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Yes, here in Switzerland all identity photos are taken in booths at the passport office, which has the advantage that any photo they take is, by definition, com
by microtherion 6y ago
Yes, here in Switzerland all identity photos are taken in booths at the passport office, which has the advantage that any photo they take is, by definition, compliant with their requirements regarding angle, facial expression, etc.
- rciorba 6y agoIt's the same in Romania.
- eitland 6y agoSame in Norway. It has been like this for a number of years already. Somewhat funny story: I and my wife renewed our passports this year and we both look a lot nicer: 10 years ago the requirement that we should not smile was enforced so strict and hamfistedly that I looked like a mugshot somewhat like the doom guy and my beautiful wife looked old and sad. I remember it taking a while before they thought I looked angry enough 10 years ago. This year they only required that we didn't actually smile so the process was a lot quicker, police will probably not harass me on border crossings and my wife doesn't look like she is 20 years older ;-)
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoI wonder... could you use a mugshot?
- 1123581321 6y agoI think you could except they are often not on a white or almost white background (a US requirement.)
- bobthepanda 6y agoIn the US I had this done in the post office by an on-premise photographer. It's also where I picked up the form to fill out to get a passport in the first place, and where I was going to mail it from anyways, so it's not like the US doesn't have one-stop-shops for this.
- kalleboo 6y agoSame in Sweden, the passport/ID applications are done in an all-in-one booth that takes your photo, reads your fingerprint, and digitizes your signature. The downside to this is that as an expat, the only way to renew a passport is to fly across the country to visit the embassy in person. And Swedish passports only last 5 years.