If you’re getting ready to get your passport for the first time, or update an older one, you might have read a lot about how finicky officials can get when determining whether a photo passes muster or not. Nothing’s worse than having a photo bounced back for some minor error when your trip’s only a week away. You’re going to want to make sure you’re getting yours handled properly, vetted for quality, and edited appropriately, for these reasons and more:
1) Photo booth passport photos often fail inspection
This might come as a surprise, since these photo booths are, after all, marketed for passport photos. But it’s a sad truth that many photos from these booths fail to pass inspection for any number of reasons: lighting, distance, angles, haircuts and expressions — the list goes on and on.
2) Faster fixes
Passport photo inspection isn’t typically lightning fast, which means that if you do end up sending a photo that can’t pass muster, you might be finding out about it far too late to salvage your trip. By working with a third party that knows what’s going to get your photos rejected and commits to helping you resolve those issues as soon as possible, you make it far more likely that everything’s in place by the time you’re supposed to be leaving the country.
3) Kid passport pictures can be tricky
You think getting your passport photos done in a booth was difficult? Wait until you have to get a picture of a baby or toddler looking directly at the camera, without an expression, without a pacifier, and without anyone else in the frame. It can be a real nightmare, and a lot of parents go through failed photo after failed photo before they manage one that clears. With the help of PasPic, you’ll be able to take your time getting exactly the right photo, then have it properly vetted by experienced personnel in a timely manner.
So skip the booth and pass on going 100% DIY, just this once. Some things are far easier with a bit of help, and passport photos are one of them.
