Is taking a photograph for the purpose of obtaining a passport for Hajj considered a dire necessity? And what is the criterion for dire necessity?

Al-Halabi : He saysThe questioner : If you are convinced that jihad in the lands of the Afghans is an individual obligation, is it permissible for me to obtain a passport, knowing that it includes a photograph, and it is well known...?

The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me; so is it permissible for me to what?

The questioner : To obtain a passport?

The Shaykh : To do what?
Al-Halabi : Yes, to obtain a passport, knowing that it includes a photograph, and it is well known that most scholars have not permitted image-making except for a dire necessity. Is this image-making a dire necessity? And what is the criterion for dire necessity?

The Shaykh : If he considers that Hajj is an individual obligation, what dire necessity is stronger than that?
Abu Layla : Jihad.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, jihad; so this is undoubtedly a dire necessity, and anything after it is a dire necessity.
Al-Halabi : And the criterion for dire necessity? As a general rule?

The Shaykh : It is that which a person is not permitted to do other than perform.
Al-Halabi: Yes.