This is not a joke, this really just happened to us:
Our 6 year old daughter is born in Sosua, father is Canadian. A few weeks ago we finally went to the Canadian consulate in Puerto Plata to get Canadian citizenship and passport for our daughter. We filled out all the paper work, got the special sized pictures, got them signed, paid all the fees, etc... and brought everything back to the consulate.
Today they called us, that there is a problem with the passport for our daughter, we need to get the pictures re-done, because the photos show her beautiful smile!!!
Obviously, there is a law saying that you are not allowed to smile on your passport picture! I never heard of this and of course nobody told us before.
So now we have to go again with our daughter to that special photo store in Puerto Plata and re-do the pictures and of course pay again for them (they are special sized and quite expensive). Another trip to Puerto Plata 3 days later to pick up the photos, go back to Cabarete having them signed by our family doctor and finally make a third trip to Puerto Plata to bring them to the consulate.
Well, I find this non-smiling rule quite strange. This time we will make sure to tell to my daughter when we re-do the pics: "ok, honey, now please look really sad!"
quaqualita
Our 6 year old daughter is born in Sosua, father is Canadian. A few weeks ago we finally went to the Canadian consulate in Puerto Plata to get Canadian citizenship and passport for our daughter. We filled out all the paper work, got the special sized pictures, got them signed, paid all the fees, etc... and brought everything back to the consulate.
Today they called us, that there is a problem with the passport for our daughter, we need to get the pictures re-done, because the photos show her beautiful smile!!!
Obviously, there is a law saying that you are not allowed to smile on your passport picture! I never heard of this and of course nobody told us before.
So now we have to go again with our daughter to that special photo store in Puerto Plata and re-do the pictures and of course pay again for them (they are special sized and quite expensive). Another trip to Puerto Plata 3 days later to pick up the photos, go back to Cabarete having them signed by our family doctor and finally make a third trip to Puerto Plata to bring them to the consulate.
Well, I find this non-smiling rule quite strange. This time we will make sure to tell to my daughter when we re-do the pics: "ok, honey, now please look really sad!"
quaqualita