What you need to bring with you

If Australian born:

Original Birth Certificate or full copy. If mislaid, a copy may be obtained from Department of Births, Deaths & Marriages www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

If Overseas born:

Birth Certificate or Passport. If mislaid, copy may be obtained from embassy And if you have been married before - also bring with you.

If a widow or widower:

Death Certificate of spouse. If mislaid, copy may be obtained from Department of Births, Deaths & Marriages.

If divorced:

Decree Absolute of divorce or Certificate of divorce. If mislaid, copy may be obtained from the ‘Family Court of Australia.’
Sydney@familycourt.gov.au

Meet the Civil Marriage Celebrant.

The first step towards organising the wedding ceremony is for us to meet. You can phone me (02 9654 0661) or email me at:
ros@unforgettableweddings.com.au to arrange a mutually convenient time. You will need to know your wedding date, time and venue.

Together we need to fill in the ‘Notice of Intended Marriage’

(NIM), an official document, giving all of your personal details.,
I would like to assure you of my strict confidentiality regarding all of these details.

So that you may view this document, (NIM), you can
click here to download it.

However, do not fill it in - but look it over to have some idea of the details required. We will need to complete the NIM together carefully – gathering the required information from your own personal documents.

I will also be witnessing your signatures, & it will be dated the day of this witnessing.

The ‘Notice of Intended Marriage’ must be completed and lodged, at the very latest, exactly one month and one day before the wedding.

That is the latest - & the very earliest, if you are an early bird is 18 months before the wedding. You also need to be 18 years of age (and over!) to marry.