{"id":425,"date":"2024-03-05T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasbrucestudio.wordpress.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:42:08","slug":"all-passport-photos-sizes-are-not-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/all-passport-photos-sizes-are-not-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"All Passport Photos Sizes Are Not Equal. Updated 2\/25\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Did you know not all passport photos are the same size?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">When it comes to stubbornness, the good ol&#8217; USA has GOT to lead the pack. Nearly the entire planet uses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"> the Metric System as their standard tool of measurement. The only countries still clinging to the Imperial <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Measurement System are the US, Burma, and Liberia!<br><br>LET IT GO!<br><br>The Metric System is easier! One of these two Presidents attempted to force the US to change, Ford or <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Carter, I don&#8217;t remember which, and it failed miserably. The closest thing we got to it was a two liter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"> bottle of COKE! Of course, our medicines are all measured in grams and milligrams, but as consumers, we <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">have no idea what the heck that really means.<br><br>Now, what does any of this have to do with ME? Well, as a professional photography studio that offers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"> passport photos, we&#8217;re called on regularly to create passport photos for citizens of foreign countries that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">live here in the US. Their country&#8217;s specs for passport photos are measured in millimeters, not inches, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">therefore, the drugstores and auto clubs cannot accommodate them. Those folks haven&#8217;t got the time nor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"> inclination to learn the specs on some 200 countries around the planet, they can barely get a 2&#215;2&#8243; US <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">passport correct, much less a 33x48mm <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.china-consulate.gov.cn\/eng\/zjfw\/visa\/rhsq\/t1423500.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHINESE VISA photo<\/a>!<br><br>So that leaves our foreign citizen friends with little to no choice on where to go&#8230; ALMOST! Because <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbruce.com\">Thomas Bruce Studio<\/a> has been providing foreign and international passport services for over 50 years, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">we&#8217;ve perfected the process. Don&#8217;t waste another second calling someone who stammers just trying to <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">SAY the word &#8220;millimeters.&#8221; Call <a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbruce.com\">Thomas Bruce Studio<\/a> now!<br><br>All work guaranteed, and by appointment only. 727-577-5626.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/US-Passport-Size-template.jpg\" alt=\"Not all passport photos are created equal\" class=\"wp-image-11361\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.700082667401488;width:458px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US: Last Holdout Against The Metric System. With stubbornness rivaling a mule, the US resists metric. Presidents tried and failed to switch. But hey, we&#8217;ve got 2-liter Cokes! Confusion reigns as meds are in grams, then it&#8217;s inches for passports. Enter Thomas Bruce Studio, saving the day for foreign citizens in need of precise passport photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[172,125,34],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-passports","tag-passport-photo-tips","tag-passport-photographer","tag-passport-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14453,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/14453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}