{"id":7377,"date":"2022-12-21T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T21:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altecglobal.wpenginepowered.com\/tips-for-taking-permanent-resident-card-photo\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T21:10:23","slug":"tips-for-taking-permanent-resident-card-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/tips-for-taking-permanent-resident-card-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Taking Permanent Resident Card Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3550\" src=\"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/permanentresident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" title=\"\">\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">As we all know, we need to upload\/mail photos to the immigration office for <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cicvisa.com\/en\/permanent-residence\/\">permanent resident<\/a> card production. In the past few months, we have received many requests for photo tips through social media. All of them have sent photos at least once. Unfortunately, they were all rejected.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Photo specifications<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Photo dimensions of permanent resident card are: 50 mm x 70 mm (2 inches wide x 2 3\/4 inches long) <\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Must be taken within the last six months<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Height of the face measures between 31 mm and 36 mm (1 1\/4 inches and 1 7\/16 inches) from chin to crown of head (natural top of head)<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Eyes have to be open and clearly visible and mouth closed<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Wear dark-colored clothes (the background is white)<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; You can wear simple necklaces &amp; earrings <\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Make sure the glasses are not reflective<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Your hair can be down but should not cover your face<\/span><\/h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Note<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Don&#8217;t laugh\n&#8211; Don&#8217;t wear off-the-shoulder tops\n&#8211; Contact lenses are prohibited\n&#8211; Don&#8217;t photoshop\n&#8211; Sunglasses and colored glasses are not allowed\n&#8211; Hats\/hoods are not allowed unless for religious or medical purposes\n&#8211; No shadows on the face\/shoulders\/ears\/background<\/span><\/h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Mailing the photos<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">The following information must be written on the back of the photos:<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">&#8211; Applicant&#8217;s name and date of birth\n&#8211; Name of address of the photography studio\n&#8211; Date the photo was taken <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #808080;\">Recommended locations: Staples &amp; Shoppers<\/span><\/h2>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><\/pre>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicvisa.com\/en\/canadian-immigration-assessment-form\/\">Get help with your immigration today<\/a>!<\/span><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we all know, we need to upload\/mail photos to the immigration office for permanent resident card production. In the past few months, we have received many requests for photo tips through social media. All of them have sent photos at least once. Unfortunately, they were all rejected. &nbsp; Photo specifications &#8211; Photo dimensions of [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo-specs-2-en-600x400.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo-specs-2-en-600x600.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"altecglobal","author_link":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/author\/altecglobal\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicvisa.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}