Originally Posted by croixmot

I was super nervous, but I made, and it was completely different than when I tried two weeks ago, when they were rejecting people left and right.

This time, United didn't even ask for any documents, and didn't even look at my passport. Just scanned the boarding pass, and let everyone in. German border police were super nice. I handed him a copy of my US marriage certificate and a copy of my wife's German passport, and I don't even think he looked at them. He mainly looked at all the pages of my passport and asked a few questions. The one thing to note is that you may have more success if you're traveling to move permanently to Germany and reunite with your spouse. I guess just visiting might not be an urgent enough reason at the moment. (see news story about American trying to sneak in as a Janitor)

Thanks for all the help, and good luck out there!