

In order to lower the reject luck of your photo by your administration, please follow theses rules :
The equipment
- - Digital compact camera on tripod
- - Sensor resolution superior or equal to 1 million pixels
- - Apparatus at subject's eye level and to a distance of about 4 ft (1,2m)
- - Print on color photo paper with gloss finishing
The environment
- - Plain and neutral light matt background but not white (in front of an adequate door or wall)
- - No Shadow on the background else illuminate it
The accessories
- - Alone on the photo, neither toys nor other accessories
- - Glasses are tolerated but frames shouldn't hide the eyes
- - No reflection on the glasses --> try a slight upward or downward tilt of the head
- - No too thick frames
- - Dark glasses prohibited except with medical justification
- - No hat, cap, bonnet, headgear or other unless for religious purposes and not covering the face
- - Avoid wearing jewels
The position
- - Body and face to a full frontal position
- - Right and centered head
- - Hair released letting appear the both eyes, the nose and the mouth
- - Eyes open
- - Eyes looking at the camera
- - Closed mouth, natural expression without smile
- - Facial region size according to the local government requirements --> help you with our application for the framing
Photo quality
- - Balanced contrast and brightness
- - No blur
- - No shadow on the face
- - No glare on the skin due to the flash
- - No « red-eye » effect, the best being to employ a natural light source else use our corrector
- - No pixellation effect (not too much digital processing and don't compress too much the image)
Official requirements by countries
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Australia
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Canada
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Denmark
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Finland
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France : identity photo - visa photo
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Germany
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Ireland
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Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Singapore
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Switzerland
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UK
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USA

