The State Department website provides explicit instructions and rules. Your picture must comply with the strict rules and regulations to adhere to the high biometric standards. The U.S. government highlights 8 key U.S. passport photo guidelines that you need to ensure before submitting your portrait taken within last 6 months:
To learn more about each requirement, please see the info above.
According to the official instructions effective in the country, it must be exactly 2″ x 2″ (51 x 51 mm).
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To be fully compliant, your headshot must be precisely 2″ x 2″ (51 x 51 mm), with your head centered between 1″ and 1.4″ (25 and 35 mm).
As provided in the official instructions, you can’t wear glasses, dark glasses, tinted lenses, or sunglasses on your 2 inches (51mm) x 2 inches (51mm) US passport document, even if you do it due to medical reasons.
You need to provide one high quality 2 x 2 inch file printed on glossy or matte professional photographic paper that meets the list of specs on the State Department website page.
A plain white or off-white is the background color per the guidelines issued by the Department of State.
You can submit a new snapshot or one taken within the past six months. Other 2 x 2 inches full face photos are rejected as not conforming to the official photo rules.
PhotoBooth Online automatically makes off white background as requested by the Department of State for 2 x 2 inches full face snapshots to be printed on matte or glossy paper. You don’t have to do anything with your uploaded JPG. However, if you wish, you can take a new photo against a white wall or a white blanket or a white bedsheet.