Passports

Passports

Passport Photos

You should go to a passport photographer who knows the requirements and has a special passport camera that shoots two identical photos simultaneously. Fortunately, passport photographers are not hard to find. Passport photo locations include:

  • Walgreens
  • CVS
  • Rite Aid
  • Kinko's
  • Sears
  • JC Penny
  • Walmart
  • Ritz Camera
  • Wolf Camera

You can also look in your local yellow pages under "passport photos."

The photos must meet the following requirements:

  1. Identical and 2 x 2 inches in size
  2. Taken within the past 6 months, showing current appearance
  3. In color
  4. Full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background
  5. Between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head
  6. Taken in normal street attire – do not wear uniforms except religious attire that is worn daily.
  7. Do not wear a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline
  8. Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless you need them for medical reasons. A medical certificate may be required
  9. If you normally wear a wig, hearing aid, or prescription glasses, wear them for the photo