It is easy to renew a Public Services Card online, but a certain amount of confusion reigns for many of us who are not 100% computer literate. Many of us are not used to negotiating through different screens simultaneously or taking pics of ourselves and using correct background or obviating shadows.
Bottom Line:- It is important that you renew your PSC. I’m whispering:- Just do it.
1. The renewal form specifically indicates that selfies should not be used. A selfie worked for me after several pics failed to be used.
2. Take about twenty pics ensuring there is a whitish background. You need only one pic to be acceptable enough. If you look like Myra Hindley or a Waterford postal worker on the morning after a Munster Championship defeat, that’ll do as the perfect pic.
3. Do not smile. Just grind your teeth. You might not like the pic, but you ain’t deciding what pic is being used; a computer is doing that.
4. If you are still having difficulty, ask a fourteen year old to do the job. It’ll take her/him less than five mins from start to finish.
5. Put on the kettle and enjoy a cup of Barry’s tea. There you are, I’ve just inspired a new Barry’s Tea ad. I bet they’ll act on it.