Passport, visa and ID photos · Photo cost
How much does a passport photo cost in the US? Prices at USPS, Walgreens, Walmart and FedEx Office
These are the passport photo prices that the big providers in the US show on their own pages, copied exactly, with the link and the date we read them. Beside them is what WinPhoto ID does instead: a free check of a photo you take yourself, in your browser. Prices change: check the shop before you go.
Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.
Passport photo prices in the US, from each shop's own page
| Provider | Price shown | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| USPS (Post Office) | $15.00 | “$15.00 - Post Office photo fee (if needed)” Listed with the Post Office passport acceptance fees; the page doesn't say how many photos. The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
| Walgreens | $16.99 | “Walgreens passport photos cost $16.99 for two government-compliant printed photos, with a FREE digital copy sent via email at no extra charge.” The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
| Walmart | $7.64 | “Get government-compliant 2×2 passport photos printed in store at your nearest Walmart store.” Includes: “Final print size is 2×2 inches” The page doesn't say how many photos. The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
| FedEx Office | $15.95 | “For $15.95, choose between two 2" x 2" printed photos or a digital copy provided on a convenient USB drive.” From the page of one store, 1512 14th St NW, Washington, DC. The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
Prices are copied exactly as each page showed them on the date read. Prices change and can differ from store to store: check the shop before you go. WinPhoto has no link with these shops.
What WinPhoto ID does instead
- You take the photo yourself, and WinPhoto ID checks it against the published rules in your browser, free. The photo is not uploaded.
- The finished file and a print sheet: $7.49, paid once for that document, with unlimited retakes for 30 days. No subscription.
- You still print the photo or upload it yourself. A printed photo is one ordinary photo print of the sheet from a photo counter, a kiosk or an online lab: how to print it.
WinPhoto is photo software, not an application service. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Only the authority decides whether it accepts a photo.
When a shop is the better choice
Some authorities only take a photo from a photographer, a photo booth or a service with a photo code, and some refuse a photo made at home or edited. For these documents WinPhoto ID only checks a photo you already have: it makes no file and never changes yours. Read each document's page first.
A shop or booth also suits you if you need the photo today, have no one to take it, or need a baby's photo taken by someone used to it.
Questions
- How much does a passport photo cost in the US?
- On the pages we read (USPS, Walgreens, Walmart, FedEx Office), the price each shows is in the table above, with what it includes in the shop's own words. Prices change and can differ from shop to shop: check the shop's page or ask in store.
- Is a passport photo from WinPhoto ID accepted?
- WinPhoto is photo software, not an application service. Its check compares your photo with the published rules as we read them on the date each document's page gives. Only the authority decides whether it accepts a photo.
- Do I still need a print?
- If your document asks for a printed photo, yes: you order one ordinary photo print of the sheet, or print it yourself where the rules allow. If it takes a digital photo, you upload the file.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. The check, the file and the print sheet are made in your browser and the photo stays on your device. The one exception is the Detail check, which is opt-in and comes with a document's photo.