change of photo in minors passport

[pammi]

hello all,
my daughters  seperate passport is made in april 2008 with name  of mother and father.Now she is 3 yrs old.
From variour thread I got to know that if the photo of minor is more than 1 yr old we have to change the photo if passport is requested.
If anyone had this problem pls share how u have done this and how much time it takes?Do i need to apply for new one or do t?hey do it in same passport?
regards
pammi

[canadaforall]

   Hi pammi,
                 I also had the same problem like you and someone advised me to talk to the visa office concern and i did contacted them  and they  told me to make a new passport for my baby. So i am in the process now.

So my advice is for you to t alk  to the visa office concern.

hope all will be ok.

Canadaforall.

[sanju1676]

Even I will be having the same issue. I tried to find out in Hyderabad passport office and rules are that we can only renew the passport only if 1 year left in validity. There is some process to change the appearance on same passport but I am not sure about timelines. Anybody who already did it, please share.

[sanju1676]

Hi Pammi,

Are you able to find out about it? Please share the details like how much time it takes to change the photo of minors?

[pammi]

hi sanju,
unfortunately i do not know how to do it but i am in kuwait so i enquired at indian embassy.they will issue the new passport but this one is not damaged or lost.so they have asked for the passport request fron canada.i have not got it yet so lets see.meanwhile i am watching the cases which have same situation.
pls any body answer
regards
pammi

[LW]

hi sanju,
unfortunately i do not know how to do it but i am in kuwait so i enquired at indian embassy.they will issue the new passport but this one is not damaged or lost.so they have asked for the passport request fron canada.i have not got it yet so lets see.meanwhile i am watching the cases which have same situation.
pls any body answer
regards
pammi

Pammi,

I don't think you need to change your daughter's passport photo unless your local visa office specifically asks you to. My office (New Delhi) asked me to get my 3 yr old's passport photo changed (passport issued at 1.5 yrs), and my passport office told me I couldn't just update the photo, a new passport had to be issued. Note that there was no problem about passport validity since the existing passport was valid for at least another 2 years and yet the passport office agreed to issue a new one for the updated photo. I had a letter from the local visa office (sent to me along with medical request) asking me to update the photo, but the passport office did not ask for it. It took about 2-3 weeks to get the new passport.

Hope this helps.

[pammi]

hi LW,
yes u r right but if the old passport is valid and not damaged or lost still they have issued u the new passport?have they cancelled the old one?I am planning to go indian embassy tomorrow lets see what they will say.if thet will issue new one i have to start the process after my medical. if passport request comes i will be ready by then.
regards
pammi

[sharma77]

there is no need to change the photo. same thing happened with me. all my passports came back without visa. i applied for change of appearance of my kids passports wich was 3.5 yrs old and was valid till 2011. applied to RPO amritsar on 24.08.09 and recived back a new one along with cancelled oldone on 5.10.09 after 3 visits personally to rpo. TO HELL WITH THEM! today i sent all the passports to CHC delhi. hope to get visa now.