Rabu, 17 Juli 2013

Top Tips To Ensure Your Passport Photos Are Accepted First Time

By David Hawkin


You may feel daunted having your passport photograph taken. Don't be! This simple guide should ensure you don't encounter any pitfalls thus enabling a seamless vacation. Different countries have different demands, here are the US State Department's specifications.

Each passport application requires two identical passport pictures.

Passport photos have to be printed on special photo-quality paper.

You should have color Passport photos.

Your passport photos should have been taken within the last six months.

You are required to provide passport pictures that are 50mm x 50mm in dimension.

You should be able to see an unobstructed view of your face. It is best if you wear day to day clothing without baseball cap, hat or sunglasses. The picture must be taken against a solid white or grey background. Your pose should be neutral making sure your mouth is closed looking forward with eyes wide open. The resulting picture should be in focus or it will not be allowed.

Your head should make up about 50% of the total photo area and should measure between 1 -1 3/8" from chin to crown. It should be in the center of the picture level and not looking off to the left of right.

It is possible to wear a hat or headgear on grounds of religious belief as long as your face is not obstructed.

Glasses may be worn but you should be able to see your eyes in the photograph it is not acceptable to have any flash or flare from your spectacles.

If for medical reasons you wear tinted spectacles then you will be allowed to have them on in your pictures. It is possible however that you will be required to provide written proof from your Dr if asked.

Wearing a uniform in your passport picture is actively discouraged however you can for religious reasons.

Having pictures taken of your little ones is not always the easiest proposition visiting a studio can make the whole process much smoother. Parents or relatives should not appear in the photos, props and supporting aids must also be hidden.

Obtaining a copy of a photo from your driving license is not allowed. Digitally manipulating your photos using computer software will result in them being rejected.

Copying your photo from a magazine or book is not allowed. Pictures taken at a photo booth will generally not comply with the requirements. A regular holiday snap from your photo album will not be acceptable.

If you have the technical know-how to produce your own passport pictures you can take them on a digital camera. However you must be able to take the passport photos at 1 mega pixel resolution or more. When it comes to printing the pictures take them to a commercial processing lab unless you have superior printing facilities the photos will be rejected.




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