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Photographs must comply to the following specifications:
i. Four identical colour photos for passports
ii. Four identical colour or black and white photos for IDs
iii. Not more than one (1) month old
iv. 35mm in width and 45mm in height
v. A close-up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70-80% of the photograph
vi. Of high quality with no ink marks or creases and not damaged
vii. Show you looking directly at the camera
viii. Have appropriate brightness and contrast
ix. Be printed on high-quality photo paper
x. Show your natural colour
xi. Show your eyes open and clearly visible - no hair across your face
xii. Show you facing square onto the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted
xiii. Show both edges of your face clearly
xiv. Be taken with a light grey or plain cream-coloured background
xv. Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red-eye
xvi. Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible)
The Director-General may reject the copies of the photographs if they do not, in his or her judgment, comply with the requirements mentioned above, or if he or she deem them unsuitable in other respects, in which case the person concerned shall provide new copies at his or her own cost.