Just an FYI, we did all of our passport stuff at the city county building in town, or the "passport office". Also, for the picture, they are not that picky, other than no smiling. We got a passport for my son when he was 6 months old, and it lasts for 5 years. My old passport lasted from when I was 16, with permed hair, and braces.. until I was 26 without all those things.