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Why you should take your glasses off before your next passport photo

By Valerie Finholm, Special to The Washington Post
Published: November 6, 2016, 6:04am

Before you snap that passport photo, remove your glasses.

Under new rules starting Nov. 1, the State Department will not accept passport photos if you are wearing glasses in them, even if you normally wear glasses.

Last year, more than 200,000 passport customers submitted poor quality photos that the agency could not accept.

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