NVC Stage (Passport and Photograhy)

[Dante2019 9]

 

Question #1: I'm in the AOS stage and it's asking for passport bio page. Do they want a full scan from top (with the signature) to bottom or just the bottom section where it has my passport information?

 

Question #2:  Civil Documents is asking for photography. Can I put 2 passport size(jpeg files) into a word document, covert it to a pdf, and then upload it? Or do I need to upload 2 physical copies of passport pictures and scan them?

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Follow their instructions as written.  

I would scan and upload the full page.  I would scan the physical photos and upload them.

[Dante2019 9]

8 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I would scan and upload the full page.

So I'm guessing full page would be the top (with the signature) and the bottom with the information? So the image below like this in their website?

 

 

8 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I would scan the physical photos and upload them.

Thank you.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Dante2019

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

1 minute ago, Dante2019 said:

So I'm guessing full page would be the top (with the signature) and the bottom with the information?

 

Thank you.

Yes.

[Dante2019 9]

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yes.

Thank you. I did something like this. Image below.

 

 

 

[ElGrandeDoodel 37]

3 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I would scan the physical photos and upload them.

I think there's some uncertainty on this point on VJ, I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. However, I was DQ first time last week, and I followed the following advice and just uploaded a single JPEG file of a photo taken using my phone, edited using the State Department's photo editor tool:

No guarantees, but it worked for me. Uploading the same photo twice seems a bit bonkers.

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

2 minutes ago, ElGrandeDoodel said:

I think there's some uncertainty on this point on VJ, I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. However, I was DQ first time last week, and I followed the following advice and just uploaded a single JPEG file of a photo taken using my phone, edited using the State Department's photo editor tool:

No guarantees, but it worked for me. Uploading the same photo twice seems a bit bonkers.

My advice is to scan and upload.  Following their instructions is usually always a good choice. YMMV.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[ElGrandeDoodel 37]

20 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

My advice is to scan and upload.  Following their instructions is usually always a good choice. YMMV.

Fair enough, probably wise.

[pushbrk 12,975]

In this context, follow instructions. Put thoughts of "can I just...." or "would it be ok to....?" out of your head and just follow the instructions.

[Dante2019 9]

On 3/1/2023 at 2:33 AM, ElGrandeDoodel said:

I think there's some uncertainty on this point on VJ, I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. However, I was DQ first time last week, and I followed the following advice and just uploaded a single JPEG file of a photo taken using my phone, edited using the State Department's photo editor tool:

So basically you uploaded only a JPEG file of your beneficiary? I'm not sure what they mean about Photographs, because it seems like they want more than one?

 

On 3/1/2023 at 2:35 AM, Crazy Cat said:

My advice is to scan and upload.  Following their instructions is usually always a good choice. YMMV.

I tried looking for the instructions, but I couldn't find anything on what they mean about Photographs. I went here https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html