Pay for marriage certificates

How to pay for your marriage certificate and payment methods.

Payment methods

  • Credit or debit card (Visa or MasterCard only)
  • BPAY
  • PayPal

How to pay

Each notification with a certificate order has two items in the submitted list – one for the notification (which will have 'Yes' under certificate requested?') and one for the certificate order. More information about the submitted list.

  1. From the Submitted list, tick the box next to the certificate(s) you wish to pay for.
  2. Select the Pay for certificate button below the list and follow the prompts.

You will receive a payment reference number at the end.

Pay for multiple certificates

  • Pay for certificates individually or in bulk
  • Payment for multiple certificates in one transaction generates one receipt number and one transaction number
  1. From the Submitted list locate the item
  2. Select the Payment reference number
  3. Select Print to download a printable PDF

Statements for payments made over a time period are not available.

Verify whether items are paid

Go to the Submitted list to check that BDM has received payment.

Next steps

After submitting a notification

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