What Documents Do You Need to Get Married?

Before you can get legally married in Australia, there are a few documents you’ll need to show me.

These must be provided at our first face-to-face meeting or NOIM Zoom appointment.
If you don’t have these documents available for our meeting, please let me know as soon as possible.
I can walk you through other options or we can reschedule.

What You’ll Need

To meet the legal requirements, each person must provide originals of:

• Proof of date and place of birth ( passport or birth certificate)

• Proof of identity ( passport, driver’s licence, or proof of age card)

If you have been married before, please provide:

• Proof that your most recent marriage has ended (divorce or death certificate from former spouse)

Extra ID Needed for Your Official Marriage Certificate

If you’d like me to apply for your official Marriage Certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages (needed for name changes), one of you will need to provide some additional ID Documents. (There can be crossover between these ID documents and what you provided as mentioned above).

Provide ONE from Each Category:

1. Personal ID

• Driver's licence (photo)

• Australian or overseas passport

• Proof of age card

2. Community ID

• Medicare card

• Concession or health care card

• Student ID

• Recent school report

• Payslip

• Private health fund card

• Defence or police ID

• Citizenship, immigration or birth certificate

• Government employee ID

• Blue card

3. Home Address Evidence
(Needs to show your name and the address you would like your certificate sent to).

• Utility bill (electricity, gas, phone)

• Lease or rental agreement

• Rates notice

• Vehicle rego or licence renewal

• Letter from a government agency

• Electoral enrolment form

• Insurance notice

Can’t Find Your Documents?

If you don’t have these documents ready before our meeting, please let me know as soon as possible. I can walk you through your options or we can reschedule.