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PHOTO'S for CIC

igotink1733

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HI, Can anyone please tell me the photo's which have to be sent to cic, do they have to be no more than 3 months old from the day which they was taken ?
Thanks
 

Ell.Bee

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Try this site. It lets you upload the photo and then has instructions to crop and save it. Take the output result and go to anywhere like walmart and get it printed in a 4x6 size to print six copies of 4.5 x 3.5cm.


http://www.epassportphoto.com/

I have used this and it works well and it is free.
 

nix1

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Ell.Bee said:
Try this site. It lets you upload the photo and then has instructions to crop and save it. Take the output result and go to anywhere like walmart and get it printed in a 4x6 size to print six copies of 4.5 x 3.5cm.


http://www.epassportphoto.com/

I have used this and it works well and it is free.
Thanks for the link. Some reason it does not work for me. It lets me to select the photo and then it does not go to next page. At the bottom left hand corner, I see message "error on page".

Did you have totally white background for your photo? I have taken some digital images, but the background color does not look very white even though they were taken agaisnt the wall where a big white paper was hanged.
 

Ell.Bee

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I tried the link again and it worked for me. Try too see if there is some activex problem on you pc or something like a security setting preventing the site from opening.
 

Ell.Bee

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Jan 18, 2009
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Visa Office......
Buffalo
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2171
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
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Doc's Request.
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Nomination.....
Dec - 2009 CIC App. Filed..: May 2010
AOR Received.
08-23-2010
IELTS Request
N/A
File Transfer...
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Med's Request
08-23-2010
Med's Done....
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Interview........
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Passport Req..
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I took the pictures on a off-white background, and they are pretty good. It does not say that you need white back ground. You need it to be a light background.
 

nix1

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I cleared the history of my Internet explorer and it worked. I re-read the photo instruction and you are right, it does not have to be white. It can be white or light color background. So, I think I will be fine.

Another thing I am a little bit confused about is the numbers of photos needed. I have seen people saying 6 for each person. And I asked this question here and two gentlemen answered, one said 3 and another said 4. The instruction says this, "Provide two photographs of yourself and each accompanying family member with your application."

Principle Applicant = 2 photos
Dependents = 2 photos each

Am I getting this right?
 

mango.lassee

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Dec 28, 2008
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I sent 4 photographs to CIC.

I tried Walgreens, but CVS worked out best and cheapest. CVS has the regular 2x2 passport photo option and also, additional options where you will find the size required for CIC (if I remember correctly, I was able to select 1.37 x 1.77 using this option at CVS, which matches the photo template in the Appendix). You get 8 photos this way.


nix1 said:
I cleared the history of my Internet explorer and it worked. I re-read the photo instruction and you are right, it does not have to be white. It can be white or light color background. So, I think I will be fine.

Another thing I am a little bit confused about is the numbers of photos needed. I have seen people saying 6 for each person. And I asked this question here and two gentlemen answered, one said 3 and another said 4. The instruction says this, "Provide two photographs of yourself and each accompanying family member with your application."

Principle Applicant = 2 photos
Dependents = 2 photos each

Am I getting this right?