I’m looking for advice from anyone who has had experience getting hitched in Australia.
Are there any legal pitfalls that we need to be aware of, like proving we are single? Do we need to provide any special paperwork?Costs involved? How about her visa? I’m on a 457 (four year residency) she is on a WHV (six months left to run on that) what’ll happen when we wed?
Also any advice on venues, caterers, suit hire and all the nice stuff would be appreciated.
I am assuming that this is a marriage between a Taiwanese person and an Australian national.
Some recommendations –
(1) Be sure to obtain a SINGLE CERTIFICATE for each part first. (Sometimes called “Certificate of No Impediment.”)
(2) Be sure to obtain full documentation of the marriage, with every signature and/or stamp (by relevant officials) in the appropriate place.
(3) Be sure to get all documentation from outside of Taiwan certified at the Taiwanese Rep. Office in Australia. (This way the documentation will be recognized as legal in both Taiwan and Australia.)
(4) It is also suggested that you get pictures of the wedding banquet. Those pictures should show the bride and groom and the many guests present. (If you can show the DATE in some of the pictures, such as in a poster on the wall, or a calendar on the wall, that is so much the better.)
[quote=“Hartzell”]I am assuming that this is a marriage between a Taiwanese person and an Australian national.
Some recommendations –
(1) Be sure to obtain a SINGLE CERTIFICATE for each part first. (Sometimes called “Certificate of No Impediment.”)
(2) Be sure to obtain full documentation of the marriage, with every signature and/or stamp (by relevant officials) in the appropriate place.
(3) Be sure to get all documentation from outside of Taiwan certified at the Taiwanese Rep. Office in Australia. (This way the documentation will be recognized as legal in both Taiwan and Australia.)
(4) It is also suggested that you get pictures of the wedding banquet. Those pictures should show the bride and groom and the many guests present. (If you can show the DATE in some of the pictures, such as in a poster on the wall, or a calendar on the wall, that is so much the better.)[/quote]
Hi Richard,
I’m English, my fiancee is Taiwanese we are hoping to get married in Melbourne in March. Are your recommendations for mariage in Taiwan or Australia because I wasn’t aware that we had to prove our single status here in Oz. I guess that cold take some time?
Thanks,
David.
PS. Thanks for changing the spelling.
PPS. TC the joke ends up with us hopping of into the sunset on a 'roo
in some states you have to stay there for some time and have registered intention to marry well before the deed. not sure about victoria. check at births deaths and marriages registry. they will check that you have no previously registered marriage in victoria there too, i believe. overseas marriages are not recorded in australia anymore, even for australian residents who get married on temporary OS sojourns.
but be warned, though: invasive health check, including stool and semen samples and full X-rays and brain CT scan, description of your criminal background, provision of any secret police dossiers, security deposit of at least $200,000 in unmarked cash, etc, are required to hire a tuxedo and wedding gown.
Actually, I did some digging around and it is not that uncommon for two foreigners too get married here. I can see no reason why the paperwork would not be recongnised in Taiwan, if we ever needed to live there again. The process seems quite simple, easier than I thought.
orodacus, the 'roo perfered taking us for a ride to being made into yummy steaks for the wedding banquet!
I’m looking for advice from anyone who has had experience getting hitched in Australia.
Are there any legal pitfalls that we need to be aware of, like proving we are single? Do we need to provide any special paperwork?Costs involved? How about her visa? I’m on a 457 (four year residency) she is on a WHV (six months left to run on that) what’ll happen when we wed?
Also any advice on venues, caterers, suit hire and all the nice stuff would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David.
Don’t you hate spelling mishtakeds in titles?[/quote]
To be married in Victoria, or any other Australian State or Territory, you must complete a Notice of Intended Marriage form, which is available from the marriage celebrant who will be performing your marriage ceremony. The form must be completed and given back to the marriage celebrant at least one month and no more than eighteen months before the intended date of your marriage.
You must produce to the celebrant the following documents when booking your marriage:
(1) A birth certificate (if born overseas, a foreign passport is acceptable); and
(2) If previously married and divorced, a decree absolute of the divorce. If divorced in Australia, this is obtained from the Family Court of Australia; or
(3) If previously married and widowed, a death certificate.
You will be required to sign three (3) marriage certificates following the ceremony:
(1) an official certificate which the celebrant will send to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to register the marriage;
(2) a duplicate which the celebrant keeps as his/her record of the marriage; and
(3) a keepsake certificate which will be given to you by the celebrant on the day of the marriage.
That is about it for the requirements of getting married in Australia.
I’m looking for advice from anyone who has had experience getting hitched in Australia.
Are there any legal pitfalls that we need to be aware of, like proving we are single? Do we need to provide any special paperwork?Costs involved? How about her visa? I’m on a 457 (four year residency) she is on a WHV (six months left to run on that) what’ll happen when we wed?
Also any advice on venues, caterers, suit hire and all the nice stuff would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David.
Don’t you hate spelling mishtakeds in titles?[/quote]
To be married in Victoria, or any other Australian State or Territory, you must complete a Notice of Intended Marriage form, which is available from the marriage celebrant who will be performing your marriage ceremony. The form must be completed and given back to the marriage celebrant at least one month and no more than eighteen months before the intended date of your marriage.
You must produce to the celebrant the following documents when booking your marriage:
(1) A birth certificate (if born overseas, a foreign passport is acceptable); and
(2) If previously married and divorced, a decree absolute of the divorce. If divorced in Australia, this is obtained from the Family Court of Australia; or
(3) If previously married and widowed, a death certificate.
You will be required to sign three (3) marriage certificates following the ceremony:
(1) an official certificate which the celebrant will send to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to register the marriage;
(2) a duplicate which the celebrant keeps as his/her record of the marriage; and
(3) a keepsake certificate which will be given to you by the celebrant on the day of the marriage.
That is about it for the requirements of getting married in Australia.[/quote]
Thanks Ga-ma. Even a dumdnutz like me can manage it here! Looking forward to the big day. Am I :loco: ?
I assume as the Australian wedding is first, that the second one in Taiwan is “for the family” and because it is not a ‘proper’ wedding that we don’t nedd to produce any paperwork for the Taiwan marriage. Is this true?
(terrible sentence, sorry - glad I gave up teaching Ingrish and learnt to speak Australian )
Do we need to carry our Australian wedding certificate with us to Taiwan?
[quote=“Limey”]I assume as the Australian wedding is first, that the second one in Taiwan is “for the family” and because it is not a ‘proper’ wedding that we don’t nedd to produce any paperwork for the Taiwan marriage. Is this true?
(terrible sentence, sorry - glad I gave up teaching Ingrish and learnt to speak Australian )
Do we need to carry our Australian wedding certificate with us to Taiwan?
Do shia, do shia
L.[/quote]
If you are not registering your marriage in Taiwan for purposes of immigrating to Taiwan, then no, you do not need to carry your Australian wedding certificate with you to Taiwan.
Don’t you hate spelling mishtakeds in titles?
