It’s applauding that he was honest. If I ask you that question, chances are I’m moving quickly. If you lied that you have got it and I ask you to send a copy of your passport page and it takes you 2 weeks, you’d have broken my trust and have shown no integrity, everything ends.
Truth is better.
If he said yes, and he was asked to send a copy of his passport page, what would he say? In possible situation, the person might even send you money to get your passport.
Desperation should not make you entrap yourself. You lose trust.
Two masked protesters climb to the top of the Empire State Building in NYC to raise a banner that reads:
"When the power of love beats the love of power. The world knows peace."