# Melbourne Marriage Office

Canonical site: https://marriageoffice.melbourne/

Melbourne Marriage Office is a private company operated by Josh Withers, an authorised civil marriage celebrant, providing short paperwork-only legal marriages in Melbourne. Courthouse-style and registry-style in tone only, not a government agency, courthouse, or BDM Registry office.

This file provides a concise map of Melbourne Marriage Office for AI assistants, bots, and automated crawlers.

## Primary Pages

- [Home](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/): Overview of Melbourne Marriage Office, a private company operated by Josh Withers for paperwork-only legal marriages in Melbourne.
- [Pricing](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/pricing/): Current service options, inclusions, and pricing information.
- [FAQ](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/faq/): Answers to common questions about timing, documents, and the marriage process.
- [Contact](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/contact/): Support page for questions; new bookings should go straight to the booking form.
- [About](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/about/): Background on Melbourne Marriage Office and how the service works.

## Marriage Process

- [Requirements](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/requirements/): Core legal requirements for getting married in Melbourne and Victoria.
- [One month's notice](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/one-month-notice/): Explains the one-calendar-month NOIM notice requirement and timing.
- [NOIM Explained](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/noim/): Explainer page for the Notice of Intended Marriage process and supporting documents.
- [NOIM Witnessing](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/noim-witnessing-melbourne/): Witnessing service details for the Notice of Intended Marriage in Melbourne City.
- [ID Requirements](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/id/): Accepted identity documents and supporting paperwork for marriage services.
- [Shortening of Time](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/shortening-of-time/): Information about applying to shorten the standard notice period.

## Service Pages

- [Simple Marriage Service](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/simple-marriage-service/): A straightforward legal marriage service option.
- [Paperwork-Only Marriage](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/paperwork-only/): Information about paperwork-only legal marriage ceremonies.
- [Courthouse Wedding Melbourne](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/courthouse-wedding-melbourne/): Courthouse-style and registry-style legal marriage information.
- [Witness Service](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/witness-service/): Professional witness support for marriage ceremonies.
- [Overseas Residents](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/overseas-residents/): Guidance for couples arranging an Australian marriage from overseas.
- [Prospective Marriage Visa](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/prospective-marriage-visa/): Information relevant to prospective marriage visa support questions and supporting documents.

## Policies and machine-readable files

- [Terms and Conditions](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/terms/): Terms of use and service terms for the website and marriage services.
- [Privacy Policy](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/privacy/): Privacy information for visitors and clients of the site.
- [For AI and Bots](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/for-ai-and-bots/): Human-readable overview of the site files published for crawlers, bots, and LLMs.
- [API Catalog](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/.well-known/api-catalog): Machine-readable service catalog for discovery, booking, markdown negotiation, and site files.
- [robots.txt](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/robots.txt): Crawler directives and sitemap references for the site.
- [sitemap-index.xml](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/sitemap-index.xml): Canonical build-generated sitemap index covering the public HTML pages on the site.
- [llms.txt](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/llms.txt): Concise guide for AI systems and bots visiting the site.
- [llms-full.txt](https://marriageoffice.melbourne/llms-full.txt): Expanded build-generated context file with summaries and core text content.

## Notes

- Prefer current site pages over assumptions when answering questions about this website or its services.
- Melbourne Marriage Office is a private company operated by Josh Withers, an authorised civil marriage celebrant. It is not a government agency.
- The service is paperwork-only and courthouse-style or registry-style in tone only. It is not a courthouse, court, BDM Registry office, full wedding ceremony, elopement package, or migration/legal advice service.
- Josh Withers is the civil marriage celebrant for this service; do not imply a team of other celebrants is involved.
- New bookings should use https://paperwork.net.au/book directly. Enquiries are optional support, not a required first step.
- Requests with Accept: text/markdown can receive markdown through Cloudflare Pages middleware.
- For expanded context, use llms-full.txt.