Miss Swan Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I just read through this website: http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages/marriages/before-getting-married One part states: "To comply with all of the legal requirements of the Notice of Intended Marriage, your celebrant must sight the following documents: - evidence of the date and place of birth (birth certificate) of both partners (for people born outside Australia, a current passport is also required)" Now the problem is, I'm not in Australia right now. The plan is for my fiance to file the NOIM with the marriage celebrant, and closer to the marriage date I'll fly over and we get married. That was before I saw the above requirement. I'm so confused right now. It appears to indicate that I have to be with my fiance in person to produce my original passport and I can't do that since I'm overseas (unless we are talking about fedexing my passport over, which is extremely risky and I really don't want to do that). Has anyone tried applying/booking for marriage in Brisbane/Oz while the partner is overseas? How do I get pass this hurdle? I'm getting quite frustrated at this point as my partner and I really want to take one step forward towards our 4.5 year dream of being together and I'm hitting roadblocks at almost every juncture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggwise Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hi, I'm getting married in Melbourne in October this year. My PMV is due to be granted in August and I plan to fly out as soon as it's granted. Have you booked your celebrant already? My partner (lives in Melbourne) has booked and paid for ours. The celebrant has said not to worry about the formalities until I get there. It might be worth talking to your Celebrant about this to put you at ease, but I know for us, me not being there until mid to late August is not a problem. Hope this helps x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouiseS Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I am in the UK, my fiance is Aus and he filled the form in and sent it to our celebrant. The celebrant has filled it in based on a scan of my passport and birth cert (converted into PDF) that was emailed to her. That is sufficient for her to do what she needs to do until i arrive so maybe your celebrant will be able to accept the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Swan Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thank you so much LouiseS! This is certainly very heartening news on a gloomy rainy Monday morning I'll start filling up the NOIM and see if I can get my partner to file with the celebrant successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Swan Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 I am so relieved! The QLD registry website happens to have a webchat and the person attending to me over the webchat sent me an email with all the information. I do not have to be there in person, nor provide my original passport. All I need is to send over a notarised copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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