Statement of Fees

Marriage Ceremonies

Option 1 Full Wedding ceremony:
I offer an all-inclusive fee of $750.

A deposit of $300 to be paid when you lodge the Notice of Intention to Marry. This is non refundable. The full fee is to be paid within 14 days of the NOIM lodgement.

Then I will go ahead with developing the ceremony, then send you a draft.

FEES INCLUDE: The invisible hours (10- 12 hrs on average)

  • the creation of the ceremony
  • completion of legal requirements
  • completion and lodgement of the Notice of Intention to Marry Form (NOIM)
  • Preparing and completing all the certificates
  • Registration of legal documents with the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM).
  • All correspondence
  • Communicating with you by phone and/or email.
  • Stationery, postage and printing costs.
  • Providing you with information about the framework for the ceremony and exploring with you ideas and opportunities to ensure that your ceremony fits with what you want and also provides substance.
  • Sample ceremonies and vows, and wedding symbols and rituals. When you come to the interview you offer your ideas, chose vows from the selection I have, mix and match, or just list the words you believe are important and I will write vows based on those words, or you write them yourselves.
    • (including keeping them confidential from each other until the day if you choose!). The ceremony will be very personal and unique to you, working in collaboration with me. I create the first draft of the ceremony and we rework it via email, phone or meeting, as we finalise it.
  • Creating and printing the keepsake copy of the ceremony
  • Travel to and from the ceremony venue, within 50 k’s of my office
  • Briefing the wedding party, family members and readers
  • X 1-2 Meetings with the bride and groom
  • Rehearsal- 1 hour with wedding party
  • Use of professional PA system.
  • Use of signing table and table cloth.
  • Ceremonial certificate of marriage.
  • Officiating at your wedding ceremony on the day.

OPTION 2 Simple Type Ceremony in my office or in nearby park, near my office

$400.00 (cheaper than peak Fri Sat Sun, BDM marriage cost)
A deposit of $200 to be paid when you lodge the Notice of Intention to Marry. This is non-refundable. The full fee is to be paid within 14 days of the NOIM lodgement.

  • completion of legal requirements
  • Completion and lodgement of the Notice of Intention to Marry Form (NOIM)
  • x1 Meeting with the bride and groom – initial NOIM and discussion of ceremony, date & time.
  • Basic ceremony developed with legalities and brief personalised comments
  • Preparing and completing all the certificates
  • Registration of legal documents with the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM).
  • All correspondence
  • Communicating with you by phone and/or email (& liaison with Migration agent as required).
  • Stationery, postage and printing costs.
  • Use of signing table and table cloth
  • Ceremonial certificate of marriage.
  • Meeting 1 hour prior to ceremony to complete documentation.
  • Officiating at your wedding ceremony on the day

Additional Costs Apply For

  • Travel and accommodation expenses out of metropolitan area. greater than 50 k’s from my office in East Brunswick
  • There is an additional cost for extra time or additional rehearsals at your wedding venue or other location depending upon distance and travelling time. ($100 – $150) .
  • Formal correspondence for NOIM / Department of Home Affairs visa applications $100, unless there are more complex requirements

Refund policy
The deposit “Booking Fee” (or “For a Notice of Intended Marriage” fee) is not refundable – unless I am unable to solemnise the marriage on the arranged ceremony day, and am unable to arrange for a substitute celebrant.

The fee known as the “In respect of solemnisation of marriage by authorised civil marriage celebrant” fee (which must be paid no later than 14 days before the arranged ceremony day) is refundable ( less the deposit) only if written notice of cancellation of the marriage is given to me not less than 14 days before the arranged ceremony day OR if I am unable to solemnise the marriage on the arranged ceremony day and am not able to arrange for a substitute celebrant.

Fees paid (or payable) in respect of visit to the venue and/or travels costs exceeding 50km in a return journey between my base and the place of marriage are not refundable or waivable.