Comments on: Please No Smiling

By: Zhu

Zhu — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:13:55 +0000

Just make sure you follow the requirements and you’ll be fine! Have your picture taken at a shop, don’t try to do it at home with a digital camera

By: Cornflakegirl

Cornflakegirl — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:08:28 +0000

I have to take some pictures for my visa application and oh my God! I didn’t realise how difficult it is!
Cornflakegirl´s last blog ..R.I.P. Paul Naschy

By: Indigo

Indigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:49:18 +0000

Well done.!

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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:52:42 +0000

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By: Brad Brown

Brad Brown — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:21 +0000

Who knew immigrating to Canada could be so easy? So much for my plans to use a trampoline to scale the wall separating our countries…

By: Max Coutinho

Max Coutinho — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:26:41 +0000

Hey Zhu,

LOL LOL LOL ok, I prefer the European way (at least we get to smile here lol)!
Too many specifications to take a picture; plus I don’t understand why they would want a I-have-been-incarcerated-so-I’m-sad-kinda-picture!

Girl, the process of getting the citizenship is long and hard in any country. A friend of mine applied to the Portuguese one and she had a terrible time to apply only…but fortunately, she will be Portuguese this year, in December !

Excellent Post! I like it when you write about the cultural differences between Canada and, well, Europe !

Cheers

By: John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer

John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:19:50 +0000

No smiling? But I thought Canadians were the happiest people on Earth.

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:59:19 +0000

oh oh diane, i smiled on my passport. i guess i’ll have to smile when i go through customs, so they can recognise me from my photo.

By: DianeCA

DianeCA — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:45:38 +0000

Yep! Same with US Passports. I had to get a new passport just a month or so ago, and no smiling allowed. My problem with it, is that in the photo I always look seriously pissed off. Of course it usually matches my condition when I go through customs….