The photos you provide with your co

The photos you provide with your completed application must be less than six months old and must meet the following requirements:

Good quality, colour gloss prints
Clear, focused image with no marks or ‘red eye’
Plain, light-coloured background
Uniform lighting (no shadows or reflections) with appropriate brightness and contrast to show skin tone naturally
Face looking directly at the camera and not tilted in any direction
Hair off the face so that the edges of the face are visible
Eyes open
Mouth closed
Neutral expression (not smiling, laughing or frowning)