Feeling Like a Passport Photo?
Do you need
a passport photo? If you do, then you may want to consider the section below when it
comes to getting your photo created for your passport application.
Some useful
website addresses for passport related photograph information:-
American Passports
Homepage
British Passports Homepage
Australian Passports Homepage
Canadian Passports Homepage
"Jetlag is God’s way of making you look like your passport photo!"
Good J
Bad L
So try to
make your photo look good to start with!
Photo Advice
The general
standards for most passport photos must be (please refer to your country’s
particular requirements if necessary):
- Identical
- Recent
(taken within the last month)
- 45 mm high x 35 millimetres
(mm) wide (please do not trim your photographs to meet this condition)
- Taken against an off-white,
cream or light grey plain background
so that your features are clearly distinguishable against the background
- Printed on low-gloss, plain white photo-quality paper
(with no watermarks, embossing or printing on the back)
- Undamaged
(eg. by creases from paperclips)
- Nothing but yourself visible in the picture
- A close-up of your Head and Shoulders
(so that your head, from the bottom of your chin to your crown is between
29mm and 34mm high
- No Writing on Front or Back (unless specifically stated)
The
photographs themselves must:
- Be Sharp, Clear and In-focus
- Have a strong definition
between the face and background
- Have no Shadows
- Forward
facing
- Neutral
expression, Mouth closed
- Eyes Open
(no sunglasses/heavily tinted glasses or hair across your eyes)
- Remove your Eye-glasses. It will be easier to
be accepted.
- Full Head (without any head
covering, unless it is worn for religious beliefs or medical reasons)
- Nothing covering your Face
Click for
advice for photo
professionals in the USA.
Click for
advice for photo
professionals in the UK.
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