US Visa Photo

Make a 2×2 inch photo for a US visa application, digital or printed.

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About US Visa Photo

Make the 2 × 2 inch photo for a US visa: crop with the face guide and print a 4×6 inch sheet at 300 DPI. For the photo you upload to the DS-160 form, use the DV Lottery Photo tool, which makes the same kind of square digital photo at 600 × 600 pixels and under 240 KB. The photo is prepared in your browser and isn't uploaded.

How US Visa Photo works

Passport Photo Maker crops your picture to the exact proportions of the photo size you choose, with a face guide on the crop box so the head sits where passport offices expect it. Drag and resize the crop box until the face fits the guide.

The cropped photo is then laid out on a 4 × 6 inch photo-paper sheet or an A4 page at 300 DPI — the resolution photo labs and home printers use. Copies are packed as tightly as the paper allows: 8 standard 35 × 45 mm photos fit on a 4 × 6 sheet and 30 on A4, with thin cutting lines between them if you want.

When to use US Visa Photo

  • Passport, visa and OCI applications that need printed photos.
  • Government ID, exam admit card and job application forms that ask for passport-size photos.
  • Saving money at the photo studio: print a whole sheet at a print shop for the price of one 4 × 6 print.
  • Getting a correctly cropped digital photo for an online application.

How to use US Visa Photo

  1. Add a photo. Use a clear, front-facing photo against a plain, light background, taken in good light.
  2. Choose the size and crop. Pick 35 × 45 mm, 2 × 2 inch, 33 × 48 mm or a custom size, then move and resize the crop box so the face fits the guide.
  3. Download and print. Choose a 4 × 6 or A4 sheet and the number of copies, download, and print at 100 % / “actual size”.

Photo sizes and print settings

35 × 45 mm
The standard size for India, the UK, the EU and Australia.
2 × 2 inch (51 × 51 mm)
Used for US passports and for India visa and OCI applications.
33 × 48 mm
The size for Chinese visa photos. Any other size can be entered under Custom, in millimetres.
Single photo download
Also download the cropped photo on its own, for online forms that ask for a digital picture.

Frequently asked questions

What does a US visa photo need?

The same as a US passport photo: 2 × 2 inches, in colour, taken in the last six months, on a plain white or off-white background, facing the camera with a neutral expression and no glasses. The head should be 1 to 1⅜ inches (25–35 mm) from chin to top of the hair.

What size is the digital photo for the DS-160?

A square JPG of at least 600 × 600 and at most 1200 × 1200 pixels, 240 KB or smaller. The DV Lottery Photo tool makes exactly 600 × 600 pixels within that size.

How do I get a white background?

Remove the background first with Remove Background and choose Colour → White, then bring that photo here to crop and print it.

Why are my printed photos the wrong size?

The printer scaled the sheet. In the print dialog choose 100 %, “actual size” or “no scaling” instead of “fit to page”, and use paper of the same size as the sheet.

Can I print the sheet at a photo shop?

Yes. Download the 4 × 6 sheet and ask for a normal 4 × 6 inch (10 × 15 cm) print; it is already laid out at 300 DPI.

Are my files safe with US Visa Photo?

Yes. US Visa Photo usually runs in your web browser, so the file never leaves your device. Files your browser can't handle well — such as HEIC photos in browsers other than Safari, or very large files — are sent over an encrypted connection and processed in our server's memory only, never written to disk. The result screen tells you which happened.

Is there a file size limit?

Files up to 25 MB each can be processed.

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