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==Procedure==
*You will need to obtain a "Notice of Intended Marriage Form" which you must give to your celebrant at least a month before the wedding. Your celebrant can help you fill out the form. The notice may be completed and witnessed outside Australia if required.
*If you have less than one month before the wedding talk to your celebrant. A prescribed authority may approve a shorter notice time in some limited circumstances.
*You will need to give your celebrant the following documents:
**Completed Notice of Intended Marriage Form
**Evidence of date and place of birth
**Identification
**If either of the parties were previously married: divorce papers or any proof that the previous marriage has ended
**The celebrant may also ask you to complete a statutory declaration to support your documents

==Required Documents==
*Completed Notice of Intended Marriage Form
*Evidence of date and place of birth
*Identification
*If either of the parties were previously married: divorce papers or any proof that the previous marriage has ended
*The celebrant may also ask you to complete a statutory declaration to support your documents

==Office Locations & Contacts==
'''Marriage Law and Celebrants Section''' 
Phone: 1800 550 343 
Outside Australia: +61 2 1800 550 343 
Email: marriagecelebrantssection@ag.gov.au 
Fax: 02 6141 3246 
Address: 3-5 National Circuit

==Eligibility==
To be legally married in Australia applicants must:
*not be married to someone else
*not be marrying a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister
*be at least eighteen years old, unless a court has approved a marriage where one party is aged between sixteen and eighteen years old
*understand what marriage means and freely consent to becoming husband and wife
*use specific words during the ceremony
*give written notice of their intention to marry to their authorised celebrant, within the required time frame.

Note: You don't have to be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia to get married in the country.

==Fees==
Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

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

==Documents to Use==
[http://www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/Marriage/Pages/Forms.aspx Marriage stationery and forms]

==Sample Documents==
Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

==Processing Time==
Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

==Related Videos==
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.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".

==Instructions==
Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

==Required Information==
A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

==Need for the Document==
Please provide the need for the procedure.
e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate?

==Information which might help==
'''Getting Married Overseas'''

An overseas marriage cannot be ''registered'' in Australia.

An overseas marriage will generally be recognised in Australia if it:
*was a valid marriage in the overseas country
*would have been recognised as valid under Australian law if the marriage had taken place in Australia.

'''Same-sex relationships'''

Same-sex marriages entered into in other countries are not recognised as legal marriages in Australia. The law defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

There are some state and territory governments in the country that allows people to register their same-sex relationship. Find out more information from state and territory registries of births, deaths and marriages - [http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages-registries LINK].

==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

==External Links==
*Attorney General's Department:
:http://www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/Marriage/Pages/Getting-married.aspx

==Others==
More information which might help people.

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