Can you use a baby photo on your passport as ID?
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at
12:35 am
I’m 15 (turned 15 a week ago) but I’m a baby face. A game comes out tomorrow that I want to buy and you have to be 15 to buy it. The only possible ID I can think of is my passport, which unfortunately has a picture of me at the age of 6/7. Will I be able to get the game with this ID? (It still says my birthdate).
Tagged with: baby face • game • passport
Filed under: Baby Photography
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i am not sure…
i doubt it…
The passport expired years ago. The are only good for children for 5 years. That’s because the child ages so fast a picture isn’t any use. So you have an expired passport in which you look nothing like that anymore and you think you can use it? Lets do some thinking ok?
No one knows what will be asked of you, to get the game. It is up to the retailer. The PURPOSE of any photo id is that the photo can be identified as the person with the "id"…in your case, that isn’t gonna happen. What happens to persons who do not HAVE a passport? (yes, there are millions of them).
I am not sure I can understand if id is required any way… I know MOST 15 yr olds, won’t have any kind of reliable id to start with. So, what is the point?
Either the retailer will have to accept your word that you are 15..or you will have to find someone to buy it for you.
In the United States, passports issued to adults ages 16 and older are valid for 10 years. Children 15 years of age and under receive passports that are valid for 5 years.
For travel, your passport is no longer valid. However, to buy a game, it is at the discretion of the salesperson at the register at the time that you make the purchase as to whether or not you will be allowed to buy the game.
I say, "Go for it!"
Now try to think real hard. Do you think a picture of a 6 or 7 year old child is acceptable ID for a 15 year old? You have to know the answer to this question without asking for it.
your passposrt photo has to be an accurate representation of you without obscrution on intent at deception, if you look like a baby it doesnt matter, but you cant put a few year old photo on the application, it will just be sent back