Taking photos rather than using a scanner for documents

Hello,

For spouse visa we have to scan supporting documents and upload them. Has anyone been successful in taking photos of documents and uploading them rather than using a scanner?
Many thanks.

MisterJay wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:51 pm

Hello,

For spouse visa we have to scan supporting documents and upload them. Has anyone been successful in taking photos of documents and uploading them rather than using a scanner?
Many thanks.

Although have no practical experience but these maybe fine because jpg/jpeg is an acceptable format to UKVCAS but you will have to do extra work by cropping them. Also taking pictures from mobile phone consume more space than the allowed limit of 6MB. If you have no scanner at home/office then simply go to your local library which offers free scanning.

MisterJay wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:51 pm

Hello,

For spouse visa we have to scan supporting documents and upload them. Has anyone been successful in taking photos of documents and uploading them rather than using a scanner?
Many thanks.

There are also several scanning apps available for mobile phones, which may or may not be useful; if nothing else they may help with file size constraints. Can't speak to how secure they might be with personal information though.

Regardless of how good is your camera's auto focus but it will still show other unnecessary edges/objects which might not be fixed with cropping and the document may not be considered.

MisterJay wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:51 pm

Hello,

For spouse visa we have to scan supporting documents and upload them. Has anyone been successful in taking photos of documents and uploading them rather than using a scanner?
Many thanks.

Yes, my husband took photos of his passport pages and other documents, and sent those to me. I did have to crop and compress some of the images to reduce the file size, and I also converted them to pdf before uploading. Just make sure that the pictures are clear and everything is legible.