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What does the embassy mean by providing passport photos with the current date and time?

Passport Requirements Visa Application Thailand Embassy Temporary Resident Card (TRC)Photo Specifications

Feb 6, 2026

3 months ago

Thin **********

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Please provide the latest copy of your full, including all pages (even the empty ones). If you have a Temporary Resident Card (TRC), kindly submit it along with the passport. The passport photos must show the current date and time they were taken.

Please help me explain what does the last bold sentence the embassy asked for ?

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The embassy requires that passport photos submitted as part of your visa application show the current date and time they were taken. This can be accomplished by including a local newspaper in the background of the photo, ensuring that the date is clearly visible, or by adjusting your photo settings to display the date when the picture is taken.

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Steve *******

Turn this on and pick "Date" so all your photos have the date visible on them.

3 months ago

James ********

Are you still in the place where you applied for the DTV visa....Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam ?

3 months ago

DioPar******

Buy a local newspaper and take the picture of your passport using the newspaper as background (obviously with date visibility clear)

3 months ago

Anonymous ******************

If you have iPhone just swipe up on the picture. Then screenshot.

3 months ago

Anonymous ******************

Haha the request from HCMC 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

3 months ago

Wannikea *********

They wanted a timestamp or some sort of proof of the current date/time on the photos such as today's newspaper showing the date in background

3 months ago

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