Photo Requirement

Photo composition template

Each visa applicant must submit one (1) 50mm square “full face”, unmounted photos, with white background taken within the past six months.  A "full face" photo is one in which the applicant is facing the camera directly. The applicant should not be looking down or to either side, and the face should cover about 50 percent of the area of the photo. Although variations in hair styles and in head coverings make it difficult to rigorously define the term "face", 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 required that the ears be exposed. The key requirement is that the photograph clearly identifies the applicant.