Editorial Policy
How Passlens researches, writes, updates, and corrects foto para passaporte, visa photo, ID photo, and document-photo guidance.
Why this policy exists
Passlens publishes public guides for foto para passaportes, visa photos, ID photos, background rules, digital uploads, printing, and related document-photo workflows. Those guides can affect how people prepare real application photos, so they should not read like generic filler or unsupported advice. This policy explains how we decide what to publish, what sources we use, and how corrections should be handled.
The short version is simple: pages should help users finish a real document-photo task. A page should explain the rule, the workflow, the limits of the guidance, and the next step inside Passlens. If a topic cannot be supported by reliable sources or a real product workflow, it should not become an indexable page just to chase a keyword.
What Passlens covers
Passlens focuses on practical photo-preparation work. That includes country and document photo requirements, file-size and pixel guidance, print layouts, background cleanup, browser-based image utilities, and retail or print-shop workflows where the user still needs a correctly prepared file. We avoid broad travel articles unless the photo step is a natural part of the answer.
- Passport, visa, ID, licence, permit, and biometric photo requirements where a public rule or workflow can be checked.
- Digital-upload topics such as pixels, DPI, file format, file size, crop tolerance, and common rejection causes.
- Retail and print alternatives when the page explains how to prepare the file before using the store or print counter.
- Tool pages only when the tool exists, is usable, and has a clear connection to document-photo preparation.
Source hierarchy
Primary authority sources come first. If a passport office, immigration department, consulate, identity agency, state department, university card office, or official application portal publishes a photo rule, that source controls the guidance. When official sources disagree or leave gaps, the guide should say so and avoid pretending there is one universal answer.
Secondary sources can help explain context, but they should not replace the authority handling the application. For retail pages, the retailer source can confirm whether capture or printing is offered, while the passport or visa authority still controls whether the final photo is acceptable.
| Tipo de fonte | How it is used | Exemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Official authority page | Controls size, background, head-position, file, and submission rules | A passport office or immigration photo page |
| Official PDF or form instruction | Used when the public route relies on a published form or downloadable instruction | A passport form guide or document-photo standard |
| Retail or service page | Used only for store availability, print routes, appointment notes, and practical handoff advice | A pharmacy, print shop, or courier passport-photo service page |
| Passlens workflow page | Used to explain how the user can crop, check, export, print, or continue in the editor | A tool page, app route, print-layout guide, or checker guide |
Writing standards
Public copy should be clear, specific, and useful. It should avoid fake certainty, inflated claims, vague marketing language, and pages that repeat the same paragraph with a different country name. A useful guide gives the exact rule where available, names the route that rule applies to, explains where users get stuck, and links to the closest Passlens workflow.
When the answer is limited, the page should say that. Some authorities require a live capture, a booth code, or a portal-specific check. In those cases, Passlens can still help users understand the photo rule, but it should not imply that a browser export replaces the official route.
Updates and corrections
Requirement pages should be reviewed when official sources change, when users report a conflict, or when Search Console and support data show that a page is confusing people. A source update should change the guide, the preset data where relevant, the internal links, and any structured data or sitemap metadata that depends on the page.
Readers can report a suspected error through the Contact page. The most useful correction reports include the country, document type, current Passlens URL, and the official source link that appears to disagree. That lets the team check whether the issue is a stale source, a bad interpretation, a preset problem, or a missing caveat.
Monetization and affiliate boundaries
Passlens may link to related products, print options, or services where they fit the document-photo workflow. Those links should not decide the rule, the recommendation, or whether a page exists. Product and retail pages still need practical value without the link: what the item or service is for, what the user should verify, and how it fits the photo workflow.
If a page includes commercial links, the copy should stay focused on the user task. It should avoid presenting a retailer, printer, camera, paper, or accessory as officially required unless the authority actually says that. Users should be told what to verify on the listing or store page before buying or printing.
Relationship to the methodology guide
This editorial policy explains the publication standard. The methodology guide explains the research workflow in more detail: source hierarchy, update triggers, ambiguity handling, and examples of official sources. The two pages should stay aligned as the public guide corpus grows.
For product workflow context, the related starting points are the criador de foto para passaporte, foto para passaporte checker, digital foto para passaporte guide, and print layout guide.