Passports and Visas.com® : Passport Photograph Regulations

Passport-Style Photograph Regulations

To process your application, you are required to provide identical passport-style photographs. Government Agencies have specific regulations regarding the passport photographs. Passports and Visas.com recommends the following retailers for passport photographs :

Locate your nearest Mail Boxes, Etc.
Locate your nearest Kinko's
OR consult your local Yellow Pages under "Photographers - Passport"
Vending Machine photos are NOT acceptable.

The following is the list of regulations regarding passport-style photographs :

Photographs must be 2x2 inches in size, identical, taken within the past 6 months.
The image size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head should be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches.
The photographs may be in color or black and white.
They must be full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background.
Photographs should be taken in normal street attire, without a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline.
Uniforms should not be worn in photographs with the exception of religious attire which is worn daily.
If prescription glasses, a hearing device, wig or similar articles are normally and consistently worn, they should be worn when the picture is taken.
Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless required for medical reasons. A medical certificate may be required to support the wearing of such glasses in the photographs.