Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Passport/visa and other official photos if available photo requirements for Australia

The general guidelines for the passport photo requirements for Australia are stated by the Department of Federal State and Affairs. These are the strict rules and specifications that ought to be applied by the entrants onto their respective photos for passport application. The entrants get so obsessed with the passport processing procedures that they ignore the staple fact that bad photographs are the most common reason for rejecting your passport application. The facial recognition technology used for detection of Australian passports prevents from potential identity frauds. So if you do not have a photo with recommended requirements as stated below, your passport will not be acceptable.
The basic available photo requirements for Australian passport photos are enlisted and briefed down for you ease and understanding:

1. The most usual and recommended is that the entrant’s photo must be in high resolution and quality photographic paper with color gloss prints and must not be older than 6 months.

2 .No any marks in the face or any red eye. Normal lighting and no shadows at all with a clearly focused image shall be presented.

3. A plain white background that contrasts with entrant’s face or with light grey background equally acceptable.

4. The photo dimensions must be at least 45 mm (4.5 cm) height and 35 mm (3.5 cm) width. And from top of head to chin, it should be 32 mm to 36 mm. If bigger photos, no trimming is allowed.

5. Entrant must show a naturally neutral facial expression with closed mouth, eyes looking directly at camera lens and face not tilted in any direction.

6. If you have multiple photos to process than each must be identical to another along with no obscurity in facial features.

7. People with daily religious attires, wearable, glasses or facial jewelry can take photos along with them. Though these items must not obscure any part of eyes, mouth, ears or nose. The thick glass frames or tinted wear glasses creating reflections or such any feature are not acceptable.

8. For babies and children under 3 years old, an open mouth is acceptable but all other requirements must be met and no any other object or second person can appear in it.

9. For people creating new passports for Australia, the government asks for an endorsement made by a guarantor on behalf of the entrant’s any one application photos whereas a renewal application for passports doesn’t need it.

By any serious medical conditions, if you are unable to meet the photo requirements then there is a different form named B11 to fill up available in governmental site.
Officially the Australian Passport Offices doesn’t endorse any type of photo outlets or providers online or offline for these requirements check. So it’s better to opt for an experienced photographer in passports’ photos. Or the other recommended option for you is to try a DIY (Do It Yourself) or an even better option is to go for this trending awesome mobile app “Passport Photo ID Maker Studio” available in Play Store.

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