Perhaps your picture is aging while you remain young? I seem to recall reading something along those lines...alexrex20 wrote:i hope they don't use the photo from my TXDL! it's 9 years old (and 40lbs lighter) but for some reason when i renewed my TXDL online a few years ago, it got a few shades darker... it doesn't even look like me!
You're now required to remove glasses for the CHL pictures, too. I doubt, though, that it has anything to do with 'retina ident'. THAT sounds like an urban legend to me.i8godzilla wrote:My son just received a new CHL (due to address change) and the picture was an older picture from his DL that had a blue background.sjfcontrol wrote:On those licences, what was the color of the background? Txdl is typically blue and CHL required to be white.
BTW, I just renewed my DL (Feb 29th). I was forced to go to the local DPS office because the online system would not let me renew. Had to do new thumb prints and new picture. I was told to take my eye glasses off. When I stated, I was sure they would not cause a reflection of the flash, I was informed that the glasses would interfere with the 'retina identification'. Say what? I do not know if the DPS employee was pulling my leg or serious.
Is that typical? I haven't been in TX for 16 years, but my DL's have always had a blue background.DFWTT wrote:White, off white is representative of my photos, also proved to be accepted by US Dept of State as well as DPS in license issuance. That was what was submitted. The DL photo DPS used was from 16yrs ago, color was off white.