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N-600 photo: check and make yours

Your N-600 photo, checked against the official rules, framed and sized, ready to print. Official size: 51 x 51 mm (2 x 2 inches). Background: white to off-white. Rules read on uscis.gov on 5 November 2026.

  1. Take or choose a photo
  2. We check it against the official rules and frame it
  3. Download the exact file and a print sheet

Free check. Your N-600 photo, €6.99, only once it passes: the ready file and print sheet, unlimited retakes for 30 days. Refund if the authority rejects it.

Your photo: 602 x 602 px

Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.

Before you take it

  • Stand a step in front of a plain white wall, with nothing behind you.
  • Face a window or soft light: even light on the face, no shadows on it or behind.
  • Phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away: ask someone, or hold it at arm's length.

Check and make your photo

The first photo loads the face finder and the background outline from this site, about 15 MB, once.

The face finder and the background outline run in this page from files served by this site (sources and licences). They find where a face is in the photo; they never recognise who it is.

Meets the published spec as checked on 5 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government.

Forms N-600 and N-565 need two identical 2 x 2 inch colour passport-style photos only when the applicant lives outside the U.S., military service members abroad included. If you live in the U.S., send no photo: for N-600, USCIS gives you an appointment at an Application Support Center to take it. USCIS asks for unretouched photos. This page only frames and resizes your photo to 2 x 2 inches; it never retouches it or changes its background, so take it against a plain white or off-white wall. Print the sheet and cut out two identical copies.

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The rules at a glance

For the U.S. Certificate of Citizenship photos, Form N-600, and replacement naturalization/citizenship document photos, Form N-565 (applicants living outside the U.S.), as the official rules state them.

Size
51 x 51 mm (2 x 2 inches)
The file we make
602 x 602 pixels
Background
White to off-white.
Head size
50% to 69% of the photo's height, chin to top of head
Edits
None allowed by the official rules (“Unretouched means the photos must not be edited or digitally enhanced.”): we only frame and resize.
All the official rules and sources
Printed size
51 mm wide, 51 mm tall (2 x 2 inches)
This page makes
A 602 x 602 pixel JPEG file (the printed size at 300 dpi)
Head height
50% to 69% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head
Eye line
56% to 69% of the photo's height, measured up from its bottom edge
Background
white to off-white
Glasses
Not stated on the official page
Expression
Not stated on the official page
Head covering
head bare unless wearing headwear required by your religious denomination
Colour
Colour only
  • two identical colour passport-style photos, 2 x 2 inches, full face, frontal view
  • printed on thin paper with a glossy finish; unmounted
  • unretouched: not edited or digitally enhanced
  • name and A-Number (if any) lightly printed on the back in pencil or felt pen
  • only for applicants living outside the U.S. (military service members abroad included); N-600 applicants in the U.S. are photographed at an Application Support Center
  • N-600: the photos are of the person the certificate is for (often a child), not the parent filing for them
  • N-600 from outside the U.S. cannot currently be filed online; it is mailed with the printed photos

For: Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, filed by mail while the person the certificate is for lives outside the U.S. (two identical printed photos of that person); Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document, filed by an applicant living outside the U.S. (two identical printed photos).

Official source: www.uscis.gov, checked on 5 November 2026.

01/20/25. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.
You no longer need to submit photographs with your application unless you are residing outside the United States, including military service members residing outside the United States.
Applicants residing outside the United States must submit two identical, color passport-style photos.
If you reside in the United States, you will receive an appointment at a local application support center (ASC) to take your photographs.
If you are applying from outside the U.S., are applying for a fee waiver, or are a member or veteran of any branch of the U.S. military filing on your own behalf, you cannot currently file your Form N-600 online.

Official source: www.uscis.gov, checked on 5 November 2026.

