DS160 won't accept my photo

[claudi1176 2]

I have been trying to complete DS160 but cannot upload a picture. I uploaded the actual passport picture that I have used for the application, which follows all their standards and it says DOES NOT MEET STANDARDS. Any adivce???

[Al422 221]

That means you have a bad picture. I don't know what about it is bad since you tell us nothing about it, but please review the posted standards and see what about your picture does not make the grade.

[milimelo 4,740]

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OP, the size of photo can't be larger than 90 or so kb. Check your photo size.

[claudi1176 2]

I had the pic specifically taken for US standards....weird. I guess I will have to have a different one taken...THANKS!

[sweetswinks 400]

I had the pic specifically taken for US standards....weird. I guess I will have to have a different one taken...THANKS!

The US standards mean the photo specifications (width/depth), not the actual file size(kb). Right clock your photo and select properties, check the kb size. if it's over 90kb, you can change it in windows picture manager and clicking "edit"

[milimelo 4,740]

I had the pic specifically taken for US standards....weird. I guess I will have to have a different one taken...THANKS!

A friend can do it for you in your own place just stand in front of a white background, take pic according to state.gov instructions and then crop it so the size fits - you can re-size based on pixels or percentage of original photo.

That's what I did for my mom's visa photo - sister took it and it was over 1Mb, I resized and resized until it passed the validator and then mom submitted it.

This is what we used to validate photo:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/photos/digital-image-requirements.html

Edited April 21, 2014 by milimelo