Neutral face
Use a relaxed neutral expression, not a smile or open mouth.
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US visa photo maker
Make a US visa photo online
Prepare a DS-160 style visa photo from a phone image. Snapassport crops to the required square format, checks the practical photo rules, and lets you preview the result before the $3 download.
Start a visa photoUS visa photo requirements
The visa photo flow is especially strict about neutral expression and glasses. For the full sourced rule text, read the US visa photo requirements guide.
- Photo size
- 51 x 51 mm (2.01 x 2.01 in)
- Head height
- 50-69% of image height
- Eye line
- 56-69% from bottom
- Background
- WhiteOff-white
- Expression
- Neutral expression
- Output resolution
- 600 x 600 px at 300 DPI
- Max file size
- 234 KB max
No glasses
Remove eyeglasses unless a rare medical exception applies.
Clean upload
Use an original photo without appearance-changing edits.