You must be over the age of 18 years and not be currently married to any other person.

You will need various documents to support your application for lodgement of the Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM). These may include:

• an original certificate of birth
• an original extract of an entry of birth in an official register
• a statutory declaration
• a record of birth letter
• a current overseas passport
• a court order permitting marriage of a party under the age of 18
• a decree absolute
• a certificate of death
• a certificate of nullity
• an official translation of relevant documents
• an appropriate statutory declaration

A Notice of Intended Marriage must be completed at least one month and one day before the ceremony .

NOTE: All documents must be originals. An Australian passport is not acceptable as proof of birth for an Australian citizen or resident. I do request that you bring these documents with you to our first meeting so that I can photocopy and return your originals immediately.

Overseas couples wishing to marry in Australia must be over 18 years of age (documentary proof is required), if divorced evidence they are free to remarry, and provide more than 1 month's notice to the celebrant.

You are required to have 2 witnesses over the age of 18 at your marriage ceremony. They must be present to witness your vows to authorise the solemnisation of the marriage and to sign the marriage certificates as a witness to the legal obligations to solemnise the marriage.

I will lodge the relevant forms with the Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages within 14 days of your ceremony.