Current Processing Times:
Routine birth, death and marriage certificate applications may take up to 3 weeks. Urgent applications are currently taking 5 working days to process.

New registrations are taking (birth 3 weeks, marriage 4 weeks & Change of Name applications 7 weeks) to process, including the issue of your certificates.

The Registry apologises for any inconvenience.

You can complete an application form on your computer, then print it and mail or fax to the Registry along with your identification.

NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages
GPO Box 30
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Fax: (02) 9035 6111

You can also deliver the completed application form in person to a Registry office, Country Courthouse or Government Access Centre.

Please select your preferred format for viewing the Marriage Certificate Application Form.

PDF*

Please note that you are unable to submit your application online.

*You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files. You can download Acrobat from the Internet.