Fred, I never sent the original or copies of their birth certificates. That is only a requirement if you are applying for your first passport, whether it is for a child or adult. Took me a while to get that one!

The kids' passports are only valid for 5 years, so even though they look older you can easily tell it’s the same person. So, I didn’t bother having some VIP person countersign them for us.

When I started to read about applying from abroad the one thing I noticed repeated time and time again, was make sure 2 pictures were the correct size.

YW!