Beautiful Sydney...

I moved here over 30 years ago and every day feel blessed to live here. It’s very simple to organize a wedding here from overseas or interstate.  

• Making arrangements
• Venues
• Formalities
• After the marriage

Making arrangements

Being an experienced Sydney Marriage Celebrant, means I am familiar with local wedding practices. I can give you tips and ideas for venues, help you with formalities, and assist you in arranging venues, photographers, florists, and wedding transport.

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Possible Venues

The spectacular harbour, beaches and parks offer an endless range of possibilities of places to get married. Consider the beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens, located on the harbour and right next to the Opera House. Perhaps you would like to be married while cruising on the water, or at a beautiful inner-harbour beach such as Balmoral Beach , or Observatory Hill (which even have a covered area in case of rain)! I’m happy to help with making arrangements for venues.

Marriage Celebrants in Sydney book up months in advance, so if you are interested, email me as soon as you can with any queries and we can discuss your requirements, and perhaps book in a date and time.

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Formalities

• Your celebrant must submit a Notice of Intended Marriage at least one month and one day prior. This Notice must be witnessed and returned via fax, mail or an emailed scanned copy. You must bring the witnessed original with you to Sydney (along with your documents, passports and birth certificates). You can download the Notice of Intended Marriage from: Notice of Intended Marriage form.
  You can lodge the Notice with me up to 18 months in advance of the wedding.

• You must be of 18 years of age or over.

• You must show your birth certificate if you are Australian or passport if born outside Australia .

• If divorced you must show your Divorce Decree Absolute or if widowed , a Death Certificate of a previous spouse.

• You must have 2 witnesses over 18 years of age or over. (I can help you arrange this if you don’t have friends or family in Sydney )

• If either of you are coming to Australia on a Fiance or Spouse Visa I can provide you with the necessary letter for the Immigration department.

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After Marriage:

British Commonwealth Residents

All couples will need to obtain a registered copy of their Marriage Certificate.

All other Countries

You will need a Registered Marriage Certificate, and an Apostile stamp from the Dept of Foreign Affairs in Sydney so you can register your marriage in your country of residence.

I can arrange all of this for you, but if you would like to do it yourselves make sure you leave a few days in Sydney after your marriage to organize.

Getting married in Sydney is a memorable way to solemnize your vows. Feel free to email me and we can discuss your requirements.

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