Rostro

What is Rostro?

Rostro is a Netherlands-based company, founded in 2009 by internet entrepreneur Gijs Heerkens and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under file number 17222446. It offers a service that lets people anywhere in the world take official passport photos from home using a smartphone, tablet, or regular camera. The photos are designed to meet requirements for official documents such as passports, IDs, and driver’s licenses.

What is Rostro used for?

• Create passport photos without leaving home, using a smartphone, tablet, or camera.
• Verify that photos meet official government regulations for size, sharpness, contrast, and color.
• Get compliant photos for passports, driver’s licenses, and ID cards, with guidelines covering dimensions, quality, background, facial presentation, posture, expression, glasses, lighting, and positioning.
• Receive professionally printed, high-resolution photos by mail, or digital print sheets by email for quick needs or self-printing.
• Choose cost-effective digital options and eco-friendly delivery, potentially at a lower cost than local photographers.
• Skip trips to physical photo stores.

Service details

Rostro emphasizes customer service across ordering, payment, shipping, warranty, and its VIP program. The service accommodates exceptions for religious or philosophical beliefs, physical or medical reasons, and applicants under 6 years old. It also accounts for details such as tattoos, headgear, beards, piercings, hairstyles, and wigs when taking passport photos.