Form N-600 Instructions 01/20/25
NOTE: “You” and “your” in this section refers to the individual for whom a Certificate of Citizenship is sought.
1. Photographs. If you reside in the United States, USCIS may request that you attend an appointment at an ASC to have your photograph taken.
If you reside outside the United States, you must provide two identical color passport-style photographs of yourself taken recently.
The photos must have a white to off-white background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish, and be unmounted and unretouched.
The photos must be 2 by 2 inches with a full face, frontal view.
Head height should measure 1 to 1 3/8 inches from the top of your hair to the bottom of your chin, and eye height should measure between 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from the top of your eyes to the bottom of the photo.
Your head must be bare, unless you are wearing headwear as required by your religious denomination.
Use a pencil or felt pen to lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the photos.

Official source: www.uscis.gov, checked on 5 November 2026.

Form N-565 Instructions 02/27/25
1. Photographs. Only applicants who reside outside the United States must submit two identical color passport-style photographs of yourself taken recently.
The photos must have a white to off-white background, be printed on thin paper with a glossy finish, and be unmounted and unretouched.
The photos must be 2 by 2 inches with a full face, frontal view.
Head height should measure 1 to 1 3/8 inches from the top of your hair to the bottom of your chin, and eye height should measure between 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from the top of your eyes to the bottom of the photo.
Your head must be bare unless you are wearing headwear as required by your religious denomination.
Use a pencil or felt pen to lightly print your name and A-Number (if any) on the back of the photos.

Official source: www.uscis.gov, checked on 5 November 2026.

02/27/25. You can find the edition date at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.
Two identical passport-style photographs if you live outside the United States;

Official source: www.uscis.gov, checked on 5 November 2026.

ALERT: Please remember that photos submitted to USCIS must be unmounted and unretouched.
Unretouched means the photos must not be edited or digitally enhanced.

Meets the published spec as checked on 5 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Rules change: check the official page before you apply.

How to use it

  1. Stand facing the camera in front of a plain, light wall, with even light on your face.
  2. Tap Take the photo and follow the outline and the tips on screen, or choose a photo you have. The page finds your face and frames it to the rules.
  3. Fix anything the page lists, each with its own tip. Adjust the framing if you need to, and move Top of head if the dashed line is not at the top of your head.
  4. Tick what only you can confirm.
  5. Save the file, or the print sheet to print at 100% on 4 x 6 inch photo paper.

Questions

What size is the N-600 photo?
Printed, 51 x 51 mm (2 x 2 inches). The head takes 50% to 69% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head. These are the official rules as checked on 5 November 2026. This page makes a 602 x 602 pixel JPEG file (the printed size at 300 dpi).
What background does the N-600 photo need?
White to off-white.
Can I wear a head covering in my N-600 photo?
Head bare unless wearing headwear required by your religious denomination.
Can I take my N-600 photo at home?
The official rules, as checked on 5 November 2026, ask for no photographer or studio, so a photo taken at home can meet them if it meets every rule on this page.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The photo is read and checked in your browser, and any file is saved on your device. The page tells our server only that a photo was checked, that it passed, or that a file was saved; never the photo, your face or any measurement. It finds where your face is in the photo; it never recognises who you are.
How is the head measured?
The page finds your chin and eyes in the photo and estimates the top of your head from your forehead, since hair hides it: the dashed line shows the estimate. If it is not at the top of your head, move it with Top of head and the checks follow.
Will my photo be accepted?
Only the issuing authority decides. A photo that passes every check here meets the published size, head and background rules as checked on 5 November 2026; you confirm the rest, such as glasses, expression and how recent the photo is.
How do I print it?
Save the print sheet: a 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm) photo at 300 dpi with as many copies as fit and thin lines to cut along. Have it printed at 100% (actual size) on 4 x 6 inch photo paper at a photo lab or shop, then cut out the copies you need.
What does buying your N-600 photo add?
Your N-600 photo, €6.99: the exact 602 x 602 px file, the 4 x 6 in print sheet, the acceptance report, the Detail check, unlimited retakes and the whole family's photos for this document for 30 days. Pay only once your photo passes. Refund if the authority rejects it. Paid once, with no subscription. In the Detail check our AI model, run in the EU, checks glasses, expression, shadows and more if you choose to send it the photo. Without buying you can check any photo and save a small preview with a watermark.