Select the size (completed)
US visa600 × 600 pixels
Please select the size required by your application form. If the required size is not listed, select Custom size.
Upload and position your photograph (current step)
You can also drag a photograph here.
- Please use a recent front-facing photograph with your eyebrows and both ears visible.
- A plain background gives a better result when the background is changed.
Set the background and file size
After you upload a photograph, set the background and file size here.
Check and download
After you upload a photograph, check the requirements and download it here.
US visa photo size: requirements
The tool above is already set to these requirements.
- Required size
- 600 × 600 to 1200 × 1200 pixels
- This tool exports
- 600 × 600 pixels
- Print size
- 5.1 × 5.1 cm
- Background
- White background
- File size
- Not more than 240 KB
- File format
- JPG format
- Other requirements
- The photograph must be square.
- The head, from the chin to the top of the hair, must be 50% to 69% of the photograph height.
- Spectacles are not allowed, except for medical reasons. The photograph must not be digitally altered.
- The photograph must have been taken within the last 6 months.
- Source
- Checked: October 2026