Pittsburgh PA and NO ONE is willing to do permanent residence photo!

[SuiGeneris]

So we're in Pittsburgh, PA. So far we went to Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, AAA, Walmart, and every employee tells me the same thing, "We're sorry, we only do Passport photos"

And I say, oh, but it's the same idea, it's just a matter of cutting it smaller.

"Sorry, we only do Passport photos"

These people are braindead. I used to work in a photolab and I took headshots so I know how it works. I had all sorts of people come in asking for all sorts of different sizes.

I wish I could borrow their white backdrop, take my husband's photo myself and cut it myself.

Unfortunately, these people are suffering severely from zombie syndrome - they only know how to follow orders and repeat tasks brainlessly. Braindead, obedient, thoughtless. Doorknobs for brains. They cannot think for themselves; devoid of creative thought and critical thinking.

Whatever I'll figure it out myself.

 

[Ontariobat]

Call these guys: http://berniesphoto.com/store-services-overview.html

Or someone from a private photo place. If they know cameras, and how to take passport photos, and aren't a big box store, they'll be able to do it for you.

I've had Walmart and a few other places mess up the most simple passport photos in the past. It's quite ridiculous.

 

[SuiGeneris]

hahahhaahahhaahahha they said no and told me the Fedex on Grant St. does 'em. Called that Fedex and their system's down.

 

[SuiGeneris]

they're stupid as hell

I'm gonna have to walk into CVS or some place and teach the person how to do it.

 

[Ponga]

Two things:

1. It's not just a smaller photo. The specifications of the image are also slightly different:

PR:
Measure between 25 mm and 30 mm (1” and 1 1/5”) from chin to crown.
Have a 35 mm x 45 mm (1 3/8” x 1 3/4”) finished size.

Passport:
50 mm wide X 70 mm high (2 inches wide X 2- 3/4 inches long) and sized so the height of the face measures between 31 mm (1- 1/4 inches) and 36 mm (1- 7/16 inches) from chin to crown of head (natural top of head).

2. You do live in Pittsburgh! LOL!

Good luck!

 

[SuiGeneris]

The head and photo size are smaller. The photographer simply needs to take a step or two back in order to get the head smaller. Then cut it. It's no big deal. If no one is willing to comply I will have to do it myself.

 

[Aquakitty]

Weird, we walked into a Walgreens in Oakland at like 7 at night and they did it for us.

Keep trying private photo places, I can't imagine a private photo place turning you down, they just have to adjust it on the computer.

 

[SuiGeneris]

Yeah. Can't believe this is the hardest part of the application for me. Getting a police check, a medical exam, collecting proof of relationship. Everything else was 10 times easier.

 

[SuiGeneris]

Anyway I just needed to vent. Thanks guys!

 

[LittleDermo]

I had my pictures done at Walgreens and all they did was use the "british" passport photo option in their system and it worked just fine. I don't know if that's something you might try or bring up! Good luck!

 

[jamsham12]

So we're in Pittsburgh, PA. So far we went to Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, AAA, Walmart, and every employee tells me the same thing, "We're sorry, we only do Passport photos"

And I say, oh, but it's the same idea, it's just a matter of cutting it smaller.

"Sorry, we only do Passport photos"

These people are braindead. I used to work in a photolab and I took headshots so I know how it works. I had all sorts of people come in asking for all sorts of different sizes.

I wish I could borrow their white backdrop, take my husband's photo myself and cut it myself.

Unfortunately, these people are suffering severely from zombie syndrome - they only know how to follow orders and repeat tasks brainlessly. Braindead, obedient, thoughtless. Doorknobs for brains. They cannot think for themselves; devoid of creative thought and critical thinking.

Whatever I'll figure it out myself.

Try and go to a local photography studio, that's what I did and they were able to take the photos. I am in the Virginia Area.

 

[SuiGeneris]

I didn't want to pay an arm and a leg at a professional studio so I went to Rite-Aid again. I didn't ask for a permanent resident photo, I asked for a headshot. Then I taught her how to take the photo so that it'd print with the correct crown to chin measurement, and I told her not to cut it. Purchased a paper trimmer and cut it at home.

 

[SuiGeneris]

I probably sound like an asshole

and that's cause I am acting like an asshole.

 

[Ponga]

CIC recently published an Operational Bulletin regarding PR photos:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2015/ob540B.asp