STEVE MUMMERY
Perth Marriage & Funeral Celebrant
REGISTRY STYLE WEDDINGS
perfect for people who are eloping or wish to have a very private wedding
There is a very simple way to legally get married that includes the lodgement of all legal paperwork and these can be done at my own home or yours.
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You will receive your official Commonwealth Marriage Certificate immediately following your marriage.
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Fiancé Visa Letters are also available upon request. If you have been asked to provide the Department of Immigration with a Fiancé Visa Letter to support your Prospective Marriage Visa application, this can be obtained immediately after lodging your Notice of Intended Marriage, when we first meet.
Once all legal paperwork has been lodged, within two weeks after the marriage, registered copies of the Marriage Certificate can be obtained from the WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages or any local court-house.
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NOTE: You will still need to complete a notice of intent to marry at least 30 days prior to the wedding, just like you would if you were getting married at the registry office.
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If this is the style of wedding you are after, contact me now on 0418 897 215 or email me here.
Getting married in Bali
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If you are thinking about getting married in Bali, you will have your marriage registered in Indonesia, rather than Australia, UNLESS the legal formalities are completed in Australia before their ceremony in Bali, (which we can do with a simple registry type wedding like the one described above).
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If you are married in Bali, all of your legal paperwork, marriage registration and history will not be accessible by the Australian Government if you have a wedding in Bali under Indonesian law.
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Therefore, if the bride wishes to take her husbands name, she will need to do so by Deed Poll / State Name Change in Australia, rather than using her Marriage Certificate, which will not be recognised as an authority to use her married name in Australia.
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However, by completing all of the legal marriage requirements in Australia before you go, couples will have their marriage registered in Australia and all of their paperwork and duplicates of their Marriage Certificate will be available in the State in which they registered their marriage.
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Using a local Indonesian priest or celebrant can often be a challenging and very costly process and involves certain procedures and payments to local officials (in some cases up to $1,100) which still do not always guarantee that your wedding will be recognised by Australian authorities. Using an Indonesian priest also requires couples to declare a recognised Indonesian religion and both partners must also be of the same faith. For example; Hindu, Buddhist or Islam are acceptable. Atheism or Agnostic are not recognised by Indonesian marriage law.
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Couples of Non-Islamic faith are then required to file a Notice of Intention to Marry and a Letter of No Impediment in the district they are staying and their ceremony must then be recorded by the Civil Registry (who you can request to do so at the ceremony, for an additional fee). The Notice and Letter must be obtained from the Consular Representative of Australia however there is a 10 day waiting period from the date of filing. (This can be waived in some cases by lodging the Form A: Guest Registration Form.)
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For more on getting married in Bali, click here.