An Overview of Notice of Intended Marriage and Its Importance

14 January 2021

In the wake of meeting the qualification necessities, the following stage in your way to a wedded life is dwelling a Notice of Intended Marriage or NOIM. Here is an overview of NOIM and its importance.

How to Get a NOIM Form

You can get a NOIM either from the celebrant, priest or enlistment centre who’ll be playing out your marriage, face to face at our customer service center or you could download the NOIM form from the Attorney General’s site for external connection.

Complete The Form

On the NOIM, you’ll be approached to fill in your intimate status to show whether you’ve been hitched previously. Fill in your status as: Never legitimately wedded: on the off chance that you’ve never been hitched or your marriage was annulled. Try not to utilize ‘single’ as it doesn’t demonstrate whether you’ve been hitched previously.

Separated: on the off chance that you’ve been hitched and separated. Separation forthcoming: if you have initiated separately from procedures to end your marriage. Bereaved: on the off chance that you’ve been hitched and your life partner died.

Witnesses

Just certain individuals are approved to observe the mark of your NOIM.

Inside Australia, these include equity of the harmony, a lawyer or specialist, a legitimately qualified clinical professional, an individual from the Australian Federal Police or the police power of a State or a Commissioner for Declarations under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.

Outside Australia: a legal official public, an Australian Diplomatic Officer, an Australian Consular Officer, a representative of the Commonwealth of Australia approved under passage 3(c) of the Consular Fees Act 1955 or a worker of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission approved under section 3(d) of the Consular Fees Act 1955. On the off chance that you are getting hitched at the Victorian Marriage Registry and you present your records face to face at our offices, your NOIM can be seen by our State Officers.

Lodging the Form

Under restricted, remarkable circumstances, you might have the option to wed short of what one month after lodging your NOIM. To do this, you need to apply to abbreviate the notice time frame. A $55 imposition charge applies, which is non-refundable regardless of whether the shortening isn’t granted.

You can apply to:

The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM), enlistment centres and appointee recorders at major territorial Victorian courts.  To apply to BDM, you need to: lodge a NOIM with your celebrant (or are dwelling it with the Victorian Marriage Registry, give your unique marked NOIM and supporting records, as located by your celebrant, meet one of the remarkable circumstances (External connection), complete a Notice shortening application form, which incorporates a legal announcement clarifying your reason(s) for applying, give records as proof to help your application, and give a marked letter from your celebrant, affirming they’re willing and accessible to play out your marriage on your picked date if the shortening is granted.