Photograph Quality
The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-45 mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70- 80% of the photograph
- in sharp focus and clear
of high quality with no ink marks or creases - show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
Glasses and head covers
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames — wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes
In brief:
| If the face is too close | Χ |
| If the face is too far away | Χ |
| Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70- 80% of the photograph | √ |
| If the focus is blurred | Χ |
| If the ink marked on the photo or creased | Χ |
| If the posture is portrait style (not facing straight to the camera) | Χ |
| If your eyes are tilted | Χ |
| facing straight to the camera | √ |
| If you wear glasses and they have dark tinted lenses | Χ |
| Flash reflection on lenses | Χ |
| the glasses must be clear and the eyes can be seen through the glasses | √ |
| If you wear glasses and the frame of the glasses is too heavy | Χ |
| Frames covering your eyes | Χ |
| Regarding the lighting, shadows behind head in the photograph | Χ |
| Shadows across face | Χ |
| Clear and plain background | √ |
| For the under-age child:The photo must not show another person (behind or beside the child) | Χ |
| Mouth open wide and toy too close to face | Χ |
| The child should be alone in the photograph. | √ |
The applicants are strongly urged to follow these guidelines for photograph.
(The visa applicants should follow the same guidelines as well).
