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Online Passport - photos

  • 31-05-2021 12:30am
    #1
    Button_y
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭


    I have been trying to upload passport photos to dfa for online renewal. I have taken passport photos for friends and family for years but the checks seem to have changed :confused:

    Does anyone know if you can no longer use dslr? This is what is on dfa
    Use a device like a smartphone, iPad or computer that takes digital photos. You’ll need someone to help you take the photo.
    You cannot take a selfie
    Do not use the zoom function on a digital camera or smartphone

    First photo I uploaded, went through but gave me a warning about the background, any subsequent photo even the first fails after this. I put it down to conversion from raw to jpeg. It appears somehow the device I am using gets flagged. Tried my phone, random photo got through to the 2nd step with warnings about the photo as expected. Uploaded one from dslr on phone it went through again to warnings but after this any further photos get blocked. Plan on taking some tomorrow with my phone although it appears to be flagged now and any photo doesn't get to the 2nd stage of checking :mad:


Comments

  • #2
    fdevine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭fdevine


    In my experience photos you upload can't be filtered or converted as it's flagged as being "altered"

    Took me a while last year to get photos accepted


  • #3
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    my wife used some random passport photo app from the app store to take the photos for the kids and using the settings for irish passports (which are different to other countries) that worked out fine and both were accepted.


  • #4
    Button_y
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Button_y


    Thanks, I guess I will take them with a phone.

    Will have to try a different as seems any photo fails after first attempt at uploading an "altered" photo. Bit crazy as the quality is far better than what I took on my phone.


  • #5
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    I go to a chemist shop that does passport photos. But, instead of giving me a hard copy, I ask them to email the photo to me.

    Download the photo and use it when making your passport application.

    The people in those pharmacies know what the passport office require and there will be no hassle.


  • #6
    Shiny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    Also found the altering of the photo (I was only cropping) was a problem. In the end it was an old IPhone unaltered photo, white background, fill flash with plenty of room around the subject.

    2 day turnaround time!!!


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  • #7
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,418 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Now this was for a UK passport, not an Irish one, but after cropping and slightly darkening the photo, I used an EXIF editor to remove the reference to Adobe Photoshop in the EXIF "Software" field and it was accepted no problem.


  • #8
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,112 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    I'd just go to one of those approved photo kiosks, they give you a code which you use online when applying and that transfers the photo, no messing around, no errors with rejected photos.


  • #9
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,151 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I'd just go to one of those approved photo kiosks, they give you a code which you use online when applying and that transfers the photo, no messing around, no errors with rejected photos.

    Funnily enough a few years ago the system didn’t accept my photo kiosk pic (using the online code). Was “approved” at kiosk but not accepted by passport office

    Wife got an app and took a pic using that. No problems with that one (and have used it since)


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