What are the legal requirements to be married in Australia?
Before you are married…. you are required by law to complete and sign the Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM). This form must be lodged with me a minimum of one calendar month and a maximum of 18 months prior to your wedding. You must be over the age of 18 and you must not be currently married
Before your wedding you must provide the following for me to sight:-
- An original Birth Certificate or original Birth Extract Certificate together with a Driver’s Licence or any other photo ID. Or a Passport. A Commonwealth Statutory Declaration can be prepared if you do not have a Passport or Birth Certificate.
- In addition if you have previously been married you will need to provide documentary evidence of how the marriage ended. i.e. Divorce Decree Absolute/Divorce papers or the Death Certificate of your late Spouse.
- Should any certificates be in a language the Celebrant does not understand you must provide a translation by a NAATI accredited Translator.
On the day of your marriage you are required to have two witnesses over the age of 18 to sign the marriage documents.