Passports photos needed ?

miggiwoo

Am about to renew my passport and have filled in the forms.
My question is that how many people have renewed theirs without the need to send new photos ?
I personally think that my passport photo is still a good likeness of me.Question 10 on the renewal form says that unless you arent recognisable form your current photo then you have to have new photos.
I dont mind getting a new passport photo but am not too keen on paying my GP to confirm who I am.

Thanks

:money:

Voyager2002

Of course you have to send in new photos...

The issue is that if you have changed so much that you cannot be recognised from your old photos, you need to find a "pillar of the community" to countersign your application and endorse your photos. That can cost, particularly if you use your GP.

However, I think that most people don't change all that much in ten years. Personally I got a renewal at the beginning of this year; was pleased to find that for a routine renewal you no longer need to get your application counter-signed; sent off the new photos with the old passport and that was not an issue. (I had other problems, but that's another story...)

miggiwoo

Thanks very much for your reply.I understand it now.

I shall get my photos done and sent off.

DigForVictory

Get the photos done on a smartphone & take that to ASDA or Boots for cheap passport photo prints. None of this "wild-eyed glare in a box" shot nonsense.

As for who signs, what do your neighbours do for a living? As this list shows there are plenty of choices.

So if you were going to see your dentist anyway? Have any teachers in the family, children in school (teachers bribe easily with promises of interesting exotic things to decorate classrooms & inspire thinking, although duty free rarely hurts)? See a chiropedist? Work for a VAT registered company ('hey boss!')?

Read the list & think laterally. You'll save a bomb!

peachyprice

I sent my off last year without getting the photos signed, no probs at all. You could still tell it was me between the two pics, same colour hair etc., just 10 years older!

benjus

miggiwoo wrote: »

Question 10 on the renewal form says that unless you arent recognisable form your current photo then you have to have new photos.

That's not what it says.

You always need to have new photos. If the old and new photos are clearly the same person, you don't need to have the new ones countersigned. So if, as you say, the old photos are still a good likeness, you should be fine without having to get anyone to countersign.

My old passport photo was terrible, and when I renewed you couldn't tell I was the same person, so I had to get my renewal countersigned.

paulfarrugia

To be on the safe side, I would send in new ones. You don't want to arrive somewhere and have some over zealous immigration officer deny you entry!

Toothsmith

DigForVictory wrote: »

So if you were going to see your dentist anyway? Have any teachers in the family, children in school (teachers bribe easily with promises of interesting exotic things to decorate classrooms & inspire thinking, although duty free rarely hurts)? See a chiropedist? Work for a VAT registered company ('hey boss!')?

Read the list & think laterally. You'll save a bomb!

The thing is, it's not just signing the back of the photo.

It's a whole section of the form, and the signer also needs to enter their own passport details!

How many are likely to just have them easily to hand?

Filling out a passport form for someone can be a right PITA sometimes - and most professionals just have a charge as a deterrent to being asked, rather than to make money out of it!

It's certainly not the sort of thing you can do in a few seconds when the form is just shoved under your nose.

But - as has been pointed out - if you're just updating, and don't look too different to your old photo, then there is no need for anyone to sign it.

Voyager2002

paulfarrugia wrote: »

To be on the safe side, I would send in new ones. You don't want to arrive somewhere and have some over zealous immigration officer deny you entry!

Try reading the thread...