Baby passport picture with own phone

Rules for babies/children

Photos of babies and children

Children must be on their own in the picture. Babies must not be holding toys or using dummies.

Children under 6 do not have to be looking directly at the camera or have a plain expression.

Children under one do not have to have their eyes open. You can support their head with your hand, but your hand must not be visible in the photo.

Children under one should lie on a plain light-coloured sheet. Take the photo from above.

We did it recently (4 weeks ago) for our now 7 week old online. Took maybe 30 pics before finally getting one accepted- but she's not looking directly at camera.

Got the passport back last week.

My husband's passport photo was rejected a couple of times before they accepted it. Assuming you do the online application, they just bounce the application back to you and you supply a new one, it's not a huge fuss.

Yeah, you just do a new picture if that one gets rejected

We got good but it was still rejected. I just paid for it to be done.

They are extremely strict on things like the head filling 75% of the photo space (or something) but it's much easier to get it right than it used to be. I had dd's second ppt photo rejected twice when she was 6 (done by professional ppt photographer) Just done next one on my own phone and it was accepted straightaway.

You put your passport number on the application. You don't send your passport.

No they don't need it. Just the full birth certificate is required

I did my son's passport on line (he was 15 though). I took his photo on my phone and if it's not good enough, I seem to think it tells you straight away. I did eventually get a good enough pic to use, maybe took 4 or 5 go's.

Make sure it's a plain sheet without any tint or colour. I took my own photo for my passport this year and it was rejected twice. The automated message said it wasn't light enough. Thankfully I had a phone call within a minute of submitting the second version from a very helpful chap at the passport office telling me it was the colour (v. slightly green tinged) of the wall behind me that wasn't neutral enough. He must have had my renewal in his work queue. Replaced the wall with a sheet of white card and it passed straight away.

Yeah we used the Fair photo couldn't get into the green zone