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IPU-Review-APRIL-2017
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BUSINESS<br />
Online Passport Application<br />
– Photographers Guidelines<br />
The Passport Service values<br />
the role pharmacies play in<br />
providing passport photos<br />
to citizens who are applying<br />
for a passport. As a reliable<br />
photo provider, you are<br />
a key partner in ensuring<br />
that photos provided to<br />
the Passport Service are<br />
of the highest standard<br />
and meet our very specific<br />
guidelines. It is a relationship<br />
we value and one we wish<br />
to see continue as we<br />
now introduce the Online<br />
Passport Application.<br />
Application<br />
S GUIDELINES<br />
adult Irish passport holders to apply for their passport<br />
o renew their passport.<br />
e differences between taking photos for the existing<br />
on, which requires a file in digital format.<br />
YOUR CUSTOMERS NEED:<br />
the new Online Passport Application, you should<br />
ital photo for Online Passport Application.<br />
e the existing postal channels will need a paper<br />
t Online Passport Application can automatically crop<br />
han<br />
The Passport<br />
Service<br />
introduced the<br />
Online Passport<br />
Application on<br />
30 March for adult renewal<br />
passport applicants. People<br />
can use this service by going<br />
to www.dfa.ie via their PC,<br />
tablets or mobile phones. It<br />
will be convenient, secure<br />
and it will offer faster, more<br />
predictable turnaround times<br />
for our applicants. Though<br />
this more streamlined service<br />
will mean no more printed<br />
photographs, the Passport<br />
Service will still rely on you,<br />
as a valued passport photo<br />
provider, to produce digital<br />
images for customers<br />
wishing to apply for their<br />
passport online.<br />
When taking a digital<br />
photograph for the Online<br />
Passport Application, please<br />
follow these instructions:<br />
n Don’t go too close<br />
around the head or crop<br />
the image too tightly;<br />
n Don’t go too far back,<br />
about mid torso is<br />
too far;<br />
n A colour photograph<br />
is required;<br />
n The digital photo<br />
provided for upload<br />
cannot be less than 715<br />
pixels wide and 951<br />
pixels high; and<br />
n Provide a digital photo<br />
in a JPEG format to<br />
the customer for<br />
uploading to their<br />
online application.<br />
The Online Passport<br />
Application will not accept<br />
files larger than 9MB.<br />
By following the guidelines<br />
above, you will be able to<br />
produce a digital image<br />
required for the Online<br />
Passport Application.<br />
Printed photos will still be<br />
required for children, firsttime<br />
applicants and adults<br />
wishing to use the existing<br />
Passport Express service. The<br />
guidelines for printed photos<br />
remain the same. You can<br />
inform your customers of<br />
the different options so they<br />
can decide which type of<br />
photograph they need.<br />
We look forward to our<br />
continued partnership with<br />
pharmacies in providing<br />
passport photos to our<br />
customers. The Passport<br />
Service is keen to ensure that<br />
this new service is a success,<br />
and with your continued help,<br />
we will be able to provide our<br />
citizens with a faster, more<br />
convenient and secure way<br />
to get their passport.<br />
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