There are certain legal requirements for your Civil Wedding Ceremony:
- You must both be over 18 years of age.
- You must not be in a prohibited relationship – currently married to another person or related to each other.
- A Notice of Intended Marriage document is the first legal step in preparation for your wedding. This needs to be processed and signed a minimum of 31 days prior to the ceremony.
- If you were born in Australia, you must, prior to the day of marriage, produce your full birth certificates. If you were born in another country, you must make every effort to produce your birth certificate. If your birth certificate is not in English, then it must be translated by an authorised translator. If this is not at all possible, the passport of your country of origin will be accepted.
- If either of you has been previously married, you must produce your Decree Absolute papers and/or if either of you has been widowed, you will need to produce the Death Certificate.
- Citizenship papers may have to be produced, if applicable.
- For the ceremony, you will need two witnesses present who are over the age of 18 years.
