NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS
Nonimmigrant Visa Photograph Requirements
The photograph should be:
Taken within the last six months;
2 inches (50mm) square, with the head centered
in the frame. The head (measured from the top of the hair to the bottom of the
chin) should measure between 1 & 1 3/8 inches (25mm to 35mm) with the eye level
between 1 & 1/8 inch to 1 & 3/8 inches (28mm and 35 mm) from the bottom of the
photograph;
Pictures can be in color, or black and white
against a white or off white background. Photographs taken in front of busy,
patterned or dark backgrounds are not acceptable.
The pictures must also be full face, with the
face covering about 50% of the area of the photograph. In general, the head of
the applicant, including both face and hair, should be shown from the crown of
the head to the tip of the chin on top and bottom, and from hair-line side-to-side.
It is preferable that the ears be exposed.
Head coverings are acceptable only when the
applicant's face and hairline is completely visible.
May contain a small (one quarter inch) white border on one side.
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