Passport Photos ?

[Steve64 1]

Can my fiance just get a passport photo taken in the Philippines and just email it to me so I can print it out? Or Do I need the original photo ?

[Otto 83]

Can my fiance just get a passport photo taken in the Philippines and just email it to me so I can print it out? Or Do I need the original photo ?

If it complies with proper standards (size, background, etc) - you can print it out yourself (use photo paper).

[YuAndDan 153]

Perhaps, If the passport photo office gives her a digital copy that you can get printed on photo quality paper and can be trimmed to 2"x2", then yes could email you the picture.

Rules: http://travel.state.gov/visa/guide/guide_3...#digital_camera

[defunct 0]

You may want to consider that one of the requirements is that the photo is no more than 6 months old. Without a stamp on the back from a passport photo office, it would be difficult to demonstrate this.

From your other post regarding the letter of intent and needing an original signature, it seems that your finace will need to snail mail you anyway, so why not have them send the photos with that package?

Edited January 30, 2009 by eyoa

[lucyrich 20]

You may want to consider that one of the requirements is that the photo is no more than 6 months old. Without a stamp on the back from a passport photo office, it would be difficult to demonstrate this.

We took all our own passport photos, for the initial petition, visa, green card, naturalization certificate, and finally for the US Passport. We've got photographic lights and umbrellas, and set everything up according to the state department guidelines. We printed some photos out on an inkjet printer, and printed others by taking digital files to a photo place and having them printed on genuine photographic paper.

In no case did we have any sort of stamp on the back to indicate the date the photo was taken. All the photos were accepted with no problems.

Though they have that 6 month rule, I don't think they have a way to enforce it precisely. I believe that, in practice, if you show up to your interview and you still look like the photo you submitted, you'll be OK. If you look like you've aged since the photo was taken, they'll probably question you about it, and maybe insist you get a more up to date photo. I'm speculating here, but I suspect that if you've changed a lot, they may even have the discretion to insist on a new photo even if the photo was technically less than 6 months old when submitted.

I haven't heard of problems with photos that are reasonably up-to-date, though.