Submitting a bad photo with your passport application can really suck. It delays things a lot and potentially even costs you a submission fee. The point of pas

Submitting a bad photo with your passport application can really suck. It delays things a lot and potentially even costs you a submission fee. The point of passport photo services is to mimic (or try to) the official government photo reviewers criteria. That's the value it provides. Learning that you will be rejected quickly rather than slowly.