If you're applying for a passport, whether it is for the first time or as a renewal, your photos need to be suitable for passport application, and in most cases they may need to be certified. If you produce the right kind of photo the first time, your application is much less likely to be denied and therefore to give you difficulties.
What are the new rules for passports?
The photos you supply for your passports must be in colour, and not in black and white; they must also have been taken within the last month, in that they are current.
In your passport photo, you should be alone, not with anybody else. If the photos taken are for children, each child must be in the photos by him or herself and not holding any kind of toy.
Photo dimensions are to be exact as well, in that they have to be 45 mm high by 35 mm wide. If you have the passport photos taken in a photo booth or studio, this will be standard size, but make sure you don't trim a larger photo to meet these parameters.
Your passport photo taken must be in sharp focus, not blurry; your face should be clearly defined, distinctly visible and not blending in with the background.
A light grey or plain cream background is also required for your passport photos.
You should be facing the camera and looking straight at it, and the photo itself should be in good condition, not marked, creased, or torn. It should be printed on plain white photographic paper, with no shadows or extra embellishments.
The photo shouldn't have "red eye" difficulties, and your eyes should be open. If you wear glasses, there should be no glare on the glasses, and the frames shouldn't obscure your eyes.
Professionally taken photos
Passport photos should be professionally taken; in other words, you should not have them printed or take them at home. Passport photos taken at a photographer's studio are more than acceptable. Another great way of taking accepted photos is to go into a photo both.
If you normally wear head or face coverings of some sort, you must take these off so that your face and head are completely visible. (If you wear head coverings for religious or medical reasons, you may have these on in your photograph.)
The picture taken should also be taken in close proximity to your face and head, with about 29 to 34 mm between the bottom of your chin and the crown of your head.
The IPS is going to scan your photograph with passport photos, so you can't have writing on the front or the back unless the photo needs to be certified. Trademarks, etc., cannot be visible when the IPS scans the photo.
What are the new rules for passports?
The photos you supply for your passports must be in colour, and not in black and white; they must also have been taken within the last month, in that they are current.
In your passport photo, you should be alone, not with anybody else. If the photos taken are for children, each child must be in the photos by him or herself and not holding any kind of toy.
Photo dimensions are to be exact as well, in that they have to be 45 mm high by 35 mm wide. If you have the passport photos taken in a photo booth or studio, this will be standard size, but make sure you don't trim a larger photo to meet these parameters.
Your passport photo taken must be in sharp focus, not blurry; your face should be clearly defined, distinctly visible and not blending in with the background.
A light grey or plain cream background is also required for your passport photos.
You should be facing the camera and looking straight at it, and the photo itself should be in good condition, not marked, creased, or torn. It should be printed on plain white photographic paper, with no shadows or extra embellishments.
The photo shouldn't have "red eye" difficulties, and your eyes should be open. If you wear glasses, there should be no glare on the glasses, and the frames shouldn't obscure your eyes.
Professionally taken photos
Passport photos should be professionally taken; in other words, you should not have them printed or take them at home. Passport photos taken at a photographer's studio are more than acceptable. Another great way of taking accepted photos is to go into a photo both.
If you normally wear head or face coverings of some sort, you must take these off so that your face and head are completely visible. (If you wear head coverings for religious or medical reasons, you may have these on in your photograph.)
The picture taken should also be taken in close proximity to your face and head, with about 29 to 34 mm between the bottom of your chin and the crown of your head.
The IPS is going to scan your photograph with passport photos, so you can't have writing on the front or the back unless the photo needs to be certified. Trademarks, etc., cannot be visible when the IPS scans the photo.
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