Get married at the Brisbane registry
Book early
Our ceremonies are now booked 8 weeks in advance. We recommend booking early to secure your preferred date.
You can get married in affordable style in our beautiful ceremony room.
Our ceremony venue offers:
- generous waiting areas for your guests
- access to private dressing room before your ceremony
- access to amazing photo opportunities
- integrated sound system.
Request an interview appointment
To book your wedding ceremony, you need to book an interview with us.
When you tick the consent below, this online service allows you to choose the date and time of your interview.
You will be asked to give your name, email and mobile number to book your interview, and you will get an email to confirm your interview appointment. The email will also allow you to easily reschedule or cancel your booking, if necessary.
Privacy notice
The Department of Justice, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages is collecting your personal information for the purpose of facilitating your interview booking online and for contacting you in relation to your booking. Your personal information will not be used or disclosed for any other purpose unless authorised or required by law. Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Information Privacy Act 2009.
Other booking options
You can also book your interview appointment directly with us or talk to us about how we can help.
By phone
Local call* 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or international +61 7 3022 6100 (+10 hours UTC)—phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm.
*Costs may be higher from mobile phones and interstate.
Want to book your wedding date before you meet with us?
Planning a wedding is exciting and many couples want to book their date before they meet with us. Your interview must be at least 1 month before your wedding date.
You can choose your ceremony date before your interview appointment—fees will apply.
If you haven’t visited our venue, book into one of our ceremony room viewings first so that you have had a chance to see our beautiful room and to talk to a celebrant.
Not from Brisbane?
If you live outside Southeast Queensland and want to get married at the Brisbane registry, but can’t attend an interview in person, we want to help.
First choose your ceremony date and we will work with you to plan your special day with us.
Your interview with us
At your first meeting with us, our experienced celebrant team will help you and your partner to:
- lodge your completed notice of intended marriage application form
- book a date and time for your wedding—before you arrive for your interview, you should both agree on at least 3 preferred ceremony dates (unless you already booked online)
- show your original proof of ID and eligibility documents
- order a marriage certificate
- pay the fee
- tell us if you have any special requirements (e.g. wheelchair access).
If either of you do not speak and understand English, you need to bring someone who can translate for you.
Before your interview you will need to complete the notice of intended marriage form—if you book online we will email it to you.
When you come to your interview to book your registry wedding ceremony, you will need to bring your original proof of ID and supporting documents showing evidence of:
- current photo ID for both of you, either your
- passport
- birth certificate and current photo ID.
- divorce or death of any former spouse (i.e. divorce document or death certificate), if applicable.
You need to show us your original documents, as we can’t accept certified photocopies.
For original documents that are not in English, you must also provide a translation from a translator certified by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.
A registry wedding in Brisbane is an affordable way to get married.
The cost for a registry ceremony includes:
- the ceremony
- a celebrant
- the ceremony room for 30 minutes
- a ceremonial marriage certificate.
To secure a time and date for your ceremony, you will need to pay the applicable fee.
A registry ceremony costs:
- $397.20 (Monday to Friday)
- $516.40 (Saturday).
The cost of your ceremony does not include an official marriage certificate, unless you book an evening ceremony.
You can change your wedding date once for free if you contact us about the change at least 2 weeks before the ceremony date you have booked. If you change your ceremony date more than once, you will be need to pay an additional booking fee.
You can pay:
- at the counter
- by EFTPOS or credit card
- cash
- from overseas
- by credit card.
At your interview, you can talk to us about any special plans you might have so that we can plan how to meet them, if possible.
You may like to personalise your ceremony:
- personalise your vows
- organise your personal photographer
- bring flower bouquets and/or wear flowers
- use our powder rooms so you won’t be seen before the ceremony
- provide your own music
- be walked down the aisle and be “given away”
- have a flower girl and ring bearer
- exchange rings or jewellery
- theme your outfits (and that of your guests).
On the day of your ceremony
To make sure your wedding is the day you hoped for, it’s important to know what to expect.
We have a few tips to help you be ready and to make sure your big day runs smoothly.
Witnesses
You must have at least 2 guests at your wedding to witness the ceremony and sign the marriage certificate. Your witnesses can be family or friends and do not need to be Australian citizens.
They need to:
- be 18 or older
- speak and understand English
- be at the entire ceremony.
We cannot supply witnesses for you.
An interpreter
If you or your partner do not speak or understand English, you will need to bring along an interpreter to the ceremony.
An interpreter can be either:
or
- someone who understands and speaks both languages and is not one of the people getting married or one of the witnesses.
Your celebrant will ask them to sign a statutory declaration of their ability to interpret on the day of your ceremony.
Arrive at the Brisbane registry at least 15 minutes before the start of your ceremony time with your 2 witnesses, any additional guests and an interpreter, if required.
The ceremony will take about 15 minutes and you will have the room for 30 minutes only—unless you have organised a back-to-back booking with us.
It’s very important that you arrive on time as we marry up to 10 couples on a weekday and up to 13 couples on Saturdays.
Before your ceremony your celebrant will:
- meet with you both separately to sign the declaration of no legal impediment
- confirm who your witnesses are for the ceremony
- confirm how you would like to be announced to your guests—for example, ‘husband and wife’.
During the ceremony:
- your celebrant will say certain words which are required by law to make the marriage legal
- you will both exchange your vows
- you may exchange rings
- both of you, along with your celebrant and 2 witnesses will sign the ceremonial certificate and official certificate of marriage. You will receive your ceremonial certificate on the day.
After the ceremony:
- you will have time to take photos with your family and friends
- your celebrant will print your official marriage certificate and let you know how much longer you have in the room.
Make sure you and your guests arrive on time—share how to find our ceremony venue.
Planning your ceremony
Meet our celebrants
Visit our venue
Not ready to book your interview appointment, but have questions? Visit our venue, book into one of our ceremony room viewings first so that you have had a chance to see our beautiful rooms and to talk to a celebrant.