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Registry Office Marriages
Related Pages: Obtaining a Marriage Certificate | Registry Office Marriages | Fees Schedule
Registry Office Marriages are solemnised in the Marriage Room of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Office in Darwin or Alice Springs. The Deputy Registrar is available to solemnise marriages during office hours only, i.e. between 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
The Registry Office total fee for a marriage is $AU170.00. This is divided into (2) separate fees. The first is the lodgement fee of $AU70.00 which must be paid when lodging the completed Notice of Intended Marriage form. Please note that this lodgement fee is non-refundable. The second is $AU100.00 and is to be paid no later than one week prior to the wedding ceremony. The $AU100.00 balance may be refunded providing at least 14 days notice has been given prior to the day on which the wedding was to occur.
A Notice of Intended Marriage form or NIM must be completed by both parties and signed before an authorised witness (please refer to the back of the form for the list of witnesses). The notice must be lodged at least ONE MONTH AND ONE DAY before the proposed date of marriage, i.e. if the notice is lodged on 3 May, the earliest date of marriage is 4 June. The Notice is valid for eighteen months only from the date of lodgement.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
- Birth Certificates (under seal) for both parties (Australian passports are not acceptable for persons born in Australia).
- For persons born overseas, only if the birth certificate is not attainable, a current Overseas Passport and a Statutory Declaration is sufficient.
- If parties have been married previously and are now:
- Divorced: an original copy of the Decree Absolute under seal
- Widowed: a original copy of the Death Certificate under seal
- Evidence of change of name if changed by deed poll or instrument.
- The marriageable age of both male and female is 18 years. Persons desiring to marry between the ages of 16 years and 18 years will need to obtain a Court Order as well as parental consent (the appropriate parental consent forms may be obtained from this office).
- Persons younger than 16 years cannot marry.
Please Note: All required documents must be lodged at least one week prior to the ceremony.
WITNESSES
Parties will need to provide two witnesses to the marriage who must be over the age of 18 years.
For further information, email RegistrarGeneral.DOJ@nt.gov.au
