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I had the same issue, the local shop where I took the pictures from pledged on his 30+ years of experience of taking PR/Visa pictures that that's the system's fault. Went to Staples, told them what I need it for and the issue I was facing, they pulled out their size requirements/instructions and...

Well, that's a wrap CEC Inland, Single Applicant (CRS Score: 479) Visa Office: Etobicoke ITA: July 8 Submission of All Documents: July 17 AoR: July 18 Medical Updated: August 18 (upfront) Biometrics Updated: August 19 (took it back in 2017, have a validity of 10 years) RCMP: August 29 (upfront...

Those who got their PR Card, was wondering how long did it take for you people after ECoPR? I got my ECoPR on December 2nd and planning to buy plane ticket for mid-January, would that be a good idea or should I look for tickets in late January or February?

East Windsor, Ontario But I believe any Staples location will provide the same service that I had received.

Your advise worked. Went to Staples, they pull out the size requirements/instructions upon telling them what I need it for and mentioned them the issue I was facing. The lady attendant was super nice, took pictures with and without flash - the one without flash did the trick - and mailed it to...

Are they aware of the PR Card's photo requirement? Did you give them any instruction - regarding the brightness? (Sorry for getting spoon-feed here) Thanks a lot btw, much appreciated. Didn't take any picture from Staples, so not sure how they work.

How did you get over the brightness issue, happened to take picture in three different place....still getting the same error

I am going through the same issue, where did you take it from? Staples, Walmart or some local shop?

Where did you take it from? Staples, Walmart or any local shop?

My brain is fried too, stretched a 12 hours shift and have been working on changing the pixel resolution and brightness for the last 5-6 hours. Got around the resolution but nothing is working on the brightness.

Yes, it's better to do that. I already took that 50 mm x 70 mm picture some 6 months back and thus it didn't/doesn't create an issue doing that - in fact the size/dimension contrast makes it much better than existing picture I have. How did you get over the brightness (too dark or too bright)...

Were you able to get a solution of it? I am facing the same issue

Got the portal email, trying to upload the photo but this message is showing up: "Warning: Your photo does not meet the following requirements: Brightness: Your photo may be too bright or too dark. Pixel Range Requirements: Your photo does not have a pixel range between 1680x1200 and 4200x3000...

Finally got the email, after 4.5 months of waiting. Timeline: Applicant: CEC Inland ITA: 9July AoR: 18 July Medical Updated: 18 August Biometrics Updated: 19 August (took it back 2017) RCMP Updated: 29 August (upfront but got the letter almost 1.5 months later) IP1: 19 August IP2: 17 November...

I haven't checked my profile quite often, as in, there were times when I didn't check the profile for 1-2 weeks, so not sure if there were any ghost updates in between or not. To my best knowledge sometime in August it changed to the former status from "not applicable", so in an around 80-90 days.