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Photographic Image Requirements for New Zealand Travel Documents and Citizenship Applications

The Department of Internal Affairs has revised its photo standards for use in New Zealand travel documents and applications for citizenship. The new photo standards came into effect on 1 June 2005.

There are some Tips for the passport photo:

Recent photos, less than six months old

A full-front view of face, head and shoulders, looking straight at the camera with eyes open and head straight

Without hat, head band or head covering

In all cases, facial features from the bottom of the chin to the top of the forehead and both edges of the face must be clearly shown

Without sunglasses. Tinted prescription glasses may be worn as long as the eyes are still visible. There must be no light reflection on the glasses. Thick or heavy rimmed frames must be removed

With a plain, light coloured background (not white or dark) and no background shadow

Of high quality colour showing natural skin tones

Not printed with ink jet printers, on extremely high gloss paper or heavily backed thermal paper

Taken with a neutral expression with the mouth closed

With eyes open and clearly visible, and no hair across the face or eyes

To download or print out the photographic image requirements for taking travel document and citizenship photos click on the links below:

Photographic Image Requirements for New Zealand Travel Documents and Citizenship Applications (pdf 690kb)*

*This document is in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. In order to download and print this document you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.