Photo checker
Check your DV photo
Upload any photo. We check it against every official rule and fix it in one click.
Before you take the photo
- Face the camera, against a plain white wall
- Even light, no shadows
- Normal expression, both eyes open
- No glasses
A photo studio can take it in minutes. We take care of the size, crop and format.
The spec, drawn
Where you sit in the frame
Head between 50% and 69% of the height, eyes in the brass band. We measure both on your photo.
JPEG · square · 600–1200 px · ≤240 KB · ≤20× compression
- Scanning a printed photo? It should be 2 × 2 inches, scanned at 300 DPI or more, at actual size (not “fit to page”).
- Passing here isn’t a guarantee: the State Department can still refuse a photo. Check it with their photo tool (opens in a new tab) and the official instructions (opens in a new tab).