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2/11/2009 6:23:01 PM EDT
Hey guys, I have a quick question.  My dad's putting in for his FOID card (I'm hoping to infect him with BRD).  I resized his picture in Photoshop and I was wondering if the picture needed to be in color or if black and white was OK.  Anyone know?  I couldn't find any info on the form.
2/11/2009 6:25:24 PM EDT
[#1]
Must be color, I think it says it on the form.

I remember when the cards did have BW pics....Wow, I'm old
2/11/2009 6:41:33 PM EDT
[#2]
And they use your drivers license picture anyway
2/11/2009 8:01:58 PM EDT
[#3]



Quoted:


And they use your drivers license picture anyway


you still have to send a color photo, even though they don't use it.



 
2/12/2009 8:14:12 AM EDT
[#4]




Quoted:

And they use your drivers license picture anyway




When did that start?



I have a valid State ID, DL and FOID and each bears a different photo.

2/12/2009 4:07:24 PM EDT
[#5]
(430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83‑6)    
"after December 1, 2002, the Department shall use a person's digital photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card, if available."

Doesn't say anything in the act about it being a color photo.

The new FOID cards do look quite a bit different now, and the one I saw used the DL pic.
2/13/2009 5:47:32 AM EDT
[#6]




Quoted:

(430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83‑6)

"after December 1, 2002, the Department shall use a person's digital photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card, if available."



Doesn't say anything in the act about it being a color photo.



The new FOID cards do look quite a bit different now, and the one I saw used the DL pic.




Mine is one of the new ones and was renewed not that long ago... still good til '12. Doesn't use my DL pic, though. Weird. Must not have been 'available.'
2/16/2009 8:38:20 AM EDT
[#7]
ok now i get it. why my foid and DL pictures were the same. drives me crazy thinking why? since i sent different pic for the foid.
2/16/2009 11:12:34 AM EDT
[#8]
Yep. Mine is still "old school" but the wife's has her DL pic on it.
2/16/2009 11:16:53 AM EDT
[#9]
Easiest thing I found was just go to Walgreen's or anywhere that does passport photos.  Costs about $7 and your done in minutes.
2/16/2009 1:59:50 PM EDT
[#10]
I sent a color photo but they used my drivers license picture.  Digital face recognition is what they want with all the cameras around.
2/17/2009 2:49:01 PM EDT
[#11]
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Easiest thing I found was just go to Walgreen's or anywhere that does passport photos.  Costs about $7 and your done in minutes.


Yeah, I did that and forgot to ask what the dimensions of the picture were.  When I got them they were too big. Oops.
2/17/2009 3:29:25 PM EDT
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Quoted:



Quoted:

Easiest thing I found was just go to Walgreen's or anywhere that does passport photos. Costs about $7 and your done in minutes.




Yeah, I did that and forgot to ask what the dimensions of the picture were. When I got them they were too big. Oops.


I remember using the $2 "strip of pictures" booth at a local shopping mall for my first one, and then one at a KMart a few years later.