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I have all the skills and qualifications to get you hitched and sign it off too. But there are also some other wedding and ceremony gems that I have rattling round in this head of mine.
If you have some random questions or thoughts that you need help with, hopefully you will find the answer here. But if not, never fear, flick me an email and if I don’t know the answer, I’ll find it…. And probably write a blog post about it too.
Process? Paperwork?
So, what do we need to do to get you hitched? Other than an other half and an awesome ceremony? Well let’s step it out…
Hopefully you have found yourself an wonderful other half by the time you get to reading this, and you have picked me to perform your awesome ceremony.
I will need to see your ID, I need to make sure that you are who you are telling me. So I will need to see either a current passport, or, your birth certificate and drivers licence. These I will also need to complete your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM). If you have been married previously, I will need to see paperwork that proves that the marriage has legally ended.
The NOIM needs to be completed not more that 18 months, and no less than one month before your wedding date. We can complete this either in person (which is my favourite) or via a zoom call. But I need to be able to witness you both signing the form.
Our next piece of paperwork is the Declaration of no Legal Impediment to Marriage (DoNLIM). This form is printed on the reverse side of one of the marriage certificates, and needs to be signed before the wedding. Usually either at the rehearsal if you are having one, or when I see you before your wedding on the day.
Then we have the certificates. There are three in total. Two are the same, but one has the DoNLIM printed on the reverse side, and then there is your ‘pretty’ one, also known as the Form 15. All three certificates will need to be signed by both parties to the marriage, two witnesses and also myself. The two identical ones will also need the full legal names of the witnesses to be printed on it.
After your amazing wedding day, I will go home and submit your marriage for registration with the BDM in the state in which I have married you. Once submitted, they can take anywhere from a couple of days through to a few weeks to register your marriage. When it’s all complete, you will get an email from BDM to confirm that the marriage has been registered and also so you can purchase a marriage certificate. This certificate from BDM is the one you will need if you are wanting to change your name.
It sounds a bit confusing, and yes, boring too, but at the end of the day, this is what I’m here for. To get you legally hitched. So if you have any questions along the way, by all means shoot them on through for me to answer.
Chat soon
Danielle xxx