Do I have to take ID photos at the police station?

ID card photos can be taken in the police station, or at any resident ID card photo shooting point outside. As long as it meets the photo requirements of the ID card. The public security department reminds residents that when taking photos with their ID cards, they should take photos according to the following requirements and the instructions of the staff at the photo point to ensure that the photos are qualified and valid: 1. The photo of the ID card is an avatar, and the head and face should not be tilted and rolled over when shooting. 2. Wash the sweat and oil on your face before shooting, and rub a little powder on oily skin. 3, please wear dark collared clothes when shooting, can't wear all kinds of standard clothes. Please take off your hat when taking photos. 5. Take photos with glasses. You should wear the lensless glasses frame provided by the photo point. 6. Put your hair in order before shooting, exposing your ears and eyebrows, and don't put a bun on your head. 7. Don't wear all kinds of jewelry, make-up or dye your hair when shooting. The national technical standards for the second-generation ID cards are as follows: 1. Citizens' recent color photos and images, with pure white background, do not need standard clothes or white tops, and residents who often wear glasses should wear glasses; 2. In order to ensure the photo quality and the unity of face size, angle, posture and color, the Ministry of Public Security has formulated and issued the Technical Standard for Making Digital Photos with Resident Identity Cards. The photos used must be recent bareheaded color headshots, accounting for two-thirds of the photo size, with no borders on a white background, clear portraits, rich levels, natural expressions and no obvious distortion.

Legal basis: Article 12 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards. When a citizen applies for a resident identity card, the public security organ shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with the regulations. The public security organ shall issue resident identity cards within 60 days from the date when citizens submit the registration form of resident identity cards; In areas with inconvenient transportation, the processing time may be appropriately extended, but the extension time shall not exceed thirty days. Citizens who urgently need to use their resident identity cards during the application, renewal and replacement of their resident identity cards may apply for temporary resident identity cards, and the public security organs shall handle them in a timely manner in accordance with regulations. The specific measures shall be formulated by the public security department of the State Council. The relevant units and their staff members shall keep confidential the personal information of citizens recorded in the resident identity cards obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services.