Photographs must be submitted at the time of eDV entry. Photographs that do not comply with all specifications, including but not limited to recency of the photos, composition of the photos, and unacceptable backgrounds are grounds for disqualification of the entire entry. Any manipulation of photographs that alters the facial characteristics is grounds for disqualification of the entire entry. See examples on the Photo Tool {this link will open in a new window} page.
Please refer to the Instructions for the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa program (DV-2017) for technical specifications and compositional specifications for the digital image.
You will use one of the following methods to enter the image into eDV:
Take a new digital image.
Use a digital scanner to scan a submitted photograph.