Cool, I’ve never seen this one with the actual passport photo. That hair and smile though… Based on a quick google that’s not approved for a Japanese passport photo.
Any photos with an exaggerated smile with teeth showing, hair covering the eyes, or any digitally altered photos may not be accepted.
I can see how that smile might not fit that req, but also since it is a “may not” instead of “will not” I imagine whoever is doing the paperwork has some leeway.
I was looking at this link which mentions no smiling and hair away from the face and forehead, but yeah yours is probably more accurate.
My daughter has a similar hair style and for her Norwegian passport she had to tie the bangs with a hair clip before they accepted it. Somehow I would have thought Japan would be just as strict.
Yeah, seems weird to me that they’d accept that as a passport photo in Japan. There’s a whole pdf of unacceptable photos on this government page, and includes not only a smile, but also bangs over your forehead, not exposing your ears, etc.
Cool, I’ve never seen this one with the actual passport photo. That hair and smile though… Based on a quick google that’s not approved for a Japanese passport photo.
https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/japanese-passport.html
Relevant section:
I can see how that smile might not fit that req, but also since it is a “may not” instead of “will not” I imagine whoever is doing the paperwork has some leeway.
I was looking at this link which mentions no smiling and hair away from the face and forehead, but yeah yours is probably more accurate.
My daughter has a similar hair style and for her Norwegian passport she had to tie the bangs with a hair clip before they accepted it. Somehow I would have thought Japan would be just as strict.
Yeah, seems weird to me that they’d accept that as a passport photo in Japan. There’s a whole pdf of unacceptable photos on this government page, and includes not only a smile, but also bangs over your forehead, not exposing your ears, etc.