DV lottery and U.S. passport photos on your phone
BrainDV is an independent app for DV lottery (green card) entry photos, U.S. visa photos and 2×2 U.S. passport photos. It guides your camera, checks size, framing and background against the published U.S. requirements on your phone, and crops the photo without inventing pixels.
- Choose a photo profile
- Take the photo with guidance
- Export the file
What the BrainDV photo app does
Camera guidance
Live hints for distance, framing, lighting and head position while you take the photo.
Checks on your phone
Dimensions, file size and framing are checked on your device. Every check shows pass, warning, unknown or fail, with the reason.
Honest cropping
The crop uses only pixels from your own photo. BrainDV does not stretch, pad, retouch faces or replace the background.
Clear rules and sources
Each photo profile lists its dimensions, file limits, known limitations and links to the U.S. Department of State pages it is based on.
Photo requirements by document
DV lottery, U.S. visa and U.S. passport photos follow similar rules with different sizes. Read what each one needs and which published requirements BrainDV follows.
Digital file
DV lottery photo
Digital photo uploaded with an electronic Diversity Visa (DV) lottery entry.
600 × 600 pixels
DV lottery photo requirementsDigital file
U.S. visa photo
Digital photo for an online U.S. visa application, such as the DS-160 or DS-260.
600 × 600 pixels
U.S. visa photo requirements (DS-160, DS-260)Printable photo
U.S. passport photo (2×2 in)
Printed 2 × 2 inch photo for a paper U.S. passport application.
2 × 2 inches at 300 dpi
U.S. passport photo requirements (2×2 inches)Digital file
U.S. passport online renewal photo
Digital photo upload for U.S. passport online renewal.
1200 × 1200 pixels
U.S. passport online renewal photo requirements
Before you start
One-time price, no subscription
Explore for free. The unlock is $4.99 once (U.S. reference price) and includes 4 photo exports per year.
See pricingDV photo questions
What size the photo is, whether a phone photo works, glasses, how recent it must be and what happens if it is rejected.
Read the FAQ
What BrainDV does not do
- It does not submit anything to a government website for you.
- It does not retouch faces, generate content or create a synthetic background.
- It cannot decide whether a photo is accepted. Only the relevant authority can.
Coming soon
BrainDV is coming soon
BrainDV is not yet available in any app store or country. Join the waitlist to hear when testing opens.
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