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It says "unnatural facial expression" under the smiling photo.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 210 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Have you not had a passport before?

MOST countries enforce a neutral expression.

[–] WildlyCanadian@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Driver's license too, at least here in Canada

[–] spacedancer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The person at the DMV was confused why I was staring blankly (actually not, just a neutral expression) when taking a photo for my license. She told me that it’s ok if I wanted to smile. It’s weird how you’re allowed to have a non-neutral expression on driver’s licenses in the US.

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

They also let you just fill in whatever for height and weight, I'm surprised they even care about gender and age

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