This article is classified "Real"
Passports are a vital form of documented evidence used to prove your
identity at border crossings, or in any case from one country to another,
and in other occasional circumstances when visual identification is
necessary. This is mostly true.
The problem, however, is that most photographs on passports look nothing
like their owner. Indeed it is deemed to be the height of suspicion if
you look anything like your passport photograph unless it is very new [1].
If the picture is too dissimilar, it may be necessary to gain a
replacement.
Passports are generally stamped upon entry to another country though this
is not necessarily compulsory. A regular international traveller can
expect to fill his or her passport in a short time, and may need to obtain
a replacement before it would normally expire.
In recent years a standard European passport has begun to be issued to all
residents of the European Union countries. It is still the case, however,
that countries, the United Kingdom at the very least, still retain some
form of crest or badge on the front.
[1] That covers me, because unfortunately, I currently look like my
passport photograph.