Getting married with LESS than one months notice.
If you qualify, you can get approval for a Shortening of the Notice Period to be married and the Victorian Births Deaths & Marriages (BDM) department has a special form that must be submitted to them to make a decision on whether it is granted or not.
A celebrant must be involved in the process and we can handle that for you. We will do all the legal work for you and once approval is granted (generally within 24-48 hours) we can marry you within a matter of days.
There is a fee of $195 (in addition to the wedding ceremony fee) which includes the fee to BDM Victoria and the costs for us to complete the legal work for you to apply for the shortening of marriage.
There are only 5 criteria allowed for the shortening of the one months notice waiting period.
Job related issues, for example, having to move to a country where applying for the spouse visa needs you to be married,
Medical reasons, eg, there may be a terminal illness with a spouse or family member,
Wedding plans have been made but you didn't know you had to have the form done
Going to jail or other legal issues.
The celebrant made a mistake….(no we didn’t…lol.)
We can help you and guide you through the process. Please note that Births Deaths & Marriages DO NOT grant an exemption for the one month waiting period to be waived if you are applying for an Australian visa or are pregant.