Selfie passport card

Sir, – Has Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan succeeded in getting a passport card using the mobile app he recently launched with much fanfare?

I took 76 selfies over two days before one was accepted.

Two weeks later I received an email from the Passport Office cancelling my application as, literally, my face did not fit.

Hundreds of online comments confirm that this is a common occurrence. I am no more or less photogenic than the Minister, but I wish him a better experience. – Yours etc,

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DR JOHN DOHERTY,

Vienna,

Austria.