Photo requirements · US online renewal
Check the format and size of your original US online-renewal photo. Keep it unedited and follow the official upload and positioning flow.
Your photo · your application route
Photo stays in this browser
Print at 2 × 2 inches (50.8 × 50.8 mm exact). Keep your real appearance and original background. The official page also describes this as 51 × 51 mm.
JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC/HEIF · up to 20 MB. Browser support varies for HEIC. No photo is sent to a server.
Start with your real photo.
We locate your face, suggest framing and flag possible pose problems. You review the remaining requirements.
Local analysis & measured facts
A correct file size does not make a photo acceptable. This check does not replace the authority’s final review.
Choose a photo to see measured format, byte size and pixel dimensions, alongside the items that need your confirmation.
01 · Know the requirement
US online renewal accepts JPG/JPEG, PNG, HEIC or HEIF originals between 54 KB and 10 MB. Submit a recent, unedited photo. Use the official application to position or crop it; do not turn a printed photo or scanned print into the digital original.
02 · Choose your next step
PhotoBench checks the available file properties and explains what you need to inspect yourself. It does not export a modified renewal photo. Review the original for facial visibility, even light and the required plain background, then upload your original through the official service.
Official sources · checked 2026-11-06
Requirements can change. The authority’s current instructions and final review take precedence.
Questions about this task
This route is designed to preserve the original. The official renewal application provides its own positioning flow, so PhotoBench supplies checks and guidance instead.
Do not default to a print export. The renewal instructions ask for the original unedited photo, which follows a different preparation path.
HEIC and HEIF are listed by the US renewal instructions. Your browser may still lack a preview decoder; that does not change the original format.
The instructions call for an original without digital changes. If lighting is unsuitable, take another photo in better conditions.
This tool uses 54,000–10,000,000 bytes as decimal thresholds corresponding to the published 54 KB–10 MB range. The official portal remains decisive.
Format and bytes do not establish lighting, composition, expression, photo age, identity or editing history. Review all official requirements before submitting.
