Automated template for ID photos

Your best option is likely to create (download or request) a script that retrieves the metadata and writes it onto a layer.

Along the way, you can use a script or action to replace the cloned smart object layer, which will update the other five instances. This is feasible if the files or images you want to use share the same dimensions and resolution. Otherwise, data sets may be a better option, as images can be scaled seamlessly on the fly using the built-in feature.

@Simon330614851jnx 

Variables would possibly handle the photo but not the date in the text.

You will need a script to get the date created metadata into the text in a single pass. I can think of two suitable scripts for the photo layout:

https://github.com/MarshySwamp/JJMack-Archive

Can you post a layered PSD file of the template?

Is this to be used manually for one image at a time, or do you require batch automation?

How should the date string be formatted? YYYYMMDD, DD-MM-YYYY etc.