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Photograph Requirement for Non-Immigrant Visa

  1. The photograph of each visa applicant must be an unmounted full face photo, taken within the past six months.
  2. A "full face" photo is one in which the applicant is facing the camera directly.
  3. The applicant should not be looking down or to either side.
  4. The photograph should measure 5 to 5 cm square.
  5. The face should cover about 50 percent of the area of the photo. The head of the applicant, including both face and hair, should be shown from the crown of the head to the tip of the chin on top and bottom and be the size of 20 mm, and from hair line side-to-side. It is preferable that the ears be exposed.
  6. Photos must be in color and taken against a white background. Photos taken in front of busy, patterned, or dark backgrounds will not be accepted.
  7. The photograph should be stapled or glued to Form DS-156, Nonimmigrant Visa Application. If the photograph is stapled, the staples should be placed as far away as possible from the applicant's face.
  8. Photos must not be digitally altered.