🇺🇸 United States · 51×51mm
One photo from your phone,
a photo that meets the spec
The AI cuts out the background, replaces it with plain white and crops to
the exact size.
You get the file for the online upload and a 4 x 6 sheet you can print yourself.
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✅ One 2 x 2 file, most U.S. applications
- ·U.S. passport — new application or renewal, including the online renewal upload
- ·U.S. visa — the DS-160 photo upload
- ·Green card (I-485), naturalization (N-400), work permit (I-765) and other USCIS forms
- ·Diversity Visa (DV) lottery entry — 600 x 600 px and under 240 KB
- ·India e-Visa and OCI card — also a 2 x 2 square, 10 to 300 KB
※ File size limits differ by form. Our upload file is 60 - 230 KB, which fits all of the above — but check the limit printed on the form you are filing.
⚠️ Four rules that get U.S. photos rejected
- 1. No eyeglasses. The U.S. has not accepted glasses since 2016 — prescription lenses are not an exception.
- 2. No digital alteration. Filters, beauty mode and retouching are all rejected. That is why the formal-wear option is turned off for this format.
- 3. No uniform, or clothing that looks like one.
- 4. Not a selfie. The State Department asks that someone else take the photo — use a timer or a tripod and stand back.
U.S. Passport · Visa · Green Card (2×2 in)
| Photo size | 2 x 2 in (51 x 51 mm) — square |
|---|---|
| Head height | 1 to 1 3/8 in (25 - 35 mm) — 50 to 69% of the frame |
| Eye height | 56 to 69% from the bottom |
| Background | Plain white or off-white |
| Digital file | 600 x 600 px (300 dpi) |
| File size | 60 - 230 KB |
| Taken | Within the last 6 months |
What you get
Online upload file
600 x 600 px — passport online renewal and DS-160. The same file fits an India e-Visa or OCI upload (2 x 2, 10 - 300 KB).
Print-ready single
One 300 dpi high-resolution photo
4 x 6 print sheet
Four 2 x 2 photos on one 4 x 6 in sheet, with cut lines
※ Which files you get depends on the item you bought. Everything arrives by email — we do not ship printed photos to the U.S.
🖨️ Print it yourself for about 40¢
The print sheet is a standard 4 x 6 in photo with 4 photos on it and cut lines between them. Send it to a drugstore or a photo kiosk as an ordinary 4 x 6 print, then cut along the lines.
※ A U.S. passport application needs one photo, so one sheet is plenty.
How to take it
- · Have someone else take the photo, or use a timer — the State Department asks you not to use a selfie
- · Look straight at the camera with a neutral expression or a natural smile, both eyes open
- · Your head from crown to chin has to be 1 to 1 3/8 in (25–35 mm) — 50 to 69% of the frame height
- · Take your glasses off — the U.S. has not accepted eyeglasses since 2016, prescription or not
- · No hats or head coverings, unless you wear one daily for religious reasons
- · Do not wear a uniform, or clothing that looks like one
- · Plain white or off-white background with no shadow behind you
- · Taken within the last 6 months
- · No filters, beauty mode or retouching — digitally altered photos are rejected
Reasons photos get rejected
- Eyeglasses X — not accepted in the U.S. at all
- Hat or head covering X
- Uniform, or clothing that looks like one X
- Filters, beauty mode, retouching X
- Shadow behind you X
- Head fills 50 to 69% of the frame height
- Plain white or off-white background
- Facing the camera, shoulders level