Forms of Identification

• Original birth certificate or extract of birth.
• Original valid foreign passport if no birth certificate is available.  (This is only applicable to people born overseas.)
• If it is impracticable for an overseas born person to obtain their birth certificate or passport a Commonwealth Statutory Declaration must be completed
• A change of name certificate if you have changed your name
• If you have been previously married I need to see evidence of the end of that marriage
  • Original Death Certificate - If your previous spouse has passed away
  • Original Divorce Certificate or Decree Absolute if divorced
• A court order and written consent from your parents if one party is under 18
  
  Failure to produce any of these original documents means that I can't marry you!