REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE OUTSIDE SRI LANKA
We assist you to register your marriage under the Sri Lanka Marriage Registration Ordinance of 1988.
To apply for registration of marriage, at least one party should be Sri Lankan OR dual citizen of Sri Lanka, and the application to register the marriage must be submitted by that same party.
Other conditions:
Witnesses accompanied should be 18 years of age or above. Witnesses signing for the Notice of Marriage could be the same or different from the witnesses of the registration of marriage.
Both parties should be eighteen (18) years of age or above as at their last birthday.
The parties should not have any kind of relationship prohibited in law.
No party should have entered into any legal marriage which is valid at the time.
The applicants should be living in Australia at least for 10 days at the time of submission of the marriage notice.
How to Apply
- Applying at the Melbourne counter: You can submit the Notice of Marriage ONLY by visiting us in person, after obtaining an appointment through their website slcgmel.org.
You can obtain an appointment on any working day between 9.30am -1.30pm. For public holiday closures please visit here.
You should inform to Melbourne office about the date & time that you are planning the Registration of Marriage at the time of submission of the Notice of Marriage.
You can submit application to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate at their counter.
Submitting application via post:
Registration of Marriage:
Notices received via post NOT accepted.
Application to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate could be submitted via post and applicants in South Australia can certify the application from our office.