Passport photo with a beard or without?

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February 16, 2026, 06:32 PM

6guns

Passport photo with a beard or without?

I have to renew my passport and currently have a beard. I typically grow it for winter and then shave for the spring and summer.

Any thoughts on if I should shave or severely trim it for this ten year document?

Thanks.

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February 16, 2026, 06:37 PM

6guns

A very good question!

It's been years since I've been overseas, but I expect it would be in warmer months.

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February 16, 2026, 06:44 PM

armored

It really depends on this;
Do you get laid more with it or without it.

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February 16, 2026, 07:38 PM

FenderBender

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Originally posted by 6guns:
A very good question!

It's been years since I've been overseas, but I expect it would be in warmer months.

I guess you've got your answer

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February 16, 2026, 08:08 PM

StorminNormin

All of my different identification documents always had me shaved as that is how I was daily. Ever since COVID, I have grown and kept a beard and plan to keep it as I hated shaving so I am taking any new pictures with how I expect to be; with a beard. However I really don’t think it matters that much as if really got down to identifying a person, digital fingerprints can be taken to instantly identify them.

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February 16, 2026, 08:21 PM

Rey HRH

I read somewhere a long time ago that if the reference is shaved, then it's easy to recognize the person with a beard but if the reference is bearded, then it's more difficult to recognize the person shaved.

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February 17, 2026, 05:15 AM

92fstech

I'm clean-shaven in my passport photo. I had a beard when we went to Turkey and Portugal last year. Zero issues with that. The only question I got was when we were leaving Portugal the guy flipped past our entrance stamp and didn't see it. I told him we'd definitely entered through the same airport, and he flipped back through and found it.

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February 17, 2026, 06:09 AM

Butch 2340

I don't think it matters, the AI facial recognition cameras are good either way.

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