129F Passport Style Photos

[LOve17 87]

Hello everyone,

 

I was wondering whether the 2x2 photos need to be stamped with the date and the location where it was taken. I am the beneficiary (from Canada) and I mailed my fiance my photos that were taken here and I have a stamp of date and location on my photos, but my fiance (the petitioner) just went to Costco yesterday to get his photos taken and they didn't stamp anything on the back of the photos. He went back today and asked them if they could stamp it with the date, but they said they don't stamp the back of passport photos with dates. What has everyone else done through experience? Does it matter? Should he write the date in with pencil and write his name? He has a copy of the receipt that he took it, should we attach that also. Or should he go somewhere else.

 

Thank you.

[SalishSea 17,837]

1 minute ago, NSJT said:

Hello everyone,

 

I was wondering whether the 2x2 photos need to be stamped with the date and the location where it was taken. I am the beneficiary (from Canada) and I mailed my fiance my photos that were taken here and I have a stamp of date and location on my photos, but my fiance (the petitioner) just went to Costco yesterday to get his photos taken and they didn't stamp anything on the back of the photos. He went back today and asked them if they could stamp it with the date, but they said they don't stamp the back of passport photos with dates. What has everyone else done through experience? Does it matter? Should he write the date in with pencil and write his name? He has a copy of the receipt that he took it, should we attach that also. Or should he go somewhere else.

 

Thank you.

I am not sure that USCIS is really concerned too much with the date of the passport-style photos.  It isn't typical for them to be date-stamped.  Ours weren't, and I have never seen any sort of RFE for that here on VJ.

 

As long as you file the petition soon after the photos are taken, you should be good to go.

[LOve17 87]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

I am not sure that USCIS is really concerned too much with the date of the passport-style photos.  It isn't typical for them to be date-stamped.  Ours weren't, and I have never seen any sort of RFE for that here on VJ.

 

As long as you file the petition soon after the photos are taken, you should be good to go.

Since it requires the photo to be taken within 30 days, do you just recommend to write the date the photo was taken himself and print his name on the back of the photo?

[SalishSea 17,837]

53 minutes ago, NSJT said:

Since it requires the photo to be taken within 30 days, do you just recommend to write the date the photo was taken himself and print his name on the back of the photo?

Yup.

[LOve17 87]

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Yup.

Thank you so much!

[EandS2019 390]

The only instruction about the photos is that they are US passport style photos and to lightly write your name and A number (if any) on the back. You don’t need to provide a date.

[SalishSea 17,837]

4 hours ago, Ethan & Shannon said:

The only instruction about the photos is that they are US passport style photos and to lightly write your name and A number (if any) on the back. You don’t need to provide a date.

Actually, in the instructions it does say that they should have been taken within 30 days.

[EandS2019 390]

1 hour ago, Jorgedig said:

Actually, in the instructions it does say that they should have been taken within 30 days.

They definitely need to be taken within 30 days, but there’s no date required on the back of the photos. I phrased my sentence wrong, I was referring to what goes on the back of them.

Edited February 14, 2019 by Ethan & Shannon

[LukeU 413]

12 hours ago, NSJT said:

Hello everyone,

 

I was wondering whether the 2x2 photos need to be stamped with the date and the location where it was taken. I am the beneficiary (from Canada) and I mailed my fiance my photos that were taken here and I have a stamp of date and location on my photos, but my fiance (the petitioner) just went to Costco yesterday to get his photos taken and they didn't stamp anything on the back of the photos. He went back today and asked them if they could stamp it with the date, but they said they don't stamp the back of passport photos with dates. What has everyone else done through experience? Does it matter? Should he write the date in with pencil and write his name? He has a copy of the receipt that he took it, should we attach that also. Or should he go somewhere else.

 

Thank you.

As a few people below have stated, they don't have actual instructions to date them. We did however just on the back when annotating your name etc (it can't hurt). NOA2 approved no RFEs for this. 

[nastra30 2,287]

No need to date them. USCIS doesn't care about dates stamped on the back on passport pictures. They require photos to be taken within 30 days but it's more of an honor 'system' from your end. What stops someone of stamping current date on an old old passport picture? (Rhetorical question)

Edited February 14, 2019 by nastra30