Registry Office Weddings In Sydney
A registry office wedding in Sydney comes in three main varieties. There are official registry offices that you can book via the NSW Government website, there's private registry office style venues available to hire for your exclusive use and there are marriage celebrants with home offices & gardens where you can get married in an intimate and private setting.
Here's a directory of registry office wedding providers in Sydney.
Contents
Quick Facts
Sydney Registry Offices
Registry Office Alternatives
Quick Weddings
Registry Office Photographers
Sydney Registry Office Weddings - Quick Facts
Getting married at a Sydney Registry Office is quick, easy and affordable. Here's 10 quick facts to know when booking a registry office wedding in Sydney.
- There are two registry offices in Sydney located in Chippendale and Parramatta
- Celebrants offer quick, legally recognised marriages anywhere in Sydney
- Sydney Registry Office weddings cost $469 on weekdays and $584 on weekends
- Celebrants offer the cheapest wedding ceremonies in Sydney from $300
- The quickest you can get married in Sydney is 1 month from today
- For a quick wedding, celebrants offer more last-minute availability
- The Registry Office designates your officiant (if you want choice, book a celebrant)
- The Registry Office requires an interview before your wedding (celebrants don't)
- The easiest way to get married is via a celebrant - they do the paperwork for you
- Celebrants offer help with visa & other legal documentation
Alternative registry office style venues offer a highly personal location to get married, have photos and pop champagne.
Below you'll find information about the official registry offices in Sydney, alternative venues you can book for a registry office style wedding and celebrants who offer quick, cheap and easy weddings all around Sydney.
Sydney Registry Offices
Here's a list of the Sydney Registry Offices. The quoted fees include use of the public venue, an officiant and marriage certificate. To get married at either of these Sydney Registries you'll need to book an appointment for an interview at least one month before your wedding date.
1. Chippendale Registry Office
- 35 Regent Street, Chippendale NSW 2008
- Capacity: 11
- Availability: 9am - 4pm weekdays, 6pm - 8pm Friday, 9am - 5pm Saturday
- Cost: $469 - $584
2. Parramatta Registry Office
- 160 Marsden Street, Parramatta NSW 2150
- Capacity: 23
- Availability: 9am - 4pm weekdays, 9am - 5pm Saturday
- Cost: $469 - $584
Registry Office Alternatives
Want to get married somewhere a little more intimate and personal? Registry Office alternatives give you the freedom to tailor your small, quick and affordable wedding.
Lords Estate Chapel
- Location: 313 Seven Hills Rd, Seven Hills, NSW 2147
- Capacity: 2 - 100
- Availability: Daily 8am - 10pm
- Cost: $2,000 - $5,000
The private Lords Estate Chapel offers all-inclusive registry office style wedding packages with venue hire, celebrant, photographer, florals, champagne and wedding cake. You can also hire the chapel for your exclusive use without all the inclusions.
The chapel is located on the vast grounds of Lords Estate where you can have champagne and wedding cake or cheese platters in the gardens. The gardens offer lots of wedding photo opportunities including a romantic swing, rustic chapel walls, garden chandeliers, a parquet porch and the elegant Victorian backdrop of the estate's main residence.
Quick Weddings
A quickie wedding is very similar to a registry office wedding except you can choose your favourite location and pick your own celebrant. Quick weddings as an alternative to registries are more personal and fun.
These marriage celebrants perform quick & cheap Sydney registry wedding style ceremonies anywhere from the back of a taxi in the CBD to a booth in one of the city's groovy urban cafes. You can even take your no-fuss nuptials to the beach, a quiet park or one of the city's many intimate gardens. Some marriage celebrants offer a registry office in their homes and backyard gardens.
*Note you do not need to book a marriage celebrant if you're getting married at the Chippendale or Parramatta registry offices. You will need to book a marriage celebrant for any other venue that does not include an authorised marriage officiant (such as public parks and commercial premises).
