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Applications 

BDM Counter Applications	Non urgent	Urgent
Birth / Death / Marriage Certificate Replacement Change of Name Family History Certificate	Next day (after 2:30pm)	Same day*

*Same day service applies to applications lodged in person before 1:30pm. The turnaround time for urgent applications is 3 hours.

Postal Applications	Non urgent	Urgent
Birth / Death / Marriage Certificate	3 weeks	2 working days*
Replacement Change of Name	3 weeks	2 working days*
Commemorative Birth / Marriage Certificate	4 weeks	2 working days*

*Our processing times shown above do not include delivery times via Australia Post.

Registrations

Times shown include certificate processing	Weeks
Birth	3
Marriage	3
Death	2
Amendments	2
Change of Name	5

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