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Under The Marriage Act 1961 Australia

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Under the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth), a marriage celebrated overseas is recognised in Australia dependent of certain basic conditions. Firstly, your marriage must have been legally recognised by the local Irish law at the time it was celebrated. Secondly, your marriage must not be a prohibited relationship under the Australian law, which includes marriage to an underage person or mentally incapable of consent, marriage between siblings or direct family descendants, and in cases of marriage consent obtained by duress or fraud. Moreover, you will be required to prove that either you or your wife are Australian citizens, domicile in Australia on a permanent basis, or ordinarily reside in Australia for a year immediately to the filing of the application.

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