[lxgr]

> ICAO compliant passports do not require storing a photo embedded in the chip

That's completely on the issuing country then, though, just like they e.g. might choose to not use dynamic chip authentication, which also makes the passport subject to trivial chip cloning.

I wouldn't be surprised if some e-border gates reject travel documents that don't support chip authentication or don't have a digital version of the photo covered by the issuer signature.