DV lottery (Green card Lottery) applicants must include an image file of themselves along with the entry they submit, this must be according to the DV Lottery Instructions.
Those photos can be taken by a digital camera or can scan a paper photo. If there is no photo uploaded with the entry, your entry will not be accepted. Those photos you want to include in the entry must be taken recently, normally after June 2008.
Don't manipulate Digital images using any programs. A married person must submit a digital photograph of Him/Her self, a digital photograph of spouse and individual photographs of all the children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age on the date of applying.
Notice:
Entries are subject to disqualification and visa refusal for cases in which the photographs are not recent or have been manipulated or fail to meet the specifications as explained.
A recent digital photograph (image) of yours, your spouse, and each eligible child ( unmarried child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted children and stepchildren, even if a child no
longer resides with you or you do not intend for a child to immigrate under the DV program) must be submitted on-line with the E-DV entry form.
If you didn't submit any eligible person's image, your entry will be disqualified.
You do not need to submit a photo for a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident in US.
Group or family photographs will not be accepted; there must be a separate photograph for each family member as mentioned in the instruction. Failure to submit the required photographs for your spouse and each child will result in an incomplete entry to the E-DV system. The entry will not be accepted and must be resubmitted. Failure to enter the correct photograph of each individual in the case into the E-DV system will result in disqualification of the principal applicant and refusal of all visas in the case at the time of the visa interview.
If you don't know to make your photo in to a digital file, you can get assistance from professional photographers, Law offices, Visa consultations or from us. It is officially accepted to use out side help.
Select here the kind of photo you want to make ready to send with your entry.
