I will provide the Notice of Intended Marriage for compilation at our first meeting. This needs to be lodged with me at least one month and one day prior to your wedding and can be lodged well in advance.

At the first meeting you will need to provide me with original copies of your Birth Certificates. These are required to verify names, dates of birth and parents names.

Where appropriate I will also need to sight original versions of:
Decree Absolute if divorced
Death Certificate if widowed
Change of Name Certificate or re-issued Birth Certificate

If you were born overseas you can provide me with your Overseas Passport instead of a birth certificate. Note: An Australian Passport is not acceptable

I will also provide a Form 14 Declaration for you to sign. This is a declaration stating that there is no legal impediment to your marriage with your Partner and that you are both of marriageable age.

I will provide you with your Bridal Certificate on the day of your marriage. The official Marriage Certificate is available from the Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages two weeks after the marriage.

Every marriage requires two witnesses to sign the marriage documents after the ceremony. They can be friends, attendants or family. Both must be 18 years of age or over.