us style passport photos in uk-- where did you get yours taken?

[JulieandDanny 7]

Hello,

My fiance is struggling to find a place to get his US style passport photos done...

Where did you Brits get yours?

He's in Liverpool...

We already had a tip on 'photome' booths which can be found in some Tescos... NOT in Liverpool apparently...

Any other tips appreciated...

We're trying to avoid the taking them himself and crop option because he and his friends are not shall we say great with computers/cameras... He has many other brilliant qualities though

But if we must we must...

J

[rhirhi 35]

I've seen those booths in Sainsbury's branches too, might be worth a look. I got mine done with http://passporty.co.uk/ no camera skills required. You just take a photo of yourself against a neutral background, in decent lighting and send the digital file to them. They crop it and fiddle round with it so the head is within the required dimensions and send you a sheet of visa size photos in the post. I figured, that way, I won't have to worry about whether my head is too close/too far away/too much shoulder etc. They were very quick and very good, all the photos I've sent during this process have been accepted so...

[Teresa27 11]

Ask him to try post offices and in any shopping malls that's where I see them the most, in Birmingham at least

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Any Snappy Snaps branches near him?

[Lucy and David 0]

I used the one in the main post office.

Most of the DIY photo machines now take US style passport pictures and say so on the side.

[JulieandDanny 7]

thanks a lot guys... i also found a max spiellman branch does them which is like a few blocks from where he lives... there are lots of places-- he made it sound like he couldn't find ANYWHERE-- but I don't think he was looking in the right places...

ahhhh amore

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

May not help for Liverpool, but also available at Snappy Snaps, Photo-Me booths, Jessops, Gould's Pharmacy (by the embassy), near the Bond St Tube station (Oxford St) which is closest Tube to the medical exam.

You can take your own and size it to US standards using this uploader tool from the US Dept of State. Scroll halfway down the page. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html

A tip from my experience-- take the photo including the whole torso, not a close-up. Then the tool will size up and crop it properly. A close-up is too big and won't size down to fit.

Save the jpg file and print at home or at a photo place where you would print any digital photos.

We did our own photos for our passports and printed at home. It does a 4x6 photo page with two identical square photos in the middle with white border filling the rest of the photo page. Get him to take a photo and send to you. Then you do the uploaded tool part for him.

[MacUK 983]

May not help for Liverpool, but also available at Snappy Snaps, Photo-Me booths, Jessops, Gould's Pharmacy (by the embassy), near the Bond St Tube station (Oxford St) which is closest Tube to the medical exam.

I think Jessops has gone bust.

I got mine done at Snappy Snaps and they were perfectly fine, although I do wish there was an option to get them in digital format rather than paper ones that I then had to scan.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

May not help for Liverpool, but also available at Snappy Snaps, Photo-Me booths, Jessops, Gould's Pharmacy (by the embassy), near the Bond St Tube station (Oxford St) which is closest Tube to the medical exam.

You can take your own and size it to US standards using this uploader tool from the US Dept of State. Scroll halfway down the page. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html

A tip from my experience-- take the photo including the whole torso, not a close-up. Then the tool will size up and crop it properly. A close-up is too big and won't size down to fit.

Save the jpg file and print at home or at a photo place where you would print any digital photos.

We did our own photos for our passports and printed at home. It does a 4x6 photo page with two identical square photos in the middle with white border filling the rest of the photo page. Get him to take a photo and send to you. Then you do the uploaded tool part for him.

That's really handy. I resent the idea of paying £7 at the photo me booth for US sized pictures even though it's a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of the process!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

That's really handy. I resent the idea of paying £7 at the photo me booth for US sized pictures even though it's a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of the process!

I resent spending money on anything I can do myself. But I don't mind blowing money on things I don't want to do.

We took photos in the garage which was the only white wall we had. Turned out better than my previous passport photo from Walgreen's. The bonus is I got to take over until there was one I was willing to have on a passport for 10 years.

[nobbie 105]

I used co-op pharmacy, they take the photo with a digital camera then size it for you. No problems and much cheaper that here in the US, I nearly fell over when i had some done for my AoS package. I think it was $15 for 2, I managed to haggle and get the next 2 sets of 2 at half price. You need 6 if filing AoS, EAD and AP at the same time.