Hi I'm struggling to get a cream or light grey background in trang! I can get white but the uk guidelines are cream or light grey! Has anyone got away with a baby's passport being white?!

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If it needs to be done, PM me a link to it and I'll Photoshop it for you.

From the very young to the very old the background colour must be cream or light grey regardless. Easier said than done in practice, of course, in LOS where blue and white backgrounds are all the rage

It really shouldn't be that difficult. I was able to get a grey back round on my sons photos and I live in the ass end of nowhere. It's just a case of the shop changing the colour in photoshop.

If it needs to be done, PM me a link to it and I'll Photoshop it for you.

Not advisable as it causes probs that aren't noticed until the passport is processed in UK, leading to delays while new photos are sent or the application being rejected & returned to sender. A normal application takes around 28 days door to door. If the photos have been tampered with as described you can add a further 6 weeks.

HTH

Edited November 21, 201312 yr by evadgib

If it needs to be done, PM me a link to it and I'll Photoshop it for you.

Not advisable as it causes probs that aren't noticed until the passport is processed in UK, leading to delays while new photos are sent or the application being rejected & returned to sender. A normal application takes around 28 days door to door. If the photos have been tampered with as described you can add a further 6 weeks.

HTH

Equally applicable to photos with the background colour "doctored" by the professional photographer who took them, presumably - thus reinforcing my view that it is, in practice, well nigh impossible to obtain photos complying with HMPO's stringent criteria here in Thailand. When I renewed my passport earlier this year I enclosed 9-month-old photos I'd had taken during a previous trip to the UK - with no problem, thank goodness. At the time I was seriously worried that HK might perform some forensic test on them, which would have determined their true age (i.e. that that they were more than a month old and thus in violation of HMPO's maximum age requirement)!

Edited November 22, 201312 yr by OJAS

If it needs to be done, PM me a link to it and I'll Photoshop it for you.

Not advisable as it causes probs that aren't noticed until the passport is processed in UK, leading to delays while new photos are sent or the application being rejected & returned to sender. A normal application takes around 28 days door to door. If the photos have been tampered with as described you can add a further 6 weeks.

HTH

Equally applicable to photos with the background colour "doctored" by the professional photographer who took them, presumably - thus reinforcing my view that it is, in practice, well nigh impossible to obtain photos complying with HMPO's stringent criteria here in Thailand. When I renewed my passport earlier this year I enclosed 9-month-old photos I'd had taken during a previous trip to the UK - with no problem, thank goodness. At the time I was seriously worried that HK might perform some forensic test on them, which would have determined their true age (i.e. that that they were more than a month old and thus in violation of HMPO's maximum age requirement)!

While I understand HMPO's position re 'recent' photos the irony of an eleven year old image being internationally acceptable in an about to expire ten year and nine month passport while a photo that is a month or two older than currently allowed for a new passport hasn't escaped me:)

Back on Topic: No photoshopping / professional tampering & no date on the back will reduce the risk of any probs for the OP.