U.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image)U.S. DV Lottery (Green Card) Photo
ApplicationVisaDV Lottery
Pixel size600×600 – 1200×1200 pxExactly 600 × 600 px
Verified against official sourceLast checked: 2026-07-23
🇺🇸 U.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image)
We check one selfie against every photo requirement listed on this page.
If you scan a printed photo instead of shooting digitally, the scan must be 2 × 2 inches at 300 ppi or higher.
- Pixel size
- 600×600 – 1200×1200 px
- File format
- JPEG, JPG
- File size
- Up to 240 KB
Use this page only for U.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image). Similar applications can use a different submission method, size or file limit. Why this rule has its own page
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🇺🇸Selected requirementU.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image)600×600 – 1200×1200 px · JPEG, JPG · Up to 240 KBChange
Upload one clear, recent photo
A phone photo is fine. Face the camera, use even light and keep your full head and shoulders in frame.
Reading the background…
- Face a window or lamp. Never shoot with the light behind you.
- Stand at least 50 cm from a plain wall so it does not cast a shadow behind your head.
- Turn off beauty filters and portrait mode — background blur counts as digital editing.
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Compliance report
AI can fix the remaining issues
Some items still do not meet this rule after the automatic checks. AI can rebuild the background and gently correct pose while preserving your identity.
This authority does not accept digitally altered photos. An AI-generated photo may be refused — you decide whether to submit it.
For photos you upload, AI generation starts automatically when this rule cannot be met in the browser; photos taken with the camera here are only sent if you start it yourself. Either way the optimized photo is uploaded for processing — compare the generated face with the original before use. Privacy policy
For photos you upload, AI generation starts automatically when this rule cannot be met in the browser; photos taken with the camera here are only sent if you start it yourself. Either way the optimized photo is uploaded for processing — compare the generated face with the original before use.Privacy policy
Exact requirement
What this photo must meet
These values come from the selected rule and are used during generation.
- Pixel size
- 600×600 – 1200×1200 px
- File format
- JPEG, JPG
- File size
- Up to 240 KB
- Background
- white or off-white
- Head size
- 50 – 69 percent
- Photo age
- Taken within the last 6 months
- Editing
- No retouching, filters or background replacement allowed
- Glasses
- Not allowed
- Headwear
- Religious head covering only
- Face & expression
- Neutral or a natural smile
Note: If you scan a printed photo instead of shooting digitally, the scan must be 2 × 2 inches at 300 ppi or higher.
Application
U.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image)
Use this page only for U.S. Visa Photo (DS-160 digital image). Similar applications can use a different submission method, size or file limit.
- Application
- Visa
- Submission
- Online upload
- Official source
- U.S. Department of State
- Last checked
- 2026-07-23