Why is smiling forbidden on passport photos?

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/01/why-smiling-forbidden-passport-photo

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Can anyone offer a half plausible reason why smiling is forbidden on passport photos?

Tom Thomas, Ulverston, Cumbria

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