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International Couples Getting Married

Regardless of what country you are coming from, if your dream is to be married in and around the Beaches and Harbour of Sydney Australia I can help that dream come true....

Over the many years that I have been a Celebrant I have assisted and arranged 100's of Marriages for couples from every Country including Germany, Norway, USA, UK, Rome, Canada, Tokyo etc...

I am happy to assist you with arranging your special place to be married. On Board a Boat in the Beautiful Harbour of Sydney or in a Park or Garden, arranging a Photographer, Florist, Hire Cars Champagne Toast. & finishing your day off by booking for you a fabulous evening at one of our superb restaurants or a Dinner Cruise on the magnificant Sydney Harbour By Night... What better way to finish your magic Australian Wedding Day than by seeing Sydney by night...


Documents you WILL Need

You will need to obtain your Birth Certificate, if either of you have been married before you will need to produce proof of how last marriage ended, ie Divorce/Death certificates. All of these papers must be bought with you on your arrival to Australia for sighting by the Celebrant. Please note that you can not be married in Australia unless you have these original papers with you.

You can obtain a Notice of Intention to Marry from the
Australian High Commission, Embassy or the Australian Foreign Affairs Department in your country or I can send it to you to download.  The back of the Form will tell you who can witness the form, for you. This form can be lodged from your Country or you can mail it to myself prior to the wedding. This form must be lodged no later than month prior to the wedding. I will arrange all of the Legal Paper work necessary for you to be married here.  You need to get the form witnessed at the Australian Embassy or Consulate in your country and then either fax or post it to me.  It can not be lodge it in your country

You will be presented with a Marriage Certificate on the day of the marriage, but will need to apply to the Births Deaths & Marriages here in Sydney before your departure to obtain a copy of a Marriage Certificate for you to take home with you and it may need to be stamped by the Foreign Affairs Department. This is necessary in making your marriage legal anywhere in the world. This can be done before you leave Australia or applied for after you go home. I again will give you the necessary application forms & addresses.  If you live in a European country or Asian country, you do need to obtain the Apostle stamp in Australia from the Foreign Affairs department. Otherwise, your marriage is not recognised in your own country.  This stamp can not be obtained in your own country!

Should you need any further information regarding a marriage in Australia
please do not hesitate  to
E-mail me.

 

 

Letters From International Couples


These are just a few of the letters I have received from my International Couples.

 

 

 

 

Hi Coral,

Just wanted to drop you an email to say thank you for making our wedding such a wonderful day.

We had a fantastic day which we enjoyed from start to finish.  We loved the ceremony, location, flowers, photographs, make-up/hair and restuarant - all of which we have you to thank for.

Could you also pass on our thanks to Donna (the photographs were great btw) and Susan for being our witnesses, along with our thanks to Kylie for doing Isabelle's hair and make-up?  We were also very pleased with the flowers - they were georgeous!

Needless to say, the Quay restaurant was a great choice - I'm glad you recommended it.

It was a beautiful day and we have some wonderful memories.  We can't thank you enough.

Isabelle & John

(3rd March, 2004)

 

 

 

 

Hi Coral.

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to you, for EVERYTHING that you did to ensure perfection on our wonderful day.

From the very moment that we decided to get married in Australia, we knew that two things were likely. Firstly, we envisaged arranging such an event to prove difficult, and secondly, as a result, we were prepared to accept that a few things would not be as perfect as we would like. Thankfully, whilst conducting our research we came across your website. We were reassured by comments found upon from previous couples, and also noted the accolades and awards. We decided that we would send you an email, and then "judge" you on the quality and sincerity of the reply.......on reflection, this seems to be have been a little harsh.....but IT WORKED!! Your reply was informative, sincere, and enthusiatic......which considering how many replies you must send out is a true reflection on you. Throughout our experience, your enthusiasm never dropped below our own.....amazing.

Finally, your involvement on the day. We will never forget how special you made us feel on our wedding day. There is no point in writing reams and reams, a simple summary will suffice; Your ceremony was perfect, your manner perfect.

We hope to return to Australia many times in the future, our month there was awesome. We have never regretted a single detail of the whole experience, and would willingly recommend your services to anyone.

Coral, you will forever be a very special part of a very special memory.

With love.

Marcus and Michelle

 

 

 

Dearest Coral

We have recently spent some wonderful moments reliving Craig and becca's
Wedding in Oz.  I know we thanked you at the time for your beautiful words
and blessing but after watching the dvd we wanted to thank you once again.

You really made the wedding special.  We had Craigs Grandma along  with
other family members on Friday evening to watch the DVD which is really
stunning but they all remarked how much they loved your service and the
things you said. You made us feel as if we had known you for years and made
the day so memorable. We had a wonderful time in Australia and will carry
those special memories with us for the rest of our lives. The people out there were
really special.  Thank you once again Coral it was so good to have met  you.

May God Bless you
Keith and Sue
(Craigs Mum and Dad)

 

Coral,

We have now arrived home in England, with fantastic memories of our wedding day. This is due to all the hard work you put into organising and performing our wedding,for which we are eternally grateful.

Thankyou for also sharing our day,and making it so special for us...also thanks to your husband Fred for his assistance in keeping everybody's glass topped up with champagne !!

Mr and Mrs Squire
Somerset, United kingdom

 

Dear Coral

This is a VERY late message to thank you for arranging our wedding in March this year (2003 ed) .
Organising a wedding in Australia from the UK was, we thought, going to be a complete administrative nightmare, but with you in charge it was dreamily easy!

We are not sure how you achieved it, but you managed to make our little gathering informal and fun yet still romantic, as you promised.

And moreover, we thoroughly enjoyed your company, and appreciated your kindness to our very elderly witnesses.

Best Regards,
Sheila and Graham

 

 

Hi Coral,

Just a final email to thank you for all your hard work and effort that you put in to make our wedding so special and such a fantastic,memorable occassion.

Your hard work on the planning and coordination was so much appreciated and everything worked out fine, didn't it ? Many of our friends and family mentioned that you did a great job at the wedding ceremony itself too. We all felt that you had a special, warm presence but did a great job of standing back from the action to ensure it was still our own special day.

To say that a wedding abroad can sometimes be a hotch-potch affair that cannot be as good as if you are doing it round the corner from home. However, for us you ensured that this was definitely not the case and you made our wedding the most fantastic, well planned day!P.S. You will have to see Brian .. it was a pity that you missed us going up onto the tower as all the crowds started cheering us !

With much love,
Helen and Blair Jenkins (U.K)

 

 

Dear Coral,

We want to thank you and Fred for such a wonderful wedding and time in Australia. You did a great job of handling all of the arrangements before we arrived and you went out of your way to show us some of the better parts of the Sydney area and take us out to an excellent Mexican dinner. Everyone that has seen our wedding video and photos think we had a terrific day to remember for a lifetime.

Please feel free to add us as a reference to your website.

Craig and Lynne Smithpeters, Florida U.S.A.

 

 

Dear Coral,

Well first day back in the office after 3 weeks and all is well. Thank you so very much for your excellent service, we could not have asked for more. You were 1000 percent more than we could have hoped for. You were so calm in the face of sheer panic! Kipplings "if" would have summed you up perfectly ! PS.. We have recommended you to one of the couples who were at the wedding and are planning to get married in April.

Andrew W. Steele
Director of Rooms Dvision
c/o The New Asia Tomson Hotel
777 Zhangyang Road
Pudong, Shanghai
CHINA

 


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Ph. 61 2 9524-7111 - Fax. 61 2 9524-7112 - E-mail. weddings@zeta.org.au
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