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Bald head 'too shiny' for passport

A journalist had his new passport photos rejected - because his bald head was too shiny. Ian Down, 42, got the pictures taken at a photo-booth and handed them over with his documents at a passport office, reports the Daily Mirror. But a clerk at the Passport Service looked at the flash reflecting off Ian’s head and asked: “What’s that mark?”

Ian said: “I was shocked. I told them what it was but they said some countries might not let me in if they saw it.”

Ian, head of pictures at the Mirror, was sent away to get some new photos by the clerk in Victoria, Central London. The new ones also had a bit of glare from the flash but not enough to cause a problem.

Ian said: “I was using the Premier same day service so it really only took five minutes to get another picture taken. But it could cause delays if sending off for a new passport by post. And it was a little embarrassing.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .