Wenying Shang

My name is Sharon, and I am an Australian Government-authorized Marriage Celebrant based in Melbourne.

I am truly passionate about what I do, and I can confidently say that I will help create the wedding ceremony you envision, because your needs and wishes will always be my top priority.

Marriage registration in Australia is quite different from the process in China. As many people know, couples in China can simply visit the Civil Affairs Bureau, complete the necessary paperwork, and receive their marriage certificate on the same day.

In Australia, however, couples must lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) at least one month before the wedding ceremony, and no more than 18 months in advance. This can be done either through an authorized Marriage Celebrant or through the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Registering your marriage through a Marriage Celebrant carries the same legal validity as registering directly with the government. However, when you register through us, you have far greater flexibility in choosing the time and location of your ceremony. We also provide Chinese-language marriage registration services and bilingual wedding ceremonies (English & Chinese), ensuring that both you and your guests can fully enjoy and understand every special moment of your celebration.

The Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) is a formal declaration of your intention to marry. Once the NOIM has been lodged, you may choose your preferred date, time, and venue for a legally valid wedding ceremony when working with a Marriage Celebrant. Government registry ceremonies typically offer limited flexibility, and even if you submit your NOIM more than one month in advance, there is no guarantee that your preferred date will be available.

After the NOIM is submitted, there is a mandatory one-month waiting period before the wedding ceremony can legally take place. The ceremony cannot be conducted during this waiting period.

If the marriage has not taken place within 18 months of lodging the NOIM, the notice will automatically expire. If either party, or both parties, decide not to proceed with the marriage, they may notify the Marriage Celebrant at any time to cancel the NOIM. Please refer to the official registration guidelines for further details.

“Hand in hand, growing old together.”

We look forward to helping you begin this wonderful journey and making your special day both memorable and meaningful.

我是Sharon，是经澳洲政府婚姻部门授权，位于墨尔本的民事婚姻监礼人，证婚人(MARRIAGE CELEBRANT MELBOURNE)，可提供中文，英文双语主持。

我非常热衷于我现在所做的事情，而且可以肯定的是，我会帮你制定你想要的仪式，因为我将会把您的需求和愿望放在第一位！

其次，在澳洲注册结婚和在中国很不同。大家都知道，在中国结婚注册就是双方去民政局办理手续，当天就能拿到结婚证了。但是在澳洲，要结婚需要在婚礼前的至少一个月，或18个月以内通知我们的婚姻注册官Marriage Celebrant 或者到政府的Registry of Birth, Deaths and Marriages 部门填写好婚前意向书 Notice of Intended Marriage （NOIM）。

在政府那里登记结婚和在我们这里登记结婚注册都是一样有法律效应的。然而在我们这里登记，你们有更多的时间和地点上的选择，在政府那里登记是没有的。并且我们提供中文结婚注册服务(CHINESE MARRIAGE CELEBRANT SERVICE)。

NOIM 的含义就是来申报一下有结婚的这个意向，在我们这里登记结婚，双方可以选择自定时间和地点来举行法律上有效的婚礼仪式，在政府那里登记结婚只有时间上的选择，其他的都没有选择，而且要至少提前一个月以上交表也不一定能排到你想要的好日子。填完NOIM以后，双方需要等待一个月的冷静期结束后才能举行婚礼，冷静期内是不能举行婚礼仪式的。 如果填写完NOIM的18个月以后还没有举行婚礼，NOIM就会自动作废。如果单方或者双方改变结婚的意向，可以随时通知注册官来作废NOIM。详见注册指南。

执子之手，与子偕老！希望我们能够帮到你们！

Languages spoken: English,

非常感谢尚女士你的证婚和仪式主持，给我们留下了美好的回忆。我们老人家英语不好，先期的填表，解释，和结婚当天的安排，都帮我们省去了很多麻烦，还有要申请的做移民用的政府正式文件，都极大程度的帮助了我们。再次非常感谢你的耐心服务和职业素养。

It's quite exciting and happy with your brilliant service, using Chinese and English both language to celebrant our marriage, a beautify and excellent day in our life. Thanks so much!

We employed Sharon as our marriage celebrant for our wedding in May 2015. Sharon was brilliant, you made the scary process of marriage perfectly simple. Thank you so much for you quality and perfect service.

Thanks Sharon you done the celebration for us yesterday. So appreciate with your patient, professional acknowledgement. It's better than we go to the gov registration with your flexible working hours. Thanks so much!

If you ask me who's the wonderful Chinese marriage celebrant in Melbourne, I will highly recommend you Sharon as your marriage celebrant. She take care the detailing even much better than yourself. She makes the process so easier and dual language speech help us a lot. Well Done Sharon!

Thanks Sharon for all the things you done to us. We know we have a complicate case and some celebrant do not want to take the job because it need spend a lot of time and patient. But, you give us a lot of help and very clear to indicate us which way and how we to do. Perfect service and top professional acknowledge. Well done!

100 words is not enough to describe your perfect service and our appreciate. Because we have very difficult situation about ceremony time which need after work around 10 pm and no celebrant happy to wait too late to do our ceremony. Lucky, we found you Sharon, after you understand our situation, you happy to take the ceremony for us at special time 11 pm and let we can settle our self after work. Thanks so much Sharon, it's not about fee or something else, just regarding to your patient, kindly, professional service. We definitely will refer you to our friends and family members. Proudly have you!

It's not easy to find a trusted and reliable marriage celebrant to hold a ceremony for our wedding. Lucky, we have you Sharon.

Very confidence to put in writing for you Sharon with your perfect service for our beautiful wedding ceremony! 5 stars is not enough!

Dear Sharon, Rose and I are truly honored to have you as a part of our special day. You doing very well and wish you all the best!