Your Questions Answered
I Want To Get Married in Sydney. Where Do I Start?
Before you marry, Australian law requires that you complete a Notice of Intention of Marriage. The NIM must be lodged with me no less than one month and one day and no more than eighteen months prior to your marriage ceremony.
You are required to produce your original Birth Certificate or authorised extract. If you were born overseas your Birth Certificate is preferred but if you can’t produce it then your overseas passport will be accepted.
Note: An Australian passport cannot be accepted and statutory declarations can only be used if you have been born overseas and cannot produce a Birth Certificate or overseas passport.
What Areas Do You Provide Your Wedding Services?
I am located in Marrickville, close to the City in the Inner West, Sydney, Australia. This is a central spot and in easy distance to most areas of Sydney.
What if I’ve been previously married?
If you have been divorced then I must sight an original copy of your Decri Absolute. If your previous spouse has died then the original copy of the Death Certificate is needed. These documents must be produced before your marriage can take place.
What else?
A week before your wedding you need to sign a declaration stating that you believe there is no impediment to the marriage between yourself and your future husband/wife.
On your wedding day you will sign my wedding register and other documents. To complete this procedure you will need two witnesses who are both over the age of 18.
What Are My Costs?
- For ceremonies where legal requirements need to be completed, from $450
- All other ceremonies from $350
- Additional charges for long distance travel, ceremonies on boats and parking fees
Should you need any further information please contact me. I am a professionally trained and qualified Civil Marriage Celebrant and Justice of the Peace, servicing clients in and around Sydney.
