They have a guide for photographers that gives the detailed photo requirements in both inches and millimeters. http://travel.state.gov/passport/guide/guide_2081.html (see the setup and composition links).
If you have photo editting software, it is easy to crop, scale, and print them 6-up on a 4" x 6" photo. Then you have extras for visas. They seem to be happy if you meet the head size requirements and the photo is 50 - 51 mm. What they put in the passport is only 35 mm x 45 mm anyway (same as European size) Their recommendations: Photo: 51 mm square Head height 25 - 35 mm, top of hair to bottom of chin Eye height 28 - 35 mm from bottom edge of photo ________________________________ From: Michael Payne <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 9:24:52 AM Subject: [USMA:46397] Re: US passports Every time I fill in the application I use centimeters only and have never had anything come back. I wrote to the Department of State about this probably in 2001 when I got my last 10 year passport. I also pointed out he requirement for a photo the dimensions of which were in inches only. Bit of a nuisance if you live outside the US and there are no inch rulers around (which there are not in my house). Mike Payne ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 05 January 2010 03:32 Subject: [USMA:46362] US passports > > My wife and I will be applying for US passports soon. There is an online form > I can fill in or I can download a form and fill it in by hand. I see no > specific, item by item directions. > > The application requires a statement of height. Will the US Dept. of State > accept that in meters? Does anyone here have experience with that in the U.S.? > > I see no requirement to list mass ("weight"). > > Jim > > -- James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 >
