Marriage Certificate Application printable pdf download

Your right to privacy

Certificate entitlement

This application form can only be used if the marriage occurred

To protect your privacy, the Registry requires proof of your identity. In

Marriage Certificate

in NSW. If you are the bride or groom, your marriage certificate can be

line with the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995

issued to you. If you are a child of the bride or groom, the certificate

and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, the

Application

can be issued to you if the bride and groom are deceased. If you are

Registry collects information to determine your eligibility to obtain a

not a child of the bride or groom, but need to establish your legal right

certificate and to prevent fraud. Information may be used for statistical

or entitlement, e.g. under a Will, your application will be considered.

purposes and by law enforcement agencies, and other uses by law.

Please read the policy on our website: Your Right to Privacy.

If you DO meet the above criteria, you must provide:

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Three forms of your own ID (see below).

Commemorative certificates

If you DON’T meet the above criteria, you must provide:

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A Letter of Authority (available at: ) giving

Capture the joy and excitement of a new marriage or celebrate

permission from the bride or groom, or if deceased, their next-of-

a marriage from many years ago with a special commemorative

kin. Please include their address, phone number and signature.

marriage certificate.

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Three forms of ID from the person giving permission (see below).

With each order for a commemorative marriage certificate package,

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Three forms of your own ID (see below).

you will receive a standard marriage certificate. Commemorative

marriage certificates do not contain security features and

Identification (ID)

organisations may not accept them as a proof of identity document.

See separate Fees for Products and Services flyer.

Please provide at least three forms of ID, one of each from categories

1, 2 and 3. If you are unable to provide ID from categories 1 and 2,

you must still provide at least three forms of ID. At least two of these

must be from category 3.

All documents except foreign passports must be current.

Category 1

Category 3

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If born in Australia:

Medicare card

Cut the Cake

Diamond Rings

Holding Hands

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An Australian birth certificate

■

Credit or debit card

Record of

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Centrelink or Department

immigration status:

of Veterans Affairs card

■

Citizenship certificate

■

Security guard/

Crowd control licence

■

New Zealand

citizenship certificate

■

Tertiary education

■

institution ID card

New Zealand

birth certificate

Marriage Rings

Rose

Waratah

Category 2

Category 4

Commemorative certificates come

in a framing size of 279mm x 355mm.

■

Australian driver’s licence

Recent utility account

They are beautifully presented,

with current residential

■

Australian passport

wrapped in tissue paper and

address

■

Fir earms licence

packed in a protective cylinder.

The standard certificate is A4 size

■

For eign passport

(210mm x 297mm).

■

Proof of age card

Standard

Disclosure of information

Lodging by post

Lodging in person

When you complete this application form, understand that you have

View options at our website:

GPO Box 30

Justice

consented to the release of information provided, to those agencies

SYDNEY

who may be able to validate the information in support of your

Registry of Births

NSW 2001

Phone: 13 77 88 NRS: 1300 555 727

application. More information:

Deaths & Marriages

Form 12 Marriage Certificate Application. Effective: 16 May 2016.

Marriage Certificate Application

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