teeth exposed with 2x2 pic aos

[newlyweds2010 208]

why don't you just take another pic with a neutral facial expression?

[vip1 8]

I smiled in all my pictures, and was able to successfully AOS.

[P A U L 14]

i didn't know it was illegal to smile in the united states. who'd wanna immigrate to such a frowny nation?

[let-it-be 36]

For a green card application I'd be reluctant to rely on the advice of a Costco or Walmart employee.

Those were two separate times by two different ladies that told me I can't show teeth.. One from Costco & the other one that did my Biometrics in my local field office. What was I supposed to do? I just complied with what they told me to do. It's clear that one is suppose to have a neutral facial expression.

Edited November 12, 2012 by let-it-be

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

This thread is nonsense. The sample photos from the Government show teeth, yet people want to believe that they aren't allowed. PS. a smile with teeth is a neutral expression.

[NikLR 13,220]

For example, in Canadian passport photos or driver's license photos you cannot smile. Period. The photo is unacceptable to them. They will reject it. For all of my husband's military and government ID he could not and cannot smile. He wasn't supposed to smile for his passport photos either. Face recognition software is what makes the smile not a generally accepted expression in the photograph. It's also why the photos should be a certain size, why the head has to take up X amount of the photo, why the background has to be white and why there cannot be glare or shine on the face. Generally speaking you're not supposed to wear glasses either because the flash used will reflect off the glasses majority of the time. Blame the software that makes a person with a smile into someone different than that exact same person without a smile.

So if you send it in, and they accept it, congrats for you. That's awesome. But this thread is not nonsense, it is discussing something that someone deemed important. Maybe next time, someone should call the NVC and ask them directly.

BTW a smile is not a neutral expression. A smile shows happiness, it is not neutral. Neutral is no expression. It's not mad, sad, unhappy, happy, glad, excited... it's neutral. It is what your face looks like without expression. You're not supposed to frown either.