You can get married in Australia in a calendar month as long as you have completed a Notice of Intended Marriage, had it signed by an appropriate witness and given the paperwork to a celebrant or submitted the paperwork at registry office.
The current requirements to get married, at the date of publication are:
- Complete, sign and have witnessed the Notice of Intended Marriage
- Give the complete Notice to a celebrant or lodge with the registry office.
- Show the celebrant / registry officer your passports or birth certificates and drivers licenses and also any relevant documents like divorce papers.
- Wait 1 calendar month from the date you lodged your paperwork with the celebrant/registry officer.
- Sign the Declaration of No Legal Impediment with your celebrant.
- Participate in a marriage ceremony (yes this is different to a wedding).
- The celebrant will then lodge your paperwork with the state Birth, Deaths and Marriages authority.
Getting Married Quickly in Australia
Under certain circumstances what’s known as a Shortening Of Time can be granted to couples who wish to get married in less that the required 1 calendar month.
These cases are limited to:
- employment-related or other travel commitments
- wedding or celebration arrangements, or religious considerations
- medical reasons
- legal proceedings, or
- an error in giving notice.
