The photo or scan must show:
The MRZ is 2 or 3 lines of letters, symbols and numbers, at the bottom of the personal details page on your passport.
The photo or scan must be:
Who has parental responsibility for you?
This might be a parent or legal guardian. You only need to tell us about one.
We will contact this person by phone or email if there are problems when you arrive in the UK.
If they do not have both a given name and surname, enter their name in the
'Surname' field.
The photo must be unaltered by effects or filters, original, not a screenshot or photocopy, with a plain light background, no objects or people behind you, with no shadows or glare on your face or behind you, without glasses, your head, shoulders and upper body must be visible, in colour, recently taken (no more than 3 months old), vertical (portrait), with a neutral facial expression.
We need a photo of your face to confirm your identity.
Make sure you have:
You also need: