Do most biometric passports have in-person photographs?

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It seems like a good measure to allow only in-person photos to be taken. There are some standars that must be followed for the photography to be valid, for instance (in Brazil, at least), you should not wear anything that covers your face (face here, means from one ear to other and from your chin to your forehead). That is, you cannot have earrings, piercings, not even hair (from your head, not a beard or moustache) in front of your face. Certainly there are other aspects, like photo quality, resolution, etc. to be observed in a passport photography. If someone brings a photo from home, how can you be sure the photo meets all the needed criteria? If someone brings a photo below the standards, it will be a loss of time for the issuing authority which is bad for everyone.

BTW, in Brazil the photos are only taken inside the issuing authority (Federal Police, in the case).

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Canadian passport rules follow rules similar to the US as the photo is not taken by the passport office or any government location. You must have the photo signed by a person verifying your identity in the photo. This person is one of a group of people that is generally believed to have strong ethics (there is a long list including optometrist, mayor, professional engineer, lawyer).

Make sure your photo has been taken within the last six months

Photo requirements

Your passport photos must be: clear, sharp and in focus taken with a neutral facial expression eyes open and clearly visible mouth closed, no smiling taken in person by a commercial photographer or studio with: uniform lighting and with no shadows, glare or flash reflections face and shoulders to the camera: straight-on, centered and squared a plain white or light-coloured background with a clear difference between your face and the background. Photos must reflect/represent natural skin tones. 50 mm wide X 70 mm high (2 inches wide X 2- 3/4 inches long) the height of the face measures between 31 mm (1- 1/4 inches) and 36 mm (1- 7/16 inches) from chin to crown of head (natural top of head) an image of your current appearance, taken within the last six months professionally printed on plain, high quality photographic paper we don’t accept photos printed at home and photos printed on heavy weight paper original photos that are not altered in any way or taken from an existing photo

and also

The back of one photo must include: the photographer’s stamp or written information of the: date the photo was taken name and complete address of the photo studio

So you cannot use your own photographs unless you have a photo studio business. The passport office will reject any photo that looks off or does not meet their size and quality standards.

There are further details on children photographs, size of the head in the photo, glasses, number of photos, and other details on the government website.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/photos.html

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