Renewing or applying? See in seconds whether your photo meets the State Department spec — before the application bounces it. We check the file you have; we don't touch it.
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Questions
No. We're an independent service — not affiliated with the U.S. government or the State Department. Your photo is measured against the same published passport photo spec the official source states; that source is linked at the bottom of this page.
No. The verdict is on the file exactly as you uploaded it — nothing is cropped, brightened, or replaced. If a failed check is something software can honestly fix, we offer that as a separate, optional step; the check itself changes nothing.
It's used only to run the checks and deleted automatically within a day. No account, no photo library, no reuse.
Nothing. The verdict, the full list of results, and the retake advice are free. You only pay if you choose to have a fixable photo fixed — and only after you see the fixed version pass.