australian photo guidelines

8/6/2019 Australian Photo Guidelines

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Your passport photosYou must provide two recent identical colour

photographs of yourself with your completed passport

application. One of these photographs must beendorsed by your guarantor with the words this is a

true photo of (insert name) unless you are submitting

an application for a passport renewal using form PC7.

Photographs must be no more than six months old.

Warning: Unacceptable photos will delay the

processing of your application.

The following guidelines will help you provide

suitable photographs, so that your application

is not delayed by having to submit new photographs

in the required format.

Max36mm

45mm-

50m

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35mm - 40mm

Min32mm


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pixelated

not looking at camera

hair across eyes/face eyes closed


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head tilted/portrait style

not a neutral expression

fash refection on skin red eye

The photograph must:show head and top o shoulders close up, so that>

the ace measures between 32mm and 36mm

rom the bottom o the chin to the crown (ie topo head without hair)

show your shoulders square on (not looking over>

shoulder)

show your ace square on (edges o ace visible)>

show you looking straight at the camera>

(not tilted head)


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be taken with a neutral expression and your>

mouth closed (not laughing or frowning)

show your eyes open and clearly visible,>(no hair in eyes).

Head coveringsThe photograph must show you without any hat

or other head covering.

too close too far away

too lighttoo dark

ink marked/creased


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However, if you wear a

head covering for religious

reasons we will accept aphotograph of you wearing

it, but your facial features

from bottom of chin to

top of forehead and both

edges of your face must

be clearly shown.

wearing a hat

sunglasses on head

face edges not visible

full face not visible


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refection on lenseslenses too dark

rames covering eyes

GlassesI you usually wear glasses, you do not have to wear

them or your passport photograph, but i you do:

they must show your eyes clearly>

no fash refection o the glasses>

no tinted lenses>

i possible avoid heavy ramed glasses>

rames should not cover any part o your eyes>

lighter ramed glasses are preerable (i possible).>

heavy rames


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Children and babiesshow the baby or child awake, looking>

straight at the camera with mouth closed

and no pacifer.show both edges o the ace clearly (no toys,>

blankets, chair backs or other people visible)

and no hair across the eyes.

parents hand visible

mouth open/ace covered

eyes closed looking away

dark background


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shows another person

hair across eye

shadows behind head

childs toy visible


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Cover image depicts artwork rom N Series Passport Commonwealth o Australia

Please saeguard your passportYour Australian passport is valuable. It proves your identity

and shows your Australian citizenship. When travellingoverseas, it is oten the only proo o identity that will

be accepted.

Remember to saeguard your passport at all times.

Please store it in the wallet provided to prevent damage.

Additional ees apply to replace lost or stolen passports.

Other brochures

Australian Passport>

Inormation Service

Children and parental>

consent

Client Service Charter>

Have you changed your>

name?

Lost or stolen passports>

Passport raud>

Processing times and>

priority service

Protecting your privacy>

Renewing your passport>

Review o decisions>

Your ePassport>

Australian

Passport office

A secure, efcient and responsive

passport service or Australia July 2010

Further inormationFor copies o these brochures and urther inormation about

passports, visit our website, www.passports.gov.au

or call 131 232 in Australia. I you are overseas, contactan Australian diplomatic or consular mission.

For travel advice and practical inormation to help you prepare

or sae overseas travel, go to www.smartraveller.gov.au

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