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Re: 2011 census form peek
« Reply #90 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 01:47 GMT (UK) »
That's a big form.  What will happen if people miss out some of the questions?  Will they get a visit?

If you fill in your form online, you should be fine. I think the software will make sure you answer all the relevant questions (unless, of course, you accidentally forget to enter all the details of a family member, including their name).

If you return your questionnaire by post, they eventually make their way back to the enumerators who have to check them. If you post back your form and miss out a question, a census enumerator (it will be me if you live in a certain district in NE Scotland) will come knocking at your door to politely ask you to fill in the missing information.

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« Reply #91 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 08:32 GMT (UK) »
So passport photos should be "# be professionally printed (photographs printed at home are not acceptable)
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I could produce a much better quality photo taken at home than one taken in a photo booth, which, I assume is where most people would have a photo taken - so do the passport service actually prefer a slightly dodgy booth produced one to a good image?

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Carole, the photo has to be very high resolution, to capture patterns in the iris of the eye.   At major airports you now have to put your face into a gadget which scans your eye patterns and looks for a match.  They say they won't accept home-printed pictures, because many submitted would not be high enough resolution for the job.  Also, as a security feature, all laser printers carry a code embedded into the pixels which can identify the printer serial number, should the printer be used for counterfeiting, and this security feature would also mess up the iris recognition, if a laser printer was used to print the picture.

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« Reply #92 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 10:03 GMT (UK) »
So a photo from a photo booth would be of higher quality? I find that hard to believe  ???
All this this is all hypothetical as far as I'm concerned as I don't think I'll ever want a new passport unless they invent time travel, in which case I'll be first in the queue and they can microchip me/DNA test me/do whatever they want!

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« Reply #93 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 10:16 GMT (UK) »
Well, I said that home-produced photos could be of lower quality, and I suppose the authorities don't want to waste time sending photos back that are not up to scratch.  As for microchipping...... well the new passports are chipped - it's rumoured that the data on your passport can be read from 50 feet away, with the right equipment  :)
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« Reply #94 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 10:25 GMT (UK) »
It still won't help me get me back to 1780!  ;D

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Re: 2011 census form peek
« Reply #95 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 10:47 GMT (UK) »
It still won't help me get me back to 1780!  ;D

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« Reply #96 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 11:55 GMT (UK) »
Well the moment of truth has arrived as our postie has handed me our census form just 2 minutes ago.

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« Reply #97 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 11:57 GMT (UK) »
We cannot finally complete it until Sunday 27th of march can we?
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« Reply #98 on: Tuesday 08 March 11 12:01 GMT (UK) »
What about students?   May they be counted twice, if they are listed at home and at their university town?
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