Prepare your Notice of Intended Marriage

Getting married in Australia? Every couple must lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) with their marriage celebrant at least one month before the wedding. This app helps you prepare yours — accurately, privately, and in about 10 minutes.

What this app does

The NOIM is a legal form required under Section 42 of the Marriage Act 1961. It tells the Australian Government that you intend to marry. Filling it out by hand can be fiddly — there are fields for both parties' personal details, parent information, conjugal status, and more.

This app walks you through the form step by step, then generates a completed PDF ready to download and print.

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Your privacy is protected

This app was built with a privacy-first approach. Your personal details are sensitive — names, dates of birth, addresses, parent information — and they're treated that way.

• No data is stored. Your form responses exist only in memory while the PDF is being generated, then they're gone. There is no database, no server-side storage, no logs of your personal information.
• No accounts or sign-ups. You don't need to create a login or hand over an email address to use the form.
• No tracking or analytics. There are no cookies, analytics or advertising pixels. Address details stay in the form and are included only when you generate your PDF.
• No document uploads. Your celebrant must be satisfied about your identity and must receive evidence of date and place of birth before the marriage — this app never asks you to upload or photograph those documents.
• Secure by default. The app runs on Cloudflare's global network over HTTPS, so your data is encrypted in transit.

In short: your data comes in, your PDF goes out, and nothing is kept.

Who is this for?

• Couples getting married in Australia who want to prepare their NOIM accurately before meeting with their celebrant
• Marriage celebrants who want to offer their couples a simple, modern way to complete the form — reducing errors and back-and-forth
• Anyone helping a couple with their wedding paperwork — wedding planners, family members, or friends

What you'll need

Have the following ready for both people getting married:

• Full legal name exactly as it appears on the supporting birth, change-of-name or marriage document, including every given name. If a person has no family name, select the form's does not have a family name option and leave that item blank — do not use a dash or other placeholder.
• Date of birth
• Country, city, and state of birth
• Usual occupation
• Current residential address
• Conjugal status — never validly married, divorced, widowed, or divorce pending
• Parent details — names and countries of birth (for the marriage register)

If either party has been previously married, the celebrant will also need evidence that the previous marriage ended before the new marriage can be solemnised. A pending divorce must take effect before the marriage.

The form checks each party's age from their date of birth. It does not accept a party under 16. For a party aged 16 or 17, it explains that only one party may be under 18 and that court approval and parent or guardian consent—unless that consent is dispensed with—are required before marrying.

Who can witness your NOIM?

Your NOIM must be signed in the presence of an authorised witness. Since 12 June 2024, witnessing may happen in person or remotely by audio-visual link, but the witness categories and location rules still apply.

If you sign in Australia, the witness can be:

• An authorised marriage celebrant (including your own celebrant)
• A Commissioner for Declarations under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959
• A Justice of the Peace (JP)
• A barrister or solicitor
• A medical practitioner
• A member of the Australian Federal Police or state/territory police force

If you sign outside Australia, the witness can be an Australian Diplomatic Officer, Australian Consular Officer, notary public, an appropriately authorised Commonwealth employee, or an appropriately authorised Australian Trade and Investment Commission employee. For remote witnessing, the witness must be in Australia when the signing party is in Australia, or outside Australia when the signing party is outside Australia.

Your celebrant separately confirms what identity and supporting documents they need to sight before the marriage.

Can I sign electronically?

Yes. The Attorney-General's Department recognises electronic signatures on the NOIM. An electronic signature is a visible representation of your usual signature — it can be typed, scanned, or digitised (such as signing on an iPad or tablet). Like a hand-written signature, an electronic signature must show that you have identified yourself, that the person receiving it has consented to the electronic form, and that it is reliable in the circumstances. Check with your state or territory Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) for any additional requirements.

Just want a blank form?

If you'd prefer to fill in the NOIM by hand, you can download a blank copy from the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department at ag.gov.au.

Important notes

• This is a preparation tool only — it helps you fill in the form accurately before you meet with your celebrant
• The generated PDF is not yet legally valid until signed by both parties and witnessed
• Your celebrant will review everything and handle the official lodgement with the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages