US Visa Photo-Specification and size of Digital Photo

To get started with your US visa or passport photo,you will need a digital camera with 3 or more megapixels (cellphone cameras are not acceptable).Please set your megapixels to between 3 and 8.

Composition checklist:

Photographer: Stand about 2 metres away from the subject. Capture the subject from the chest and leave space above the head

Shadows: ensure the subject stands one metre away from the background to avoid shadows

Expression: make sure the subject has a neutral expression with no teeth showing

Glasses: remove to avoid hiding the eyes

Eyes: make sure no red eye in your photos

Background Colour: white (a white wall in the house )

BOTH EARS MUST BE CLEARLY VISIBLE

Note that this is a guidline, you may consult the official guidelines for the United States for further information

Tips for taking pictures of a baby

The passport photo should be a good likeness of the baby

Babies do not need a neutral expression in passport photos

The head of the baby does not need to be straight

The colour of the eyes should be clearly visible in baby passport photos

There should be no supporting hands visible

baby does not need to look straight into the camera

Generally, the rules for baby passport photos are relaxed slightly by most countries due to the difficulty in getting babies under one year old to look at the camera.

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Digitally retouched photos are not allowed. However, we can improve contrast, brightness, saturation and colour balance etc , and will try to do as much as we can to get your photo to conform to the required passport and visa regulations.

If there are any problems with your photos we will contact you by email .

Otherwise we will send your photo as per the required specifications.

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