When the time came to renew my passport last year, I received strict instructions from the postal worker who took my new photo that I must not smile. The resulting picture was ... joyless, to say the ...

A completed algorithmic impact assessment concludes that the tool has little to no impact on Canadians ... We use a facial recognition system to compare photos submitted with a passport application ...

Your existing US passport. A digital passport photo. Payment -- credit card, debit card or your bank's routing and account numbers for ACH transfer. In the first part of the application ...

The resulting picture was ... joyless, to say the least. But why exactly aren’t people allowed to smile in their passport photos the way we do in other pictures? The answer has to do with technology ...

joyless, to say the least. The United States doesn’t officially ban smiling. Rather, the State Department requires that passport photos show “a neutral facial expression with both eyes open ...

Here’s what we did and everything you need to know to get your US passport FAST, from application to proof of identity to photos and expediting fees. The U.S. State Department finally introduced ...