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What is the best method for providing passport page pictures for visa applications: scanning or photographing?

Passport PicturesVisa ApplicationsDocument SubmissionScanners vs. PhotographyThai Visa Process
Jun 24, 2025
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For passport pictures of all the pages: is it better to do scans of the pages OR take pictures with the phone ? One is more professional, the other is more authentic. What did you do ?
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The discussion revolves around the best method for providing pictures of passport pages for visa applications. Some users recommend taking photographs with a phone, especially if including a local newspaper for date verification, while others suggest scanning all pages, including empty ones, or specific passport pages and immigration stamps. Overall, a blend of scanning important documents and photographing specific details appears to be the preferred approach.
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Fitfac *****************
embassy love photo taking from phone, if you have local newspaper with date as a back ground of passport photo ,it will help verify that your picture is uptodate
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Will ************
Every page including empty ones and back and front cover if they want every page
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Greg ********
Picture of the passport photo and data and I also took a picture of the immigration entry stamp of Vietnam where I did mine
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Mia *****************
I scanned through every page & then took photos of the entry and exit stamps on my passport
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Paul *******
I normally scan/print
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Heath ********
It was only the page with the photo and code on it. So i only took a photo of 2 pages in one shot.
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