About VisaPhotos

VisaPhotos is made by Studioarjuna, an independent studio in India. We help people get a passport, visa or ID photo right the first time, from their own phone.

Why we built it

A photo is the smallest part of an application, and it can hold up everything else.

You've filled in the form, gathered your documents and booked your appointment. Then the upload fails. The form wants exactly 600 x 600 pixels and under 240 KB, and your phone takes photos of several megabytes. Or the photo uploads, and you're not sure it's right: is your head the correct size, can you wear your glasses, should the wall be white or grey?

The answers exist, but they're scattered across embassy pages, government PDFs and application portals, and they change from one document to the next. The US wants white or off-white. France doesn't allow white at all. Many people are also filing from another country, where the nearest photo shop may not know their home country's rules.

We built VisaPhotos so that anyone can sort this out at home in a few minutes, with the right rules for their exact document in one place. Today it covers 151 documents across 90 countries and territories.

What you can expect from us

• Official rules first. Every document page links to its official source and shows when we last checked it. Read how we check the rules.
• Honesty about what we don't know. If we couldn't confirm a rule, the page says so.
• See it before you pay. The preview is free, and so are the photo checker and our other tools.
• Your face stays yours. We never retouch faces. We crop and resize your photo, and we only replace a background if you choose that option, on documents where we offer it.
• Privacy by default. Face detection runs on your device, nothing is uploaded until you ask for a preview, and photos are deleted automatically. See our privacy policy.
• A refund if it doesn't work out. You can claim a full refund within 14 days of payment.

What we can't promise

Only the issuing authority decides whether a photo is accepted, and we're not affiliated with any government. What we can do is give you a photo made to the published rules, and tell you clearly when something looks wrong.

Contact

VisaPhotos is sold by Studioarjuna, based in India. Email us at support@visaphotos.app, or see the contact page.