Not so! Look at any American’s passport, and you’ll see them smiling like it’s their birthday party. Look at the passport of anyone from any other country, and they look like they’re about to be shipped out to the nearest gulag.
That’s pretty much true. Part of my job is taking passport photos and we are told to make sure that they don’t smile. It’s so they look like they will in the airport when they need to look at it after they have to waited in the security lines for hours. Most people aren’t smiling by that point.
Interesting fact: passport photos cannot depict you smiling so much that you are showing your teeth. Or, more to government psyche, grimacing in anger so much that you are showing your teeth.
pschearer Premium Member about 2 years ago
Ah, that explains it.
The dude from FL (not bragging) Premium Member about 2 years ago
Makes sense!
JudasPeckerwood about 2 years ago
Not so! Look at any American’s passport, and you’ll see them smiling like it’s their birthday party. Look at the passport of anyone from any other country, and they look like they’re about to be shipped out to the nearest gulag.
djarneco about 2 years ago
By the way, they don’t allow smiling in U.S. passports anymore.
TStyle78 about 2 years ago
That’s pretty much true. Part of my job is taking passport photos and we are told to make sure that they don’t smile. It’s so they look like they will in the airport when they need to look at it after they have to waited in the security lines for hours. Most people aren’t smiling by that point.
Denver Reader Premium Member about 2 years ago
Smiles are allowed provided teeth aren’t shown and the smile isn’t “big”.
A Common 'tator about 2 years ago
If your First Amendment tells you that you don’t have to produce ID… Why do you have to carry ID ?
Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago
But if you’re teaching and it’s the month of November…
brick10 about 2 years ago
It’s had to get a good eye-roll in a photo.
William Bednar Premium Member about 2 years ago
You don’t smile for a Government ID so it will match your Mug Shot if you’re ever arrested!
MIHorn Premium Member about 2 years ago
It always puzzles me when they show someone’s mug shot on the news and the suspect has a big smile on their face.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 2 years ago
My police ID was done by the same photographer that took all the wanted pictures. Seriously we had some ugly hookers in Toronto
drycurt about 2 years ago
My dl image not only looks grumpy, it’s blurry and looks fake.
ekke about 2 years ago
Interesting fact: passport photos cannot depict you smiling so much that you are showing your teeth. Or, more to government psyche, grimacing in anger so much that you are showing your teeth.
azardoz about 2 years ago
The reason is that governments use facial recognition software (just like Facebook). Smiling messes it up.
https://passport-photo.online/blog/can-you-smile-in-a-passport-photo/