What to expect on the day of your wedding ceremony

Our aim is to ensure you wedding ceremony is exceptional. Which means, you can expect a simple, fun memorable, meaningful and sincere experience. So just relax and enjoy – you have done everything you need to do – so we will take care of the rest.

Below a just a few step to give you a picture of how the day will flow – but nothing you have to worry about.

1. Arrival


We will meet you at your you location at your scheduled time. However, we recommend that you aim to arrive 15 minutes early to avoid any stress. Encourage your guests to do the same.

2. Check documents

a)We’ll check your documents; NoIM, IDs ect (check your portal to see specifically what documents you will need to bring).

b) We’ll ask you to make one final check of the details on your marriage certificates.

c) We’ll get your to sign the Declaration of No Impediment to Marriage form. ie there is no legal reason why you can’t get married.

d) ONLY applicable if one you doesn’t speak/understand English. If this is the case you will need to bring with you an Interpreter (anyone as long as they speak English and the other language) and they will need to have completed the Certificate of Faithful Performance and brought a copy with them.

Note. We can do this with the two of you together or we can do it separately – if you are “arriving separately”.

Approx. time – 2 minutes

3. Talk though the ceremony


We will confirm with you how the ceremony will flow, such as ; the entrance, vows, rings and who your guests are.

Approx. time – 2 minutes

4. Your Ceremony

We’ll take care of you everything from here. We will organise your guests and ensure the two of you are ready to begin.

Our aim is to create a fun, memorable and meaningful ceremony for you.

Click here to see a Sample Ceremony

Approx. time – 10-15 minutes

5. Signing your Marriage Certificates


Following your ceremony, we will sign your Marriage Certificates along with you and your two witnesses. (Your witnesses can be anyone as long as they are over 18 years old and speak English, they do not require any ID).

Note. Following the signing of the certificates your will receive the Certificate of Marriage (from Commonwealth Government)

Approx. time – 3 minutes

6. After your ceremony – CELEBRATE!

Following your ceremony make sure you celebrate and enjoy.

Approx. time – a life time

7. Following your ceremony


We will register your marriage the same day on-line and send you confirmation of the registration.

If you also require the register Marriage Certificate you can order it simply through your portal on the website (before or up to 1 month after your ceremony) or you can complete the application form (and provide 3 forms of ID) and order it direct from BDM, after your ceremony.

Sample Marriage Ceremony

(White font shows words that must be legally be used)

Charlie and George’s Sample Wedding Ceremony

12 pm on Thursday 5th March 2024

Bradfield Park, North Sydney, New South Wales

To begin, on behalf of Charlie and George, I would like to welcome you here today.

My name is Michael Teulon and I am a Marriage Celebrant, I am duly authorised by law to solemnise marriages according to law

We are all here today to celebrate with Charlie and George a very important moment in their lives.

They have learned to know and love one another and have  now decided to spend the rest of their lives together, as a married couple.

 Marriage is a commitment to life. To the best that two people can find and bring out in each other.

It is a commitment from the heart and mind based on mutual love, trust, respect and the understanding that from now on, each partner will consider the other’s desires and needs as equal to their own.

But real love is not about two people being totally absorbed in one another, it is about two people looking outwards, in the same direction – together.

 Monitum of Marriage

Before you are joined in marriage in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I
am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are
now about to enter.

Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others,
voluntarily entered into for life.

The Asking

George do you take Charlie to be your lawful wedded wife/husband/partner?

George: I do

Charlie do you take George to be your lawful wedded husband/wife/partner?

Charlie: I do

The Vows

George please repeat after me:

I call upon the persons present to witness that from today

I, George Allouache take you Charlie Wong (full names to be used), to be my lawfully wedded wife/partner in marriage / spouse.

Charlie please repeat after me:

I call upon the persons present to witness that from today

I, Charlie Wong take you George Allouache(full names to be used) , to be my lawfully wedded husband/partner in marriage / spouse.

(If you wish to make your own personal vows, we would suggest that you say them here)

Ring ceremony

George please repeat after me

With this ring I marry you (place ring on finger)

Charlie please repeat after me

With this ring I marry you (place ring on finger)

Declaration

Charlie and George, now that you have made your promises to share your lives together in accordance with your vows, it is with great pleasure, I now pronounce you husband and wife/ partners in life.

Congratulations, you may kiss!

The signing of the register

Witnesses: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten

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