knot with anyone (same-sex marriages included), but getting a foreign spouse into the country is harder.

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But in December 2011 the High Court upheld the requirement that a foreign spouse learn basic English before joining his better half.

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You may want to keep a foreign bank account secret from your spouse, employer or business partner.

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Spouses may file a single FBAR if the foreign account is jointly owned, the FBAR is timely filed by one spouse and both spouses sign the FBAR.

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Specifically, Leahy had proposed recognizing same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and allowing U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards given proof of a committed relationship.

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