As the petitioner, how do I complete the passport style photo requirement for my beneficiary?

[RickFlair 7]

I have the beneficiary's picture.  But now I have to size it down and make sure the eyes are at a certain height and that the head is a certain length.  The Walmart passport photo tool only prints on matte paper.  The instructions say to print the 2 x 2 picture on glossy paper.  I asked CVS, Walgreens, and a private photo store and they all told me they will only do a passport photo if the person is standing in their store.  She took a passport style photo at some shop in the Philippines but then she scanned it and its blurry.  That won't work either and I have no way to verify if the dimensions are correct.  So I had her take a bunch of digital pictures and send them to me in original quality.  Now I have those pictures but need to use some kind of tool to ensure that it will pass all the requirements.  What do I do?

[nastra30 2,288]

There are many apps that you download to use on your phone.

 

You also use the State Dept photo tool below: 

https://tsg.phototool.state.gov/photo

[RickFlair 7]

2 minutes ago, nastra30 said:

There are many apps that you download to use on your phone.

 

You also use the State Dept photo tool below: 

https://tsg.phototool.state.gov/photo

I tried that tool but it said the photo was rejected because it was not at 1:20 compression ratio. I have no idea what that means.  I have a lot of very clear, high quality pictures of the beneficiary.  Not blurry at all.  Great white background.  Everything looks great.  I loaded up all of her pictures and I get the same 1:20 compression rejection message. 

[Mike E 11,740]

Get the image sized properly in an image editor to a 1x1 ratio.  
 

Then copy paste the image 6 times and arrange in a 2x3 grid. 
 

Save the grid image.  
 

Upload to Walgreens.com

 

Order a standard 4x6 print of that image to glossy paper. 

 

 

 

[RickFlair 7]

For those who may find this thread in the future:

I found an outstanding, free, open-source program called GIMP.  I was able to quickly make the 2x2 passport photo with the GIMP program, use the measurement tool inside the program to make sure the facial dimensions would meet the requirements, and duplicated the image enough times so that I had 6 images which were all 2x2.  I fit those onto a 4x6 grid and then uploaded the 4x6 to Walgreens.  I had the 4x6 printed at Walgreens on glossy photo paper for under $1 and then very carefully and precisely cut one of the 2x2 pictures out of the 4x6 photo.  Now let's hope USCIS accepts the image and they don't find something wrong with it.

Edited September 16, 2022 by RickFlair