Advisory notice

What we are

• An independent software product that compares your photo against country-specific photo rules using a vision model.
• A pre-submission check intended to reduce the chance of your photo being rejected by a consulate, visa center, or automated government upload system.
• A privacy-respecting service: photos are processed in memory and permanently deleted within one hour. We do not store, sell, or share images. We do not run facial recognition for identity.

What we are not

• Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State, UK Home Office, European Commission, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, or any other government or consular authority.
• Not an official photo provider. We do not generate, retouch, or substitute your photo. We only analyze it.
• Not a guarantee of acceptance. Final acceptance is at the discretion of the issuing authority.

How to use our report

Treat each criterion as a suggestion to verify against the official source linked at the bottom of every country page. If a rule has changed recently — and government photo rules change several times a year — the authoritative website is always correct. Where our analysis disagrees with the official source, trust the official source.

Limitations of automated analysis

• Some measurements (exact head height in millimeters, precise background RGB) cannot be inferred from an image alone. We mark these as "uncertain" rather than guess.
• Lighting, color calibration, and printer output may shift the photo's appearance between digital and printed form. Our check is based on the digital file you upload.
• Country rules occasionally include unwritten preferences enforced by specific consulates. We capture what is published; we cannot capture every regional variation.