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Photos for a Passport. Where?

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  • 03-09-2012 4:08pm
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    balkieb2002
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    Where can I get a photographs taken for a passport in the City Centre? Don't they require specific size photos or will regular photo-booth do?

    Sorry this should be an easy question but to answer but I'm unsure where to look.


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    gimmick
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    Regular photo booth will do. Just be careful that the lense is not dirty, as the passport office will refuse your pics if it is.


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    Faith
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    If you want to get proper ones done, there's a number of places that do them in the city. Off the top of my head, Barry Photographers on Pembroke Street, McSweeney's on Oliver Plunkett St, and the big pharmacy on Grand Parade all definitely do them.


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    pwurple
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    Read the rules on the passport form very carefully. Eyes must be open, head centered etc. It's hard to get right in a booth, so Faith's suggestions above are good.

    That being said, I usually get mine in the photobooth downstairs in paul street shopping center in town. It takes 4 photos and you choose one to print.


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    Tipperary animal lover
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    Any chemist will do it


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    livinsane
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    I wouldn't trust the booths although the one inside the Passport Office is very good. Sam Mc Cauley's take very good passport photos.


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    Chris.Buckley
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    make sure to get black and white ones, not colour. that's all they accept now.


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    Judes
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    I second Barry's on Pembroke Street. Don't even think about a photobooth. J


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    pwurple
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    Chris.Buckley wrote: »
    make sure to get black and white ones, not colour. that's all they accept now.

    They take both. Rules here.
    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=257


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    blankblank
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    Walk into any pharmacy,,,,,


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    Chris.Buckley
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    pwurple wrote: »
    They take both. Rules here.
    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=257

    I got a new passport about 2 weeks ago and it said on the application form in all caps "black and white only". maybe that site isn't updated..?


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    blankblank
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    Chris.Buckley wrote: »
    I got a new passport about 2 weeks ago and it said on the application form in all caps "black and white only". maybe that site isn't updated..?

    You can send in coloured ones.

    They will then change them to black and white.

    Ive worked in a pharmacy for years and have taken countless passport photos, all in colour


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    pow wow
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    Colour or black and white are still both fine - the photo on the passport will be in black & white though.


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    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    Used this for my last passport.

    http://www.epassportphoto.com/


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    familystand
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    The photos have to be of a high standard that can be read by the new scanner systems used worldwide
    The photographers on pembroke st at the side of the GPO do them or if the Passport office has a machine then that will do fine.


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    blankblank
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    familystand wrote: »
    The photographers on pembroke st at the side of the GPO do them or if the Passport office has a machine then that will do fine.

    Photographers also charge a few euro more than standard pharmacy pics,,,,,,

    Same finished product


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    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    Passport photo mishaps

    -Make sure all your hair is out of your face

    -If you wear glasses, don't wear them in the pictures they cause too many issues

    - Don't wear a hairband or anything on your head, unless it's for religious reasons

    -Neutral expression

    -When the Garda stamps or signs the photo, seperate the two sets of photos or else the ink may damage the photos and you'll have them sent back

    This is coming from going through 10,000 people's applications last summer and these are the mistakes that most people would make...


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