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New South Wales - Register a Marriage


Procedure

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By Online

  • Authorised marriage celebrants can register NSW marriages online using the "eMarriages" system. Easy to use with online instructions and option to print forms.
  • Marriage celebrants: email the Registry and quote marriage celebrant no.

online_celebrant@agd.nsw.gov.au

By Mail

  • Post marriage documents to:
NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30,
SYDNEY NSW 2001

If your marriage occurred in NSW and has not been registered Within Australia

The Registry's Call Centre is open, Monday to Friday (9.00am to 5.00pm).
Tel: 1300 655 236
TTY: (02) 9354 1371 (for the hearing impaired)

Regardless of where you are calling from in Australia, you will only be charged a local call.

Outside Australia

Tel: +61 (2) 9354 1370 (call charges will apply)





Required Documents

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  • To protect your privacy, the Registry requires proof of your identity. All certificate applications must be accompanied by identification.
    • If you are the person named on the certificate, or a parent of the person named on the certificate, the birth certificate can be issued to you.
  • If you DO meet the above criteria, please provide:
    • Three (3) forms of your own identification (see below).
  • If you DON'T meet the above criteria, please provide:
    • A letter giving permission from the person named on the certificate or their parent. Include their address, daytime telephone number and signature.
    • Three (3) forms of identification from the person giving permission (see below).
    • Three (3) forms of your own identification (see below).

Identification

  • Please provide at least three (3) forms of identification, one of each from Categories 1, 2 and 3. If you are unable to provide identification from Categories 1 and 2, you must still provide at least three (3) forms of identification. At least two (2) of these must be from Category 3.
  • All documents except foreign passports must be current.
  • Photocopies must be must be certified as true copies of the original by a Qualified Witness* (e.g. Justice of the Peace; Notary Public; Legal Practitioner with current Practising Certificate; person authorised to administer an Oath under S.26 of the Oaths Act 1900).

Category 1

  • If born in Australia:
    • An Australian Birth Certificate
  • Record of immigration status:
    • Citizenship Certificate
    • New Zealand Citizenship Certificate together with passport
    • New Zealand Birth Certificate

Category 2

  • Australian Driver's Licence
  • Australian Passport
  • Firearms Licence
  • Foreign Passport

Category 3

  • Medicare Card
  • Credit or Debit Card
  • Centrelink or Department of Veterans Affairs Card
  • Security/Crowd Control Licence
  • Tertiary Education Institution ID Card

Category 4

  • Recent utility account with current residential address






Office Locations & Contacts

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Within Australia

The Registry's Call Centre is open
Monday to Friday (9.00am to 5.00pm).
Tel: 1300 655 236
TTY: (02) 9354 1371 (for the hearing impaired)

Regardless of where you are calling from in Australia, you will only be charged a local call.

Outside Australia

Tel: +61 (2) 9354 1370 (call charges will apply)

Email (A Customer Service Officer will respond to your inquiry.) http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/emailUs.htm

Registry Office Locations visit an office in person. Sydney (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/sydney.htm)

Postal Address
NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Physical Address
35 Regent Street
Chippendale
SYDNEY NSW 2008
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.00am to 7.00pm
Telephone: 1300 655 236

Location: The Sydney office is located on Regent Street, between Lee Street and Broadway. The Registry is closer to Lee Street.

Parramatta (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/parramatta.htm)

Physical Address
Justice Precinct Offices
160 Marsden Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.00am to 7.00pm
Telephone: 1300 655 236

Location: The Parramatta office is located on the Ground Floor of the Parramatta Justice Precinct, on the corner of George, Marsden and O'Connell Streets, Parramatta .

Wollongong (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/wollongong.htm)

Physical Address
2/74 Kembla Street
Wollongong NSW 2500
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone: 1300 655 236

Location: The Wollongong office is located on Kembla Street, between Crown and Market Streets

Newcastle (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/newcastle.htm)

Physical Address
95 Tudor Street
HAMILTON NSW 2303
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Telephone: 1300 655 236

Location: The Registry is located on the ground floor of The Boulevarde, on the corner of Beaumont and Tudor Streets, Hamilton.


Operating Hours Registry Office Operating Hours

Sydney
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Parramatta
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Wollongong
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm
Newcastle
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm
Call Centre Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm





Eligibility

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Either Bridegroom or Bride can register their marriage. Also your civil or religious marriage celebrant may register the marriage on your behalf.




Fees

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Validity

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Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever




Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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  • Turnaround times do not include time taken for postage delivery.
  • Turnaround times are subject to compliance with Registry requirements. Incomplete applications, with incorrect identification will incur delays.
  • Marriage (add 2 weeks for non-urgent Commemorative certificates): 3 weeks




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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
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Instructions

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  • Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages records all marriages that occur in NSW.
  • Details from a marriage registration are used to produce a NSW Marriage Certificate.
  • Marriage Celebrants are responsible for registering marriages within 14 days of the ceremony




Required Information

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  • Sur Name of Bridegroom and Bride
  • Given Names of Bridegroom and Bride
  • Date of Marriage
  • Place of Marriage
  • Contact number
  • Current Residential address





Need for the Document

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Following is the instruction and procedure to register a marriage in New South Wales, Australia.




Information which might help

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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After registering the marriage only you can apply for marriage certificate.





External Links

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New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Attorney General and Justice Register a Marriages http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/marriages/marriages.htm

Information for Marriage Celebrants http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/MarriageCelebrants.htm

Registry Offices in Australia. http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/links/links.htm




Others

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