Mum's anger after baby's spiky hair leads to passport rejection

When you are only four months old you can be forgiven the odd bad hair day.

But apparently not if you are having a passport photograph taken.



Kate Lurie thought the photographic assistant was joking when he pointed to her daughter Eden's three-inch hair in the portrait and said: "It's too spiky."

She was even more amazed when the child was given a 'virtual haircut' on a computer to trim her flyaway hair.



Eden had fallen foul of the strict regulations brought in by the Identity and Passport Service for the new biometric passports.

Changes may be made to photos on computers to meet the regulations but no alterations to the face are permitted.