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The Paperwork:

  • NOIM (Notice of Intended Marriage) - This must be signed, witnessed and submitted to your Celebrant of choice no later than 31 days before the ceremony.

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  • Declaration of No Legal Impediment - this is, in effect, a statutory declaration saying that you are legally allowed to marry (neither of you has a sneaky, secret spouse tucked away, and you are not brother and sister). This must be signed as close to the wedding as possible.

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  • Official Certificate of Marriage Form - this is the form that we sign at the end of the wedding ceremony.

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  • The Commemorative Certificate - This is a certificate that we sign at the end of the ceremony. It is not to be confused with the Official Certificate of Marriage (OCM). You will be able to purchase your Official Certificate of Marriage directly from the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages once you have received notification that your marriage has been registered.

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The first important form will be the NOIM (Notice of Intended Marriage). To complete the NOIM you will need the following ID paperwork and the answers to the questions below:

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  • Drivers licenses front and back.

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  • If either of you don’t have a driver’s then a passport will do (You require photo ID).

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  • Birth Cert’s - again, if you don’t have birth cert’s, passports will do; you will still need the following information to complete the NOIM though:

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  • THE FULL LEGAL NAMES THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE KNOWN BY NOW  (this is to allow for situations where mothers have remarried or involving gender identification, for example, a parent who may now be trans-gender and goes by a different name).

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  • PARENT'S FULL LEGAL NAMES AT BIRTH, which means your mother’s maiden name.

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  • Your parents countries of birth.

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  • Your conjugal status: Never Validly Married; Divorced; Divorce Pending; Widowed.

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  • You will need to provide divorce papers/death certifictaes. If your divorce is in it's final stages, but hasn't yet been finalised, you can still lodge the NOIM with me, as long as I have sighted the divorce papers before we conduct the ceremony.

 

You will also need the following information:

 

  • Your occupations.

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  • The full legal names of your witnesses (ask them for a pic of their drivers, just the front).

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  • How many copies you would like of your official marriage certificate.

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The NOIM must be lodged with your Celebrant of choice no earlier than 18 months, and no later than 31 days prior, to the ceremony.

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The witnessing of the NOIM has been made easier, too, and you can now do it in the comfort of your own home, even if you're in a different state (this only applies within Australia, I'm afraid). Your Celebrant of choice can now witness you signing the NOIM via a video-call, at a time that suits you. This makes it so much easier when we have jobs, families, and conflicting timetables to juggle.

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