Passport photo problem......

[flintknapper]

Last weekend some family members (and a friend) made the trip from Austin and Houston to our little neck of the woods to take their CHL course.

All went well, we had a great time visiting....and I had an opportunity to see LT as well.

My younger brother lives not far from the DPS headquarters in Austin....so he elected to hand deliver the packets...rather than go to the trouble of mailing them.

A person at the DPS was kind enough to open each packet and review them. As a result of that...it was deemed that the passport photos of all 5 packets were too "light". I saw all of the photos before they were signed and put in the packets...and they appeared to be the same as any other I have submitted.

The person at the DPS said they would not "scan" properly...and that they needed new (and darker) photos.

Anyone heard of this being a problem? From what I saw....they were pretty much normal photos.

Flint.

[Oldgringo]

There was a post not to long ago about photos being 'too dark'. I sometimes think that DPS-CHL objections such as photos and fingerprints may come up to thin out or otherwise lighten the application load.

You reckon?

[flintknapper]

There was a post not to long ago about photos being 'too dark'. I sometimes think that DPS-CHL objections such as photos and fingerprints may come up to thin out or otherwise lighten the application load.

You reckon?

I don't know. The person said they could "lighten" dark photos but not "darken" light photos.

I have no idea what kind of equipment they have...but I can do both easily on cheap photographic software I have. Seems it would save everyone involved alot of trouble.

If they would just move the CHL part of the DPS to East Texas, I would happily head it up.

I promise you....we WILL get things straightened out in short order! I would find a way to get things done, and not find ways NOT to do get things done. Thats East Texas for: We will work hard, we will work smart, and we won't go home until the job is done! Old School!

[Cajundude]

My business partner's pics were too dark and he had to get them taken over. Kinda stinks because you have to track down the officer to sign them again.