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ProcedureEdit

  • Mail your completed application with certified copies of your identification documents and appropriate fees to below postal address. Registry don't accept faxed applications
NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30
SYDNEY NSW 2001
  • Or Lodge your application in person at a Registry office. Monday to Friday 8.00am 4.30pm
    • 35 Regent Street, Chippendale NSW 2008
    • 160 Marsden Street, Parramatta NSW 2150
    • 95 Tudor Street, Hamilton NSW 2303
    • 2/74 Kembla Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
  • Additionally, you must supply supporting documents if a certificate contains an error you wish to have corrected. Photocopies of any documents confirming the correct information may include;
  • certified copies of passports
  • migration documents
  • birth or marriage certificates of the parents
  • other documentation confirming the spelling of names, and the correct date of events.
  • 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).
  • Complete all sections including payment details. Incomplete applications will cause delays and may be returned or refused.



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Required DocumentsEdit

  • Certified copies of passports
  • Migration documents
  • Birth or marriage certificates of the parents
  • Other documentation confirming the spelling of names, and the correct date of events.

Correct Error on a Certificate 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 & ContactsEdit

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, 9.00am to 5.00pm
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, 9.00am to 5.00pm
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
TTY: (02) 9354 1371

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



EligibilityEdit

Either Bridegroom or Bride can modify their marriage certificate.



FeesEdit

  • Registry error
    • Where the Registry has made an error, a replacement certificate will be made in exchange for the incorrect certificate at no charge.
  • Client error
    • Where incorrect or incomplete information was supplied at time of registration, and a replacement certificate is required, a minimum fee of $48.00 (including postage and handling) applies.



ValidityEdit

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



Documents to UseEdit

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Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

  • 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.
  • Amendments 6 Weeks



Related VideosEdit

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
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Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
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sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
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InstructionsEdit

  • There may be occasions where you need to amend the details on a Marriage Certificate. Changes may include;
  • Adding information that may not have been known at the time of registration;
  • Correcting a spelling mistake on the certificate;
  • Modifying information that was incorrectly supplied
  • Where the Registry has made the error, a replacement certificate will be issued in exchange for the old certificate at no charge.
  • Complete all sections in application using black ink and write in BLOCK letters.
  • All corrections must be signed. Do not use white out.
  • Also you can do adding, correcting or modifying information on a marriage certificate.
  • Registry records are historic documents and can usually only be amended to reflect information that was correct at the time of the event. Names or addresses of parents, their ages, occupations or places of birth or marriage will not be updated to reflect more recent circumstances.
  • All certificates with incorrect information must be surrendered to Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.



Required InformationEdit

Correct Error on a Certificate

  • Current information in certificate
  • New information for amendment
  • Postal address
  • Daytime phone number
  • Contact phone number



Need for the DocumentEdit

Registry records are historic documents and can usually only be amended to reflect information that was correct at the time of the event. Names or addresses of parents, their ages, occupations or places of birth or marriage will not be updated to reflect more recent circumstances.



Information which might helpEdit

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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit

Marriage Certificate can be used as proof of marriage, to change their names in other certificates and to get other legal benefit.



External LinksEdit

New South Wales Government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Attorney General and Justice Correct Error on a Certificate http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/amend/correctErrorOnCert.htm

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



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