The AMC Association and its celebrants can provide all the support and guidance throughout your wedding planning process. We can assist with understanding the legalities, navigating challenges specific to international couples, and ensuring a meaningful wedding ceremony.

Couples must submit a completed and signed NOIM to their chosen Marriage Celebrant at least one calendar month and no more than eighteen months before the marriage ceremony. This form is usually completed during the initial meeting with the celebrant.

As well as the NOIM, before the marriage can take place both parties must provide the authorised celebrant evidence of their date and place of birth. This can be a birth certificate, an official extract from a birth register or an Australian or overseas passport.

Before the marriage can take place, the authorised celebrant must also be satisfied that you are one of the people named in the NOIM. Photographic evidence of identity such as a passport, a driver’s licence, a proof of age card or an official identity card will assist the authorised celebrant in meeting this requirement.

If either party has been legally married previously, evidence of how the last marriage ended must also be supplied.

This can be in the form of a Divorce Decree, Death Certificate or Declaration of Nullity (Court Annulment Certificate)

Before the wedding ceremony, both parties are obligated to sign a declaration under the Marriage Act 1961, affirming their belief that there are no legal impediments to their marriage. It’s crucial that the information provided on this legal document is accurate and signed by the correct individual named in the certificate. By signing this declaration, both parties confirm that, based on the truth and accuracy of the declaration, there are no legal grounds preventing them from getting married.

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