I'm not convinced that the Feds don't have their photographs. Perhaps I'm wrong, but aren't photographs required on visas, green cards, passports, etc? A family member had to have her photo taken in order to renew her visa. And not just any photo. They have to be a certain size, etc.
However, if bribery is involved, all bets are off.
Aren't people coming through Customs photogrpahed for that biometric ID program? So that even if the passport pics were screwed up, the pics should still be available from Customs?
They would still have a photo. Photos are checked and must match the ticket holder's face. When we arrived in Germany, they had to stamp our passport, that would happen here as well. The picture should have been checked. I would think they would have the correct picture with a fake name. imo
I would have thought that too.. hard to believe there are no pictures...??