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US visa photo (DS-160 digital)
Crop, whiten the background and compress to the exact size, then check every rule.
Requirements Confirm with official source
- Square JPEG, 600×600 to 1200×1200 px
- Head (chin to top of hair) 50–69% of the image height
- Eyes 56–69% up from the bottom
- Plain white background
- 240 KB or less (stated for the Diversity Visa)
Source: travel.state.gov
1 Add your photo
- Stand 1–2 m from a plain light wall, facing a window.
- Ask someone else to take it, at eye level, with shoulders in view.
- Plain expression, eyes open, mouth closed.
2 Adjust
This document rejects edited photos, so we only crop and resize. Retake against a plain light wall if the background fails.
3 Check and download
Please confirm yourself (we can't measure these reliably)
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Common reasons this photo gets rejected
- Head too big or too small for the frame.
- Shadows on the face or on the wall behind.
- Background not plain, or not the right colour.
- Glasses with glare, hair over the eyes, or a smile with an open mouth.
- Blurry or low-resolution photo.
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