Traveling with an infant is stressful enough, but getting a baby to sit still long enough to snap an acceptable passport photo presents additional challenges. I am heading to Italy this month with my ...

The State Department website provides a list of guidelines for acceptable passport photos, including the requirement that the subject look straight ahead and directly face the camera. The head ...

But for minor changes, like growing a mustache or dyeing your hair a new color, a new passport and picture aren't necessary. As long as you can still be identified by the photo, it's acceptable.

Q: Is my photo acceptable for my visa application or US passport application? A: Thank you for raising this important question before submitting your application. Every application requires a photo.

Yet the passport photo is often what people can’t seem to get right. Last year, more than 200,000 passport customers submitted poor quality photos that the State Department couldn’t accept.

Passport photos are rarely very flattering, due to the strict rules regarding what is acceptable. Having hair away from the face and no smiling are just some of the regulations need for a passport ...

For example, Google had to apologise in 2015 when its photos app labelled a black ... dark skin found it difficult to provide an acceptable passport photograph,” the department wrote in a ...