1. Jeffery Archer – Why so serious ? Despite spells in prison, the author enjoys a jet-set lifestyle.

2. Alain de Bottom – is a Swiss writer, television presenter and entrepreneur.

3. Kate Nash – A very serious face from the singer, maybe she is thinking about laying down some “Foundations”

4. Terry Gilliam – The former Monthy Python and filmmaker is looking a bit glum here, maybe he is “Lost in la Mancha”

5. David Cameron – The Conservative leader looks very pleased with himself in this passport photo maybe its the idea of a General Election.

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Thats right, no need to leave the house to get a photo done at a booth and later find out its not the right specification, and no need to get wrist cramp filling out a bewilderingly confusing passport application form.

Paspic, the good people that we are have solved all your woes.

We have set up a website where you can visit Paspic and do your passport photo online and then fill out your passport application online as well, all from the comfort of your most comfy of chairs.

And the name of this magical website ? Well there are two, depending on where you live :

For the UK : http://apply4passport.co.uk

For the US : http://apply4passport.com

See simple, please feedback with your experience of this.

Here are some of our favorite US passport statistics:

• The number of passports produced in the US in 2008 is 12% down from 2007 !
• In 2008 16208003 passports (including 523706 passport cards) were produced.
• The state with the least amount of passport applications in 2008 was American Samoa with 1826
• The top 3 states for passport applications in 2008 were :

1. California : 2396769
2. Texas : 1389489
3. New York : 1231200

All of our statistics were taken from : http://travel.state.gov/passport/services/stats/stats_890.html

See the picture below :

Batman/Superman passport photo

7 Steps to Successful Photos

	Frame subject with full face, front view, eyes open
	Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to bottom of chin; height of head should measure 1 inch to 1-3/8 inches (25 mm to 35 mm)
	Center head within frame (see Figure 2 below)
	Make sure eye height is between 1-1/8 inches to 1-3/8 inches (28 mm and 35 mm) from bottom of photo
	Photograph subject against a plain white or off-white background
	Position subject and lighting so that there are no distracting shadows on the face or background
	Encourage subject to have a natural expression

The figures for adult and child passports over the past 10 and 5 years respectively are :

Total passports issued (as at end November 2008):

• Adult Passports issued in the last 10 years: 40.06 million
• Child Passports issued in the last 5 years: 8.82 million

This is a staggering number of passport, with the adult number at just over 4 million per year.

More passport facts will be coming soon!

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