30 days is the requirement when submitting passport photos with the initial petition but to my knowledge there is nothing in the packets that I have read from consulates that states that passport photos have to also be taken within the past 30 days. Whilst yes I applied for a CR-1, the photo requirements are the same, and I submitted passport photos that where 6 months old as I hadn't changed my appearance to any great degree (few extra gray hairs

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If anyone that could cite from a packet they received that stated any specific time requirement, can you let it be known please.