Every single person needs a passport if they\u2019re to enter or leave the country \u2013 even those who are just a few days old! This means that you\u2019ll need to get a baby passport photo to support your child\u2019s passport application. While it\u2019s quite possible that over the years you will have mastered the skill of taking your own passport photo, you might be at a loss with where to start when it comes to your son\u2019s or daughter\u2019s. Your first question will probably be: can my baby sit on my lap for their passport photo? Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n
Is it allowed?<\/p>\n
It would, admittedly, be much easier for mums and dads to sit their baby on their laps when taking a child\u2019s passport photo. Unfortunately this isn\u2019t allowed. The guidelines are clear that \u2018children must be on their own in the picture\u2019. Of course, if your child is sat on your lap then your body will be visible on the photo. Instead, you should have your baby lie on a plain light-coloured sheet for the picture.<\/p>\n
What can you do?<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry, you can actually offer your baby a degree of support to ensure that it\u2019s possible to take a satisfactory picture. The guidelines outline that \u2018you can support their head with your hand, but your hand must not be visible in the photo\u2019. This should hopefully make the process run a little smoother.<\/p>\n
What else should you know?<\/p>\n
The rules aren\u2019t as stringent for babies as they are for adults. Take, for instance, the eyes. Whereas for adults you must hold a neutral expression and be looking directly at the camera, this isn\u2019t expected for children under one. Not only are they allowed to not be looking directly at the camera, but they can also have their eyes closed on the image.<\/p>\n
Good luck!<\/p>\n
It can be a bit of a struggle attaining satisfactory passport photo of your baby. Luckily, you don\u2019t have to meander through the experience alone. Paspic are here to help and can give you guidance on whether the photo meets all the guidelines if you send the image through to the team and take advantage of our service.<\/p>\n
Every single person needs a passport if they\u2019re to enter or leave the country \u2013 even those who are just a few days old! This means that you\u2019ll need to get a baby passport photo to support your child\u2019s passport application. While it\u2019s quite possible that over the years you will have mastered the skill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}