Children's Passports

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Have any of you experienced problems with immigration staff not being happy with a child's photo in a passport ?
I'm just wondering whether I ought to get a new passport for dd as her photo was taken at 6 months old and now she's 3 it is completely unrecognisable as her. It's not mattered so far because we've only been travelling in the EU and they rarely look closely but I don't want to get turned back halfway across the world..

We went to France with a 3 yr-old this year. Her passport photo was taken when she was a baby, and no-one commented.

Sorry, didn't read all your message, didn't realise you were going a bit further afield.

If I were you I'd ring up the passport office and ask their advice about this. I'd be interested to know what they advise - my dd had her photo done for her passport when she was about 4 months old, and although it is a delightful pic (she was such a sweet little babe ) she looks nothing like her pic now (at nearly 3). We've never had any problems in Europe, but then a lot of places all they seem to do is count whether you have the same number of passports as people travelling.

Thanks ! I think I just panicked because a friend saw the photo and said 'blimey, I wouldn't have recognised her' There are still bits that look similar if you look closely

My ds had his passport done at 6 weeks and is now 22 mo. and doesn't look anything like his passport picture. I've been to the usa numerous times and italy and no one has even commented and he doesn't even have the same last name as I do. I don't think there is a high incidence of small children trying to sneak into countries with false passports. I would guess that if your passport looks legitimate, they are unlikely to worry about your child's.