Grown a beard - passport problem????
Feb 13, 2007, 9:29 pm
#32
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Doha Immigration Officer and Smily pictures
You think beards are a problem?
I arrived in Doha a few days ago and was questioned by a polite but perplexed looking Immigration Officer about why I have a huge smile across my face in my passport picture. I told him I always smile for the camera. He took my Green Card out of the zippy bag I have taped inside my passport and started studying the picture. Again, big cheesy smile. Next, he ordered me to smile, so that he could be sure it was me in the picture. I complied, he stamped my passport and let me through.
I arrived in Doha a few days ago and was questioned by a polite but perplexed looking Immigration Officer about why I have a huge smile across my face in my passport picture. I told him I always smile for the camera. He took my Green Card out of the zippy bag I have taped inside my passport and started studying the picture. Again, big cheesy smile. Next, he ordered me to smile, so that he could be sure it was me in the picture. I complied, he stamped my passport and let me through.
Feb 16, 2007, 5:50 am
#36
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: London
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As an aside, my son got his first passport when he was about 6 months old and it's a 10 year passport. That will wind him up when he gets older!
Since then they have stopped doing 10 year passports for infants, my daughter could only get a 3 year one.