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You need to complete a Notice Of Intended Marriage (link below) giving at least one month and one days notice prior to the date you wish to be married.

• Notice Of Intended Marriage
  required government form
• Email me your completed Notice of Intended Marriage form.

Once lodged the Notice is valid for a period of eighteen (18) months. At this stage a $100 booking fee is required, which is non-refundable and non-transferable.

You must have your signatures witnessed on the Notice of Intended Marriage in the presence of:

• an Australian Diplomatic Officer
• an Australian Consular Official
• a Justice of the Peace
• a barrister or a solicitor
• a Qualified Medical Practitioner
• a member of the Australian State or Federal Police Force

If it is not practical for you both to have your signatures witnessed at the same time then it can be accepted with just the intended bride or groom's signature only.

Overseas

If you are overseas, then your signatures need to be witnessed by an Australian Consulate Officer or an Australian Diplomatic Officer. Visit
Australian.Embassy.gov.au for their locations.

More Information

• Scaleplus.Law.gov.au
  Information about the Marriage Act.

Marriage Age Requirements

Both persons intending to marry must be over the age of 18. If one party is between 16 and 18 years old your are required to obtain: parents' consent on the required form and a court order under Section 12 of the Marriage Act.

Witness Requirements

The law requires that two witnesses, aged 18 years and over, must be present at the marriage. Any person can act as a witness even your parents. The Celebrant, however, cannot act as a witness.

Legal Documents Required

Under the Marriage Act the following documents must be produced before the marriage can take place:

• A birth certificate for each person (an extract or full copy) If you were born in Australia you MUST produce a birth certificate. If born outside Australia - a current passport.
• If previously married - a divorce-decree absolute.
• With the death or previous husband or wife - a death certificate.
• If either party have changed their name, the official 'change of name' document must be produced.

All certificates
MUST be original.
Photo-copied or certified copies are not acceptable.

All documents need to be
in English or have an official translation of the document into English. If you require documents to be translated then visit this website.

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