Help!! New China Visa Photo Requirements
Sep 14, 2017, 8:53 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 380
I've always given my photo loose or with a paperclip.
Be careful too as I had one application rejected because the officer thought my mouth was slightly open. It was just a very small shadow, but they still rejected it.
BTW, that's nothing! In Hong Kong their website still has the old visa application form that was replaced in 2013. Anyone applying with the old form gets rejected.
Be careful too as I had one application rejected because the officer thought my mouth was slightly open. It was just a very small shadow, but they still rejected it.
BTW, that's nothing! In Hong Kong their website still has the old visa application form that was replaced in 2013. Anyone applying with the old form gets rejected.
Sep 25, 2017, 9:27 am
#34
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
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Posts: 693
I recently applied for a visa through the London (UK) Visa service. The photograph was fully compliant with the dimensions they specify in their note.
It got rejected, with an attached note that the photograph must meet standard UK passport office regulations. Had some taken by a camera store that scans the photo with software to guarantee acceptance by the UK passport office. Sent it off, and it was accepted. The photo was the exact size of the box on the application form, but that is 45mm x 35mm.
Go figure?
It got rejected, with an attached note that the photograph must meet standard UK passport office regulations. Had some taken by a camera store that scans the photo with software to guarantee acceptance by the UK passport office. Sent it off, and it was accepted. The photo was the exact size of the box on the application form, but that is 45mm x 35mm.
Go figure?
Nov 30, 2017, 8:13 am
#35
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Russia
Posts: 6
In Dec. 2016, China changed its Visa Photo requirements. The new size is different from your typical US Passport size (2" by 2" or 51mm x 51mm). The new size is (from memory) 33mm x 48mm.
I am the kind of person who tries to play by the rules, but, in the small, rural area where I live its all these folks can do is to meet US Passport requirements.
Has anyone here have their less than perfect size Visa size picture rejected by the Chinese Embassy??
I am the kind of person who tries to play by the rules, but, in the small, rural area where I live its all these folks can do is to meet US Passport requirements.
Has anyone here have their less than perfect size Visa size picture rejected by the Chinese Embassy??
Jul 31, 2018, 1:11 pm
#37
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Aug 7, 2018, 7:08 am
#39
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SJO - MAN - LAX
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I took two larger than specified photos and they cut them up at the consulate and were nice about it. Some people were rejected for it in front of me for being out of focus lol, too big or being in a white background with a white shirt.
I did get a call about having Turkish stamps on my passport though, which doesn't inspire confidence
I did get a call about having Turkish stamps on my passport though, which doesn't inspire confidence
Aug 8, 2018, 11:43 pm
#41
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