Proving
who you are - Notice of Intended Marriage
Before you can be married in Australia, you have to
provide evidence of when and where you were born,
and photo ID as proof of your identity.These must be actual official documents (photocopies are not acceptable).
- A cancelled passport is never acceptable.
- An expired passport is acceptable evidence of when and where you were born
- An Australian passport that has not been expired for over ten years, or reported lost/stolen) can be used as evidence of your identity as long as the initial date of issue was after 1 July 2000
- If your overseas passport does not show the place of your birth, then it can’t be used as evidence of birth.
- If you were born overseas, and don’t have a birth
certificate or a passport, you can provide a
Statutory Declaration as to date and place of birth,
but only if there is no way to get a copy of your
birth certificate.
REALLY IMPORTANT: “Can’t” doesn’t mean “Can’t be bothered”. It has to be absolutely impossible for you to get a birth certificate because your birth was never registered or because the official records were destroyed, for example in a war or natural disaster. - If you were born overseas and don’t have one of
the above photo IDs, you can provide your
Certificate of Australian Citizenship along with
another form of photographic evidence (such as a
student card or other photo identification not
listed above). NB you must show your photo ID to
your celebrant in person.
Read Proving who
you are (Part 2)