Apply for a Single Status Certificate

Apply for a Single Status Certificate if you intend to be married overseas or if you are returning to your country of residence to be married. It certifies if you have been married in NSW during a specified period.

The Registry searches for any marriage that occurred after the age of 16, or the date of arrival in Australia. If you have been previously married, the search commences from the date the previous marriage ended.

You may be required to take your NSW Single Status Certificate to the Department of Foreign Affairs for an Apostille stamp.

Before you apply for a Single Status Certificate, check with the Consulate, Embassy or local representative of the country in which you wish to marry to check their legal requirements.
Who Can Apply

Single Status Certificates are available to NSW residents or previous NSW residents or their authorised representatives. It only covers the period in which you were a resident of NSW.
Proof of Identification

All certificate applications must be accompanied by identification.

To apply for your own certificate you must provide:

    * Three (3) forms of your own identification (see below).

To apply for a certificate on behalf of another person
you must provide:

   1. A letter giving permission from the person named on the certificate (include their address, daytime telephone number and signature).
   2. Three (3) forms of identification from the person giving
      permission as shown below.
   3. Three (3) forms of your own identification as shown below.

Identification

To protect your privacy, the Registry requires proof of your identity.

Please provide at least three (3) forms of identification, one of each from Categories 1, 2 and 3. If you are unable to provide identification from Categories 1 and 2, you must still provide at least three (3) forms of identification. At least two (2) of these must be from Category 3.

All documents except foreign passports must be current.
Photocopies must be must be certified as true copies of the original by a Qualified Witness

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