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Jul 31, 2012 | 11:45 pm

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Originally Posted by CBear

Also since US passports are good for 10 years, a 27 year old can have a picture in there of him when he was 17. Since appearence can change radically in ten years, it can be hard for someone to determine if the image in the passport is a representation of the person in front of you. It would be very easy for someone under age to grab their big brother's or sister's passport and pass that off as them 10 years ago.

NYS does not update photos on drivers licenses. NYS drivers licenses now are good for 8 years, add in a few renewals, the photo on the DL (like mine is now) could easily be 15+ years old--so why would the DL photo ID be better than a pp's?
[previously some renewals were 4 or 6 years.]

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