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Weird. In Sweden its required to have your picture taken by a machine at the police office where you apply for the passport.
by hnarn 6y ago
Weird. In Sweden its required to have your picture taken by a machine at the police office where you apply for the passport.
- CaptainZapp 6y agoSame in Switzerland, alas it's the designated passport office and not a police station. They have a specially kited photo booth, where you also leave two fingerprints for additional biometric verification. In order to renew your passport you need to schedule an appointment withyour local passport office. Last time I renewed, 2013, it took 7 weeks until the earliest available appointment, which was a bit surprising. I'm sure, though, there's an emergency shortcut for a price. The new passport arrives two days later by mail.
- emilfihlman 6y agoIn Finland you can submit your own photo through the internet. All applications are verified by the police so I don't see the issue.
- anon4242 6y agoFrom the article: > Such manipulation of photos is typically invisible to the human eye, the researchers found.
- emilfihlman 6y agoBy the police I do mean the Police, ie not just an individual police person or civilian working for the police. I'm sure they have both automatic testing AND human control.
- msl 6y agoNo you can't. Only a licensed photography studio can do it [1]. You can, however, submit a paper photograph taken by anyone. [1] https://www.poliisi.fi/passport/passport_photo_instructions https://www.poliisi.fi/passport/passport_photo_instructions
- emilfihlman 6y agoI literally can. Please don't spread misinformation when I doubt you even are a Finn. https://lupakuvienvastaanotto.fi/Default.aspx https://lupakuvienvastaanotto.fi/Default.aspx E: not to mention that the page you linked doesn't even say anything about prohibiting self taken photos.
- tincholio 6y agoYou can register as a photographer very easily. I've been doing my own pics for years now.
- emilfihlman 6y agoYou don't even need to register as a photographer (to submit other people's photos). You can do it as an individual just fine, as the submission page directly mentions.
- anon4242 6y agoWeird indeed. This is my second reminder today that technology does not spread equally around the globe. The other was hearing my wife ask the IT-guy in her company if they had a fax number for a form from the Italian government. After having my photo taken at the police office for at least my two latest passports it's somewhat surprising to hear about so many countries still using "the old way". There are such obvious advantages both in security and convenience by having the passport issuer take the photo and the technology is obviously available.