New Born Passport Size photo

ciitronian

Hi All

I have a query for experts here. I want to apply Ireland dependent visa for my family (living outside EU) i have new born baby (3 weeks of age). So for irish visa application i need to take passport size photo of my born child. I needed to know that whether the closed eyes passport size photos will be acceptable for Irish dependent visa? . I have gone through all passport size photo requirements for irish visa but there is nothing mentioned whether the closed eyes passport size photos for Infants child will be acceptable or not.... So can anyone help me on this?

Thanks

Regards

seamus

The exact same requirements for a passport photo apply to newborns as they do to adults - eyes open, plain background, looking at the camera, nobody else in the photo.

https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/top-passport-questions/photo-guidelines/

There are photo places that specialise in doing this if you have difficulty doing it yourself.

ciitronian

Yea i know but its very difficult to apply same Adults requirements on new born, Newborn mostly sleeps if awaken they cant even see towards camera etc... I have gone through UK Baby Passport Photos on this link

'' kodakexpresscamden.com/Passport-Baby.html ''

They have mentioned that ''For UK Baby Passport Photos under the age of 6 months, the baby does not have to have their eyes open. However there should be no supporting hands should be visible.''

I am not sure whether ireland does follow this policy or not......

coylemj

The link that Seamus gave you above contains this guidance for infants, there is no stated exception to the rule about eyes open, if there was it would be stated there so you may take it that the same rule applies as for adults......

Infants

Infants or very young children who can’t support themselves should be photographed lying down on a plain, white surface.

No one else should appear in the photo, so make sure that hands or arms used to support the child are not visible.

Carawaystick

ciitronian wrote: »

Yea i know but its very difficult to apply same Adults requirements on new born, Newborn mostly sleeps if awaken they cant even see towards camera etc... I have gone through UK Baby Passport Photos on this link

The child doesn't have to look at the camera, but they must have their eyes open.
Place them on a light plain duvet or blanket and take a load of photos. Print them as Black and White, that covers a load of defects in the photo.

Boater123

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Infants

Infants or very young children who can’t support themselves should be photographed lying down on a plain, white surface.

No one else should appear in the photo, so make sure that hands or arms used to support the child are not visible.[/QUOTE]

I wish I had known that years ago when there was no such thing as digital cameras.

I felt like a right gobsh*te sitting in a photo booth in the local shopping centre with a white sheet over my head holding my eldest who was about 4 months at the time.

The curtains were open because my wife had to press the buttons, luckily no one knew it was me because of the sheet.

L1011

The regulations were different years ago, so you may still have had to dress up as a Scooby Doo ghost regardless.