Everyone has had a DMV nightmare, spending hours standing in line for a driver’s license renewal, suffering through long lines holding a number, waiting forever for it to come up. Government bureaucracy can be so frustrating. In the case of getting a passport or renewal, the wait can be excruciating if you rely on a state agency. It’s the last thing you want to be worrying about when time’s better spent packing and planning your vacation or business trip.

But luckily, you can skip all that hassle and often get an instant passport photo within minutes. All it takes is a private passport agency that can do it quickly and efficiently. You’ll have it after a few minutes wait, often quicker than it takes to make a phone call. Get your passport photo out of the way and get back to packing.

Most instant passport photos can be done on a walk-in basis, as easy as ordering a cheeseburger. Skip long lines and frustrating bureaucracy, and have your photo within a few minutes as you walk out. There’s no need to worry about the mail and risk it not coming just before an essential business trip.

Photos can be quickly made not only for passports, but CCW licenses, boaters cards, credit card photos and other services. Private passport agencies will well versed in the government regulations governing such photographs, ensuring that your photo meets the requirements.

Plus, with a state agency, you can make sure the photo is a good one. You are going to be showing your passport photo to complete strangers. The government requires you to have one, not necessarily one that looks good. We all have a dreaded license or passport photo where our hair is all wrong, we look this side of death, or just happened to have a dopey look on our face when the flash when off. With a state agency, you just might be stuck with it. Going to a private company means you’ll get to approve the photo, so you can make sure you look good, every time.

Skip the wait, avoid the bureaucracy, have a photo your proud of. Getting a passport photo done shouldn’t have to be a drag, nor should it make you look like you’re death warmed over. Have it taken through a qualified emergency passport service, conveniently and quickly, and have a good-looking passport for a change.