US Passport - photo and print misalignment
Sep 24, 2016, 12:27 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2016
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US Passport - photo and print misalignment
Hello folks,
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?
Sep 24, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Hello folks,
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?
Jul 4, 2017, 9:31 am
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 13
Passport photo page printed diagonally
My US passport reissued last year (2016) is printed diagonally. It makes it not machine readable in the majority of cases. It does better with a scan (as on a Global Entry kiosk) than a swipe, as most ACS/airport passport check employees would do.
Often, it's just an annoyance- swipe 3x and then the agent manually keys in the number. But in two recent cases, one at exit customs in Malaga, another at the LHR United Lounge, passport readers insisted on swiping it, leading to an awkward and annoying delay until the thing finally read or they keyed it in, as seemed to happen, respectively.
I'd like to deal with it, but I live abroad and don't want to relinquish my passport for any length of time.
Does anyone know if I could get this addressed without relinquishing my passport or making multiple trips to a US consulate?
Often, it's just an annoyance- swipe 3x and then the agent manually keys in the number. But in two recent cases, one at exit customs in Malaga, another at the LHR United Lounge, passport readers insisted on swiping it, leading to an awkward and annoying delay until the thing finally read or they keyed it in, as seemed to happen, respectively.
I'd like to deal with it, but I live abroad and don't want to relinquish my passport for any length of time.
Does anyone know if I could get this addressed without relinquishing my passport or making multiple trips to a US consulate?
Jul 4, 2017, 4:28 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 31
Hello folks,
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?
those of you who hold American passport. I have applied and received my first passport and I got concerned about 2 things.
First. The colors of the photograph I submitted were fine, but the colors of the print are off, looks bleached, plus the photo is not aligned to the centre.
Second and more concerning is the text in the machine readable zone. It is off to the left so that the first letter actually is right at the edge of the page. If I leave off the cosmetic aspect, would it actually cause any problems for the airport scanners reading it?