Why Can't KTP Photos Use Glasses? Turns Out This Is The Reason

Why can't ID cards photos use glasses? (Director General of Dukcapil of the Ministry of Home Affairs)

YOGYAKARTA - Electronic Identity Cards (KTP-el) are the identities that must be owned by every Indonesian citizen (WNI) who is 17 years old and over. In e-KTPs, they will contain personal data such as the Population Identification Number (NIK), name, address, gender, marital status, place and date of birth, work, religion, and blood class. However, in the technical making, do you know, why can't ID cards use glasses?

The e-KTP also contains the nationality, validity period, place and date of issuance, the owner's signature, and a selfie of someone. In making ID cards, some people who experience certain eye conditions, such as close greetings, remote movements, and cylinders, question whether it is permissible to use softlens or glasses when taking photos of e-KTPs.

The Director General (Dirjen) of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) Teguh Setyabudi explained that the use of glasses and softlens was not allowed when taking ID cards. This is because the use of softlens when taking photos of e-KTPs has the potential to make eye biometrics unreadable by the system.

"Residents should not use softlens when taking photos for e-KTP because it can disturb eye slices," he explained.

In addition, the use of glasses when taking photos of e-KTPs is also not allowed. Teguh revealed that glasses are at risk of disturbing in the process of taking photos due to the reflection of the camera flash.

"For the use of glasses, it must be removed at the time of taking photos, because if the photos on the e-KTP use glasses, they can affect the assessment when searching for population data using the Face Recognition (FC) method," he said.

Unlike the use of glasses, Dukcapil actually advises residents to use makeup before taking a photo of their ID card. This is done to get maximum and best photos because the ID card will be used until the end of their lives.

"We always advise the ID card applicant to dress up so that they look optimal and dress neatly with appropriate norms because the photo in the KTP will be valid for life," he said.

However, the use of makeup should also not be excessive to avoid too striking differences between the face in the photo and its original face.

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