Step 1 — Upload Photo
Upload a recent photo and we'll prepare it for your DS-160 application.
We check your photo against the published U.S. Department of State specifications and apply only technical corrections — crop, resize, exposure and background cleanup. Your face is never retouched, reshaped or AI-generated.
- Automatic face, eye-line and shoulder detection
- Smart crop centered on your head — never a plain centre crop
- 600 × 600 JPEG under 240 KB
- Clear warning when a new photo is needed instead
Your photo is processed in your browser and is never stored, shared or used for training. Nothing is kept after you leave this page.
Drop your photo here
or click to browse — JPG or PNG
On mobile you can take or select a photo from your camera roll.