UK passport photo guidance review log

Digital, printed and photo-code guidance rechecked

Rechecked the current GOV.UK/HM Passport Office material used across the main requirements, digital-photo, print-size, photo-code, baby-photo and troubleshooting pages.

• Kept digital requirements separate from printed millimetre measurements.
• Kept current digital minimum dimensions and file-size guidance aligned with GOV.UK.
• Kept printed 45×35mm and crown-to-chin guidance separate.
• Kept age exceptions for babies and children explicit.
• Kept “photo code retrieves a photo” separate from any claim of government approval.
• Kept unaltered-photo guidance and removed/avoided beauty-filter or background-replacement compliance claims.

This entry records a review and website update; it does not assert that HM Passport Office introduced a new rule on 12 October 2026.

Baseline review created

Reviewed current GOV.UK passport-photo guidance and recorded the initial source-check date used on the website. The baseline separated digital pixel/file rules from printed millimetre measurements and clarified age exceptions and unedited-photo requirements.

No government rule change was inferred merely because this was the first recorded review.