You will go abroad with your family and your passports and visas are both ready. What about your baby, the most precious treasure who has joined you recently and adds meaning and happiness to your life? Yes, your infant has an ID, but this is not enough for international flights. Your infant is an individual just like you, so you need to get them a passport too. Also, the procedure is not simpler; whatever you did to get yourself a passport applies to your infant as well. Even additional documents are required. Here are 5 steps you need to do when you get your infant a passport.

Step 1: Whether you issue a passport for yourself or your infant, before going to passport offices you are required to fill out an online application form and make an appointment. Of course, you can always go directly to the relevant offices and submit your necessary documents; however, it is not guaranteed that you can complete your application without an appointment. You would better make an appointment first, and then be ready at the passport office half hour earlier to avoid waiting there with your infant. If you will issue your passport when you are abroad, you must go to embassies and consulates of your country.

Step 2: You need a biometric photograph of your baby. Biometric photographs are suitable for use in ID documents, where a person’s facial features are visible from the bottom of the chin to the crown of the head, as well as the left and right sides of the face, with high quality and white background and without sunglasses. That means your baby’s head must stay still and if you wonder how you can achieve that, you can lay your baby down on a flat surface and position your baby by holding his head if necessary. After you take the photos by these instructions you can go to a studio to convert them into biometrics, and you will need two biometric photographs for your passport.