Passports

1. Background – Royal Blue.
2. Recent Photo (photo should have been taken within the last 6 months)
3. Photograph should be printed on good quality photo paper with matte finish
4. Size – 4.5 cm. (height) X 3.5 cm (width)
5. Pose – image of the applicant is 70-80% of the photograph
6. straight frontal shot (no titling of head)
7. “medium” smile is allowed
8. collared shirt / decent attire
9. both ears visible 
10. prescription eye-glasses allowed, provided there is no glare 
11. head scarf / veil for religious or health reasons allowed
12. Cropping- there should be at least 8mm to 10mm space at the top of the photo between the edge of the photo and the crown/head of the person, to allow for cropping of the photo.
13. Photos can be rejected for the following reasons :

• Distorted image – head is tilted or smile is too wide
• Women – excessive make-up, earrings
• Men – wearing make-up and earrings
• Colored contact lenses
• Use of headgear other than scarf/veil for religious or health reasons
• Use of dark eyeglasses / shades
• Photos with “red-eye” effect
• Dirty photos / poor quality photo (washed out image / unnatural skin tone)
• Digitally altered / graphically taken photos (squares or pixels appear on photo)
• Blurred photo
• Wrong color background
• Applicant does not look directly to the camera (exception: applicant has a medical/physical condition)