The following fees are effective 1 July 2025.
All prices shown below include GST (if payable and where applicable).
Additional fees apply for postage (see below).
Payment methods
BDM accepts:
- Credit or debit card (No AMEX or Diners Club)
- BPAY
- Bank cheque
- Money order
- Personal cheques
BDM does not accept:
- Cash
- International bank cheques
Make bank cheques and money orders payable to "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages".
Certificates and related services
| Product | Description and notes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Legal certificate | Fee for an original or replacement legal birth, death, marriage, change of name or single status certificate. | $57.50 |
| Birth certificate and commemorative certificate | Includes:
| From $93.30 |
| Deed Poll certificate | If you changed your name after October 1986, do not apply for a Deed Poll certificate. Instead, you need to apply for either a legal birth certificate (if born in Victoria) or a replacement change of name certificate (if born outside Victoria). | $57.50 |
| Change of name registration |
| $144.60 |
| Relationship registration | This fee:
A legal certificate is available for $57.50. | $258.90 |
| Revocation of a relationship | This fee:
A legal certificate is available for $57.50. | $87.10 |
| Alteration of record of sex in the Victorian birth register (person born in Victoria) | Includes alteration of sex registration and legal birth certificate. | $0* |
| Alteration of record of sex (person born outside Victoria) | Includes registration of a non-Victorian born person’s change of record of sex and recognised details certificate. | $0* |
| Addition of registrable information | Fee to add information to a Victorian birth record (e.g. father's details or same-sex parent's details). | $87.10 |
| Copy of the original registration document | - | $105.60 |
| Verification letter | A letter verifying the details of a birth, death or marriage. BDM may issue this letter where the applicant can't show eligibility for the legal certificate. The applicant must provide a legitimate need for the information. | $47.50 |
* Effective from 11 November 2025.
Read about refunds and fee waiver.
Postage
We send legal certificates by express post, for security.
All legal certificates are folded. This does not affect the certificate's validity as a legal document.
We send commemorative certificates by standard post. This is because they're not official identity documents.
Commemorative certificates will be sent to you in a protective cardboard mailing tube. This may not fit in all mailboxes.
Legal and commemorative certificates will arrive separately via Australia Post.
Postage within Australia
| Type of certificate | Postage and handling method | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Legal certificate | Express post | $10.40 |
Postage outside Australia
| Type of certificate | Postage and handling method | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Legal certificate | International express | $57.10 |
Go to Australia Post(opens in a new window) for product details.
Victorian Marriage Registry
Civil marriage ceremonies at Melbourne's Old Treasury Building.
Family history products and services
| Product | Description and notes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Historical certificate | Fee for an historical birth, marriage or death certificate. | $57.50 |
| Uncertified historical image | Fee for an uncertified image of an historical birth, marriage or death certificate. Note:
| $20.00 |
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