AU Baby Passport Photo: Take Valid Shots Now

Baby Passport Photo Australia FAQ

1. Why take an infant passport photo in PhotoBooth Online?

   Guaranteed Compliance

   When processing your image, we ensure the Passport Office guidelines are met. Each Australian baby passport photo made here has the correct size, colour, and background in line with the governmental standards.

   Works on Any Device

   Get your baby passport photo with the PhotoBooth Online tool on any device. Whether you’re on iPhone, Android phone, tablet or PC (or even a DSLR camera like Nikon or Canon), simply upload your child image to create a perfect biometric photo conveniently.

   Easy Printing

   Once you’ve had your kids passport photo prepared, you’ll be able to quickly print it in any store or a print-and-ship service. Alternatively, you can print your picture on your own home inkjet printer (use matte or glossy 10 cm x 15 cm photo paper).

   You Get Photos Now

   There’s no need to waste hours! Simply upload a full-face photo of your baby, and we’ll create a proper Australian passport picture in less than a minute. As a result, you’ll get a fully valid and printable baby picture online. Try it for free and see for yourself!

   Pictures With No Strings Attached

   No sign-up or booking is needed—get unlimited access to our online baby passport photo maker app. Stay home with your newborn or toddler and easily create 100% compliant pictures online and in minutes!

   You Can Stay Home

   Upload a usual portrait image, and we’ll resize it and make a template with several child passport photos. You can print this template on your home printer or at any suitable place for cents.

   Electronic Copy

   Upload a usual portrait and download an HD digital baby Australia passport photo instantly—the quality stays the same. The standards set by the government are the same as for adults: the digital child passport photo size is at least 600 x 750 pixels.

   Right Specs

   We automatically crop your image and remove its background, so that it’s compliant with the Australian passport photo standards. Get a 35 mm wide x 45 mm high baby’s head photo for printing with a plain off-white background and correct ratio.

   Compliant Photo Shots

   We’ll ensure you meet the Australian government standards for a child’s passport photo. In no time, we make suitable children pictures ready to submit to the Australian authorities—simply avoid forbidden items in your biometric photo and you’ll be fine.

   Meet Official Standards

   Our tool’s AI software will crop your photo and position the face, neck, hand and shoulders to guarantee you meet the standards for Australian baby passport photos. You just keep the correct distance from your smartphone to the baby’s head.

2. How to take baby passport photos in Australia?

   Doing that can be quite a cumbersome task: sometimes, you just don’t know how your little one will act. Thankfully, today’s technologies at least allow us to do the whole thing at home.
    
   For instance, it will be far easier to get your toddler passport photos with Photo Booth Online. You won’t even need to look for an off-white background or meticulously pick the size of your photo—just take a usual picture where the whole face of your child is visible and upload it here. To get a valid baby passport photo in minutes (and without wasting too much of your time and effort), please follow the simple tutorial below.

   Learn to take Australian baby passport photos:

   1. Find a plain light-coloured background or a white background with good lighting and place your child on it
   2. Make sure you’re not visible on camera (it’s one of the most common mistakes)
   3. Wait for a moment when your child’s look is focused on the camera
   4. Or hold a toy above your digital camera or phone to grab your kid’s attention
   5. Children must keep a neutral facial expression, eyes open, mouth closed (or open just a bit—it’s acceptable in baby passport photos)
   6. Take a child’s image without visible shadows on head, chin, or upper body (don’t post-edit: digitally enhanced pictures will be automatically rejected)
   7. Check the picture you’ve taken and process it with the PhotoBooth Online app (simply access this page, hit the photo upload button and upload your image file)

3. Where to get a baby passport photo taken?

   To apply for your newborn’s new document, you have to provide two printed copies of your kids passport photo. Australian Passport Office standards allow you to choose any photo centre in your neighbourhood to take baby passport pictures or you can take a picture yourself and print it on professional photo paper. Find a comfortable time for you and your child and select a proper place like your room, a post office, or a shop. In any case, you must provide a high quality newborns image with the Australian application form.

4. Where to take baby passport photo near me in Australia?

   You can take baby passport pictures at home, in a photo centre, in an Officeworks shop, or in a post office. Don’t forget to schedule an appointment in advance, if you plan to take a child picture for Australia passport in a shop.

   Read our tips how to take Australian toddler passport photos at home:

   1. Dress your child as you usually do (try to avoid colours that are excessively bright or can possibly match the background). Please also mind that accessories are forbidden (for instance, even glasses can be kept for medical reasons only)
   2. Find a plain light-coloured background—it’s perfect for an Australian passport photo. A light-grey non-patterned wall should do the job. If your little one can’t sit or stand up yet, lay him or her on a light-grey bed sheet
   3. Ensure sufficient and even lighting. Your best bet is to use natural light (not sunlight!), so it might work to put your baby in front of a frameless window. Do not use the flashlight on your smartphone camera, it’ll only upset the baby!
   4. The toddler’s head must be evenly lit, no obscure, underexposed, poor contrast pictures with red eye or visible shadows are allowed for a child passport picture
   5. Attract baby’s attention with toys, so your newborn can focus at the camera for a few seconds
   6. Your child must keep a straight posing, head straight, neutral facial expression, eyes open, mouth closed
   7. A bit of smiling or open mouths is OK for newborns
   8. Take a baby passport photo in high resolution

    
   Here at PhotoBooth Online photo app, you can use online submission to apply pictures crop automatically and download correct head height printouts straight away.

5. How to print Australian baby passport photo?

   You can print toddler Australian passport photos on your home photo printer on 10 cm x 15 cm professional colourful photo paper. For example, open the printable photograph file in any image viewer free app and send your photo take straight to your photo printer. Don’t add borders to your smartphone camera shots!
    
   An easier way to get two passport photos is to visit any photograph printing centre nearby like Officeworks store services or, for example, one of post offices, and ask to print child colour shot for you.

6. What should baby wear for Australian passport photo?

   Dress your children for an Australian passport photo as usual. Casual clothes are a perfect choice. Standards for kids passport photos describe certain things your babies clothing must obey, for example:
    

   • no hats, headgear, no visible hair accessories covering the head, or other head coverings
   • religious attire is approved, if it doesn’t cover face
   • avoid sunglasses or glare glasses on your child (they are allowed in toddler passport photos for medical reasons only)
   • remove toys
   • no baby carrier or people visible (like the parent) in the plain white background
   • child’s passport photo with soothers or dummies will be rejected