Michael Janz
- Wedding Packages: Registry Office, legals only, simple ceremonies
- Ceremony Locations: Sydney CBD + 20km
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $795 (less for weekdays)
Michael offers simple, registry office style wedding ceremonies throughout the Sydney CBD and inner metropolitan area. He'll get you legally married quickly, intimately and without fuss at any Sydney beach, park, garden, cafe or anywhere else of your choosing.
Michael has a very warm and happy presence and makes everything feel very easy. He works seamlessly with couples of all backgrounds and is happy to assist with paperwork for visa applications or other government documentation.
Meggan Brummer Weddings
- Weddings Packages: Registry Office Weddings & Elopements
- Ceremony Locations: Sydney's Northern Beaches
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $897+
If you're considering a no fuss wedding at the registry office but still want your ceremony to be highly personal, Meggan Brummer offers an ideal option. She's an internationally published writer with 20+ years experience and knows how to craft your personal journey into a little ceremony that means the world to you.
Calm, charismatic and down to earth, Meggan will create a quietly fun and highly personal celebration that is as momentous as a large wedding, but without all the bells and whistles.
Zoe Sabados
- Wedding Packages: Registry Office Weddings
- Ceremony Locations: Sydney Metro + 20km
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $675+gst
Zoe is an upbeat and fun marriage celebrant who offers a quickie wedding package called 'The F-Bomb' which includes a 10 minute Registry Office style wedding ceremony. You can choose your preferred location anywhere in Sydney from gardens or balconies to a bowling alley or bar. A vow writing guide is included in the package should you wish to personalise your promises.
Zoe brings an infectious sense of fun that livens up your typical registry office wedding. You get a vibrant, colourful ceremony with simple, no fuss nuptials.
Mick Goldie
- Wedding Packages: Registry Office Weddings & Elopements
- Ceremony Locations: Sydney CBD + 40km
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $500 (2023 weddings)
Mick Goldie is a newly authorised marriage celebrant in Sydney who offers cheaper wedding ceremonies than the registry office. His packages for 2022 weddings start at $300 and include the Sydney location of your choice, a simple ceremony and all legal paperwork.
Sydney Registry Office Photographers
Several Sydney wedding photographers offer packages for registry office weddings. Depending on the number of hours included with the package, you can include any of; getting ready, first look, pre-wedding portraits, ceremony, family photos, post-wedding photo session and a few shots of a cake cutting if you're having one.
Mr Wigley Photography
- Location: Sydney NSW
- Service Area: Sydney + 150km
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $1,499
Mr Wigley is a Sydney photo studio run by award winning photographer Daz. He offers half day wedding photography packages at $1,499 for registry office weddings in Sydney. You get all high resolution wedding photos from your ceremony and photo shoot afterwards to share online and print.
Jason Corroto Photo
- Location: Northern Beaches, NSW
- Service Area: Sydney + 100km
- Availability: 7 Days
- Cost: $3,400+
Jason Corroto is a professional Sydney wedding photographer who's images are regularly published in Australia's top wedding magazines. Jason usually works with larger budget weddings, but if photography is important to you he'll happily take on couples who value the quality of his work.
Jason produced highly romantic and emotive wedding portraiture. Deeply connected couples inspire his work. When you pitch your registry office wedding to Jason, let him know you are prioritising photography over other expenses on your day.
About Registry Office Weddings
A registry office wedding doesn't have to be at the actual Registry Office. The above wedding vendors allow you to plan a quick, easy and affordable wedding that's intimate, personal and fun. Still thinking of a registry wedding? Here's how to get married at the Sydney Registry Office.
How to apply at the Sydney Registry Office
- Make sure you fit the eligibility requirements
- Lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage
- Complete a Registry Marriage & Certificate Application
- Collect your passport, death and/or divorce papers
- Book a pre-wedding appointment at your preferred location
At your wedding appointment you'll be asked to confirm the details on you NOIM form including the date and time of your wedding. You'll then be asked to make payment of between $469 - $584 depending on your chosen wedding day and time of service.
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