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I have been trying to take a photo with my phone to renew a passport. I haven’t had one for ten years. I was told would be easy to take a digital one on my phone. An app I used said passed and appropriate but when I tried to upload and apply on passport office it said was too poor and didn’t meet the rules!! Do you have any recommendations or should I just go to a booth the old fashioned way? Thank you.
If you could try again on your phone then I would passport photos are expensive now we paid £13 for my daughters last year that was only a bus pass
. It was quite late in the afternoon and dark and I couldn’t get the lighting quite right. I’ll try again in more light.
Leannexxx they are £6 in our local post office, did 3 lots yesterday for the kids passports
martinlufc5637 they don't do them in the post office near me it was max spielmann we have to them done there are photos booths near me but there £15
Leannexxx that is extortionate for some photos, if you need them though you have no choice really
The hardest thing I found when I did mine was trying to locate a plain white wall, I think I ended up having to take a few pictures down, it was hard work.
G|ot to the stage I almost went to the local photo booth, but they charge like a wounded bull!
blacklabrador Yes my difficulty too! I’ve been trying in front of white doors but I still get glare/shadow. My apricot wall blended too much.
I got the same error message. I ignored it (I was 100% confident it met the rules), submitted my photo and it was accepted.
I did get that error message first. At the time, there was an option to submit regardless (essentially overriding their system), so I did 
JLouM Hang a white/light sheet over a door, do it in natural light and if possible get someone to take the photo. Make sure nothing obscures the face and you have no hair clips or bands, if you must wear glasses make sure there is no reflection and your eyes are fully visible.
We tried doing my husbands one so many times. We tried white sheet over the white doors, natural light, I took the photo, made sure nothing was obscuring his face etc. It kept telling us that it wasn't acceptable. We just went to our local tesco and got them done. £5 for 4 of them and they gave us a code so that when we typed it into the site it was right there.
Many pharmacists do them as do snappy snaps and they run a pass test first.Snappy snaps give an photo upload code which you can use direct on the government passport site as well.NB it's cheaper to apply online.
Go to a photo booth machine and take one there, by take one put your phone on the opposite wall where the camera/screen are and take a pic of yourself
That happened for a photo that I took of Mr T - I sent it in anyway and surprisingly it all went though without a hitch.
tumblespots Mmm that’s interesting. Perhaps I’ll try to do that too then if it was still accepted.
If you're sure it looks fine, you could submit anyway, it is likely to be accepted. The same happened to me even with a photobooth photo, but once submitted it was fine, and the passport arrived surprisingly quickly! Good luck 
Just wing it send it.
I. Never paid for post office or any passport checks before I sent
With errors even I k new I did
Remember it’s a computer saying no not an actual person
Best of luck x
The Post Office now does a psecial package that does all the application for you. Its has to be one of the ones that is designated for this www.postoffice.co.uk/identity/passport/digital-check-send-service
Did renewal for mom and it cost just a few quid more than doing it all myself. They take the photo too so you dont have to worry about the dimension requirements. They use recorded return of your original passport and the new one. Really is excellent service
Yay success!! It accepted my photo as good this time so have applied and paid. Just need to send old one back with postage unfortunately but new one should be ok. Thank you everyone.
I would recommend going in to the shop (but make sure they have good reviews)as they have a lot experience and will reduce the chances of a delay or any problems that could be caused in process.
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