The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent self-service equipment, and discloses a self-service identification photo taking terminal. The self-service identification photo taking terminal comprises a camera module, a supplementary lighting module, a touch screen, a two-dimensional code reading module, a printing module, a coin inserting module, an electric lifting chair, a wireless communication module and a chip. The touch screen is used for displaying a self-service identification photo taking interface and touch operation for self-service identification photo taking business. The chip is used for generating the self-service identification photo taking interface, processing the user touch operation self-service identification photo taking business, controlling a user's facial image taken by the camera module to be sent to a remote identification photo checking server for checking, and generating an identification photo according to the user's facial image taken by the camera module and the business information, read by the two-dimensional code reading module, of user identification business handling when an checking receipt is received. The printing module is used for printing the identification photo generated by the chip. According to the self-service identification photo taking terminal, the identification photo is convenient to take, and the qualification rate and working efficiency are improved.