sample photo
Photos should be stapled or glued to the
non-immigrant visas application (DS-156). If the photograph is
stapled, the staples should be placed as far away as possible from
applicant's face.
Visa Services
Requirements for Photos Submitted with Visa Applications
- Each visa applicant must submit a 5 centimeter by 5 centimeter full face, in focus photograph taken within the past six months. The photograph can be either color or black and white but it must be taken against a white background.
- The image of the face must cover at least 50 percent of the area of the photograph. The image of the applicant should measure 3.5 centimeters from the top of the head to the point of the chin.
- Sunglasses or other paraphernalia which would detract from the image of the applicant’s face are not to be worn.
- The applicant must be facing the camera directly and should not be looking down or looking to the side.
- No type of hat or headress, other than religious attire, can be worn by the applicant in the photograph.
The following photo studios are familiar with these requirements:
- Estudios Kovacs: Peru 255, tel: 202-363
- Estudios Rochester: Shopping Villa Morra, tel: 604-895
- Fotoshop: Shopping del Sol, Local 123, tel: 611-790
- Polaroid – Taanga: Capitan Brizuela 684 c/ Capellanes de Cerro Cora (ex-San Francisco), tel: 222-235
- Kodak Express: Shopping Mariscal Lopez, Local 31/32, Tel: 606-446
- Teknocolor: O’Leary 150 c/ Benjamin Constanst, tel: 443-072
Visa Forms
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