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DV Green Card Lottery Applicants - News & Updates
Notice: DV2005 Important Information Regarding your Photos.
All applicants that have submitted an Electronic Application for the DV2005 Green Card Lottery Program, should make sure that their digital photos conform to the guidelines submitted below. If you photo does not conform to the required guidelines, please log-in to your account, at: www.usdvlottery.com and re-upload your image.
Photo Specifications Guide
If you haven't already, you will need to upload a photo for each person, relative, or family member listed on your application.
Recent photographs of the applicant and his/her spouse and each child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren, excepting a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident, even if a child no longer resides with the applicant or is not intended to immigrate under the DV program, must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Group or family photos will not be accepted; there must be a separate photo for each family member.
Each applicant, his/her spouse, and each child will therefore need a computer file containing his/her digital photo (image) which will be submitted on-line with the Entry Form. The image file can be produced either by taking a new digital photograph or by scanning a photographic print with a digital scanner.
If the submitted digital images do not conform to the following specifications, the system will automatically reject the Entry Form and notify the sender.
The image must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format.
The image must be either in color or grayscale; monochrome images (2-bit color depth) will not be accepted.
If a new digital photograph is taken, it must have a resolution of 320 pixels wide by 240 pixels high, and a color depth of either 24-bit color, 8-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale.
If a photographic print is scanned, the print must be 2 inches by 2 inches (50mm x 50mm) square. It must be scanned at a resolution of 150 dots per inch (dpi) and with a color depth of either 24-bit color, 8-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale.
The maximum image size accepted will be sixty-two thousand five hundred (62,500) bytes.
If the submitted digital images do not conform to the following specifications, the entry will be disqualified:
Applicant, spouse, or child must be directly facing the camera; the head of the person being photographed should not be tilted up, down or to the side, and should cover about 50% of the area of the photo.
The photo should be taken with the person being photographed in front of a neutral, light-colored background. Photos taken with very dark or patterned, busy backgrounds will not be accepted.
Photos in which the face of the person being photographed is not in focus will not be accepted.
Photos in which the person being photographed is wearing sunglasses or other paraphernalia which detracts from the face will not be accepted.
Photos of applicants wearing head coverings or hats are only acceptable due to religious beliefs, and even then, may not obscure any portion of the face of the applicant. Photos of applicants with tribal or other headgear not specifically religious in nature are not acceptable. Photos of military, airline or other personnel wearing hats will not be accepted.
Photos will be resized to specification. If your photos are blurry or distorted, your application may be rejected. Please edit and re-upload your photos as needed.
Maximum file size for each photo is 62500 bytes, or about 60k. Acceptable image formats are GIF, JPEG, and PNG.
All applications need to be completed by the end of October.
Submission period will begin November 1st 2003.
Always when corresponding with us, include your DV ID number and previous communications. Best way to get responses is by e-mail. If you need to contact us, please visit our Contact Us page.
Sincerely,
American Immigration Center
DV Lottery Department
PO Box 45476
Rio Rancho, NM 87174
USA
www.us-immigration.com
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