Visa Support Letter

Our Visa Support Letter Service is a simple, low cost way to legally lodge your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) and receive the Visa Support Letter that you may need for your Prospective Marriage Visa or Partner Visa application.

Most importantly, we don’t tie you into a specific date to be married on, because we understand you simply won’t be able to plan such a thing until your Visa has actually been granted. The wedding date can be added to your NOIM, legally and without issue, once your visa is granted. 

Couples who are applying for an Australian Prospective Marriage Visa or Partner Visa are most likely to require our Visa Support Service. We only provide legal marriage services, not Visa advice service. If you are ensure please speak to a Registered Migration Agent.  

A Visa Support Letter – or ‘Celebrant Letter’ or ‘Evidence of Notice Letter’ – is a letter produced for you by the Authorised Commonwealth Marriage Celebrant with whom you have legally lodged your Notice of Intended Marriage (or NOIM).

This letter provides you with the evidence you may need for your Prospective Marriage or Partner Visa application to prove that you have legally lodged your NOIM and intend to marry.

Yes.  Sometimes a Visa Support Letter is referred to as a ‘Celebrant Letter’ or an ‘Evidence of Notice Letter’ or a ‘Finance Visa Letter’.

These terms all refer to the same thing; a letter from an Authorised Commonwealth Marriage Celebrant confirming that you have legally lodged your Notice of Intended Marriage.

No. We cannot guarantee that your Partner Visa or Prospective Marriage Visa will be granted. That decision lies with the Department of Home Affairs only. 

We recommend you engage a Registered Migration Agent for Visa advice as we only provide Legal Marriage Services.

That depends on how long it takes you to return you Notice of Intended Marriage (or NOIM).

We use the information you provide in the online Booking Form to raise your NOIM and we’re committed to emailing your completed NOIM, with instructions on how to sign and return it to us, within two business days of you submitting your online legal information request.

And we’re committed to legally lodging your NOIM and emailing you a signed PDF copy of your Visa Support Letter within two business days of receiving your correctly signed NOIM.

Which means, if you’re prompt, it can around a week to receive your Letter.

Your Notice of Intended Marriage is the first of five mandatory legal documents that must be completed a minimum of one months (and a maximum of 18 months) BEFORE you are legally able to be married. 

So, if you legally lodge your NOIM on the 10th of August, you are legally able to marry on or after the 10th of September. If you lodge your NOIM on a date that has no equivalent in the following month, it moves to the next actual day. For example, if you lodge your NOIM on January 31st there is no February 31st, so you are legally able to marry on or after March 1st.

At Legals Only Weddings we’ll raise your NOIM for you within two business days of your of you submitting your legal information request. Then we’ll email you your completed NOIM, along with simple instruction on how to sign it and return it to us. You will be able to do this using just your phone, no postage required, from anywhere in the world.

When we receive the correctly signed form back into our inbox we’ll legally lodge it within two business days of receipt. Which means – depending on how quick you are to return the signed NOIM – it can around a week to raise, legally lodge it and send you your Visa Support Letter.

No. It is possible for one or both of you to be living abroad and still legally lodge your NOIM via email.

Absolutely. If you book a Visa Support Service with us and then choose another celebrant to actually marry you, we’ll transfer your NOIM to them completely free of charge.

Section 42A(6) of the Marriage Act (1961) expressly permits the transfer of a NOIM to another celebrant “for any reason” and confers the authority to marry the couple to the new celebrant in possession of the NOIM.

Although we do offer you a $100 discount on a Legals Only Marriage with us, should you choose to book, once your visa is granted. We’ll email you your unique code after you’ve received your Visa Support Letter – it’s up to you if you choose to use it or not.

No. Our team is made up of Authorised Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants. We can legally provide marriage services. If you require Visa advice we recommend you speak to a Registered Migration Agent. 

Simply type the code into the relevant field on the payment page and the amount will be automatically deducted from your total.

Yes. Please email us at admin@legalsonlyweddings.com.au with the subject RE: Migration Agent Referral Code Request.