Wearing eyeglasses for passport: appropriate or not?

I am not very sure if they can wear it or not. Even i haven't seen many people wearing glasses on their passport photos. But i think it is allowed to wear eye glasses for photographs used for passport.

i dont think it is posible because some people looks different from their original looks when they wear eyeglasses.

Hello there, In my country, it is not possible to do this. One time when I went for a booking thing in a certain agency, I heard one staff saying to one of their clients she should change her photo. This is because her photo showed a wide smile with her specs. Accordingly this is not proper. and I have not seen in any passport yet a photo with glasses! not yet though!

In my country, the person must not be wearing any glasses when they are taking photos for their passport. Is it possible, my answer is no.

that is possible if the doctor advised you to do so or if you feel there is a need go for it

In Philippines it's not allowed and I remember you're from Philippines too, right? I have my passport done twice and I notice when it's time to take picture they ask to remove eyeglasses and other accessories even small ones.

In my home country standards are strict for passport photos if they are used to apply for a passport. I don't think I would wear eye glasses in a passport photo used to get a new passport. I know that the person must have a straight mouth with no smiling or teeth showing. It is challenging to get passport photos for my son as he is disabled. The firm of the photography shop I have used up until now has closed down and gone out of business. My son is unable to use a self service photo machine. Those are better for an adult that can stand or walk. They aren't suitable for small children or people in a wheelchair.

If I'm not mistaken, eyeglasses aren't allowed for passport photos. I remember the first time I applied for a passport another guy was advised to take off his glasses before having his photo taken for passport. Maybe because eyeglasses reflects light sometimes and may hide your eyes when your photo is taken. I think the idea behind it is that you need to have a clear photo on your passport and wearing eyeglasses on photos could hide some of your face or eye features.

Yes, that's normal, there is nothing wrong with that.

It is required in my country to remove the eyeglasses for the pictorial in order to distinguish the person's identity easily. Eyeglasses can actually change a person's facial features especially in a photo that is quite small even if it's a 2x2 picture.

If you wear glasses regularly, then yes. If an eye doctor prescribed them for you to see, then yes you can wear them. My brother has his glasses on in his passport picture. Eyeglasses are part of what identifies us. Those who wear glasses might not be recognized without them. Think about it. We wear glasses in our driver's license pictures and this is also your ID.

In EU I think it's not possible. There are very strict specifications about passport photos, I remember when I had my photo taken, I had to put my hair behind the ears have specific facial expression and sit in a specific angle that the photographer put me. I normally wear glasses by I took them off myself so I am not sure what is the case with eye glasses.

Here in Mexico for a passport for the usa they do. I know, As I did.

I don't think it's possible because a picture you're going to put especially in passport should be the one that can see you actual face. :)

hi Shavkat I have had to wear glasses since I was eleven years old. So now if I wanted to get a passport they would have to photograph me with glasses on as I am very near sighted.so I would hope it is possible as otherwise I would probably bump into someone thinking he was a desk. lol I sure hope its possible not that I have any money to travel anywhere

Most of the country immigration department don't allow that, they usually demand a passport photo without any glasses on it, no matter you are short or long sighted or having a perfect eye vision. That is all i known, if that is the law of the land, then having a pair of eye glasses in your photo is inappropriate as far as immigration department is concerned.

Good day Shavkat, Here in our country, the Studio or the Photographer itself is requesting the Client to remove the eyeglasses as one of the requirement in submitting photo for documents like passport. In this regard, I am not sure if this is also the practice in any other countries.

I had seen most of them are asked to remove glasses while taking photos. I don't know what is the reason behind it. May be the photographers have good reasons to support it. This might be the reason why they ask us to do so.

I think it is better not to use eye glasses for passport because it may change your visual appearence.

You can wear eye glass, but that should not affect the picture. Your eyes must be clear and no flash refection be visible from the glass. Never use dark shade glasses. You could read more about the laws here