The matter of taking a passport photo can be tricky enough for adults \u2013 never mind for children! It\u2019s especially difficult when the child is too young to understand the process and therefore liable to become agitated by it. This, of course, can mean tears. As most mums and dad know, it\u2019s easier to manage a child\u2019s emotions when they have a dummy in their mouth to soothe them. The question is: is your son or daughter allowed a dummy on their passport photo? Let\u2019s take a look at what you need to know.<\/p>\n
Are dummies allowed?<\/p>\n
No, unfortunately. The passport guidelines make it clear that children must not be sucking on a dummy on their passport photo. This means that the picture will be rejected if you choose to go down this path. You also can\u2019t use other tools that have been known to relax children, such as toys like rattles.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the reasoning?<\/p>\n
The passport office is aware that it can be difficult for parents to obtain adequate passport-style pictures of their child and, due to this, they have made some exceptions from the adult guidelines. However, dummies can\u2019t be permitted because they will obstruct the child\u2019s face and make it difficult for a border official to adequately ascertain their identity.<\/p>\n
What are the exceptions?<\/p>\n
First of all, your child won\u2019t have to have a neutral expression or be looking at the camera on their passport photo. In fact, babies under one don\u2019t even need to have their eyes open. Lastly, you can lay your baby on a clear sheet for the picture, which differs from the adult rules which stress that people must be stood in front of a clear background on their passport picture.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t suffer alone<\/p>\n
It\u2019s understandable that mums and dads might struggle when it comes to taking their child\u2019s passport photo. This doesn\u2019t mean that you should suffer alone. Paspic is here to help, with a team qualified to look over your son or daughter\u2019s passport picture to give you peace of mind that it\u2019s appropriate and won\u2019t be rejected when you submit the passport application.<\/p>\n
The matter of taking a passport photo can be tricky enough for adults \u2013 never mind for children! It\u2019s especially difficult when the child is too young to understand the process and therefore liable to become agitated by it. This, of course, can mean tears. As most mums and dad know, it\u2019s easier to manage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":560,"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\/559"}],"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=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}