Use EAD Photo Tool & Get Your EAD Photo in 30 Seconds
Filing Form I-765 for employment authorization? Get an EAD photo from the comfort of your home: upload a recent portrait to our EAD photo tool and get two application-ready 2 x 2-inch color photos. Available on any smartphone or laptop; no editing skills required.
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Make Your EAD Photo Online Now
Upload a recent selfie to our EAD photo-maker, and simply follow the on-screen instructions below. Your work authorization photo will be ready in under a minute.
Get photo for: US Employment Authorization 2x2 inch (51x51 mm)
Instructions:
How to take a good photo?
1/7 Image format
Photo must be in color. Taken within the last 6 months.
How to take a good photo?
1/7 Image format
Photo must be in color. Taken within the last 6 months.
ID & Passport Photo Tool. Your personal data is processed in accordance with security and privacy standards.
If you need assistance, don't hesitate to contact our Support team, which is always there to help.
How Our EAD Photo Tool Works
Our EAD photo tool converts your original portrait to the 2 x 2-inch format required by the Form I-765 for employment authorization. It correctly crops, frames, and proportions it, producing a digital JPEG or printable PDF sheet (that you can print in a print shop) or a JPEG sheet (that you can print on your home printer) for your mail-in EAD filings. You must look professional on your work authorization photo: we recommend checking our casual-to-formal clothes option available for a small additional fee at checkout. Add Human Verification service if you want a manual review before you submit your EAD picture.
Photo Upload
Take a selfie and upload it to PhotoGov
Service Selection
Add Human Verification or select other services
Processing
Wait while automatic adjustments are applied
Download
Get two 2 x 2 inch prints for Form I-131
Written by Olia Potiagaeva, Managing Editor Reviewed by the PhotoGov Editorial Team★ 4.8 / 5.0 GoogleChecked against official government requirements
On THIS PAGE:
- Make Your EAD Photo Online Now
- How Our EAD Photo Tool Works
- What Is an EAD Card Photo?
- Your Final Photo for EAD from PhotoGov
- EAD Photos That Pass the Checks
- EAD Photos That Don't Pass the Checks
- Why Use the PhotoGov Service for Your Employment Authorization Photo
- PhotoGov and USCIS Photo Standards for Form I-765
- Official Government Sources
- Other Documents — US ID Photos
What Is an EAD Card Photo?
A passport-style photo included with Form I-765 for Employment Authorization.
Two identical, recent color photos measuring 2 x 2 inches, with a plain white background, printed on glossy paper.
Prepared by PhotoGov as a ready-to-print professional-grade PDF sheet (print at a print shop) or JPEG sheet (print on your home printer) in high resolution — to be included with your mail-in application, unmounted and unedited.
Your Final Photo for EAD from PhotoGov
PhotoGov automatically applies USCIS Form I-765 requirements to your original photo, creating a submission-ready digital or printable file. You don't need to manually adjust or verify any technical details. Below are the key technical parameters of your final EAD card photo from PhotoGov.
Parameter | Your Final Photo |
|---|---|
Photo size | 2 x 2 inches |
Head size | 1 to 1⅜ inches from chin to crown |
Background | Plain, white e |
File format | JPEG / Printable PDF or JPEG sheet |
Resolution | High-resolution digital file at 600 DPI |
Head positioning | Automatically centered |
Colour | Full colour |
Face visibility | Fully visible, no retouching |
Submission | Printed and mailed with your paper Form I-131 package |
For a full overview of official standards, please see our EAD Photo Requirements Guide.
Your photo is processed in a private session in a secure environment. Facial features are never altered — the tool only resizes, crops, and replaces the background. If you want extra reassurance, optional Human Verification is available at checkout.
EAD Photos That Pass the Checks
EAD Photos That Don't Pass the Checks
Why Use the PhotoGov Service for Your Employment Authorization Photo
Convenience
Photos accepted for online and in-person submissions
Compliance-Aligned Output
Designed to meet the current USCIS guidelines
Availability
No registration, installation, or studio visits
Extra Assurance
Optional Human Verification by an in-house compliance specialist
Secure Processing
Your data is secure and not transferred to third parties
If your photo is rejected due to technical issues on PhotoGov's side, we provide a free retake or a full refund.
PhotoGov and USCIS Photo Standards for Form I-765
PhotoGov produces a Form I-765 photo that matches the specifications published in the official USCIS form instructions — 2 x 2 inches, color, full-face frontal view on a plain white or off-white background, two identical copies. Our tool preserves your natural facial features exactly, adjusting only size, crop, and background. A green card application requires a photo in the same 2 x 2 inch format: check our green card photo requirements guide for the rest of the USCIS specifications.
Both copies must come from a photo taken within 30 days before you file Form I-765 — this is a USCIS filing rule, independent of PhotoGov's processing time.
Our team monitors USCIS photo policy for changes, including the December 2025 update on how EAD cards are produced from biometric appointments. Two identical passport-style photographs remain required initial evidence for Form I-765, so we keep our specifications aligned with current USCIS instructions.
For an additional compliance check before you submit your package, add Human Verification at checkout — a senior compliance specialist will review the image against current USCIS rules.
Our platform is built to meet U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services photo rules. Final acceptance of your photo always remains at the full discretion of USCIS.
Take a front-facing portrait in even daylight against a plain wall, upload it to PhotoGov, and select United States as your country and EAD as your document type. The online EAD photo-making tool crops the image to 2 x 2 inches and produces a print sheet with two identical copies for your mailing package. Print the sheet on photo paper and submit by mail. Do not mount the photo to the application form.
Yes. A phone camera can produce a usable source image for your EAD picture — but we recommend processing it with an online tool for correct cropping, framing, and basic adjustments. Remember, you cannot digitally alter your facial features or background, or the application may be rejected or delayed. Do not use filters, portrait mode, or AI enhancements for your work authorization photo.
No. USCIS requires an unretouched photo and warns against any digital enhancements. If your headshot has a busy, patterned, textured background, or shadows, retake a photo against a compliant plain white background.
The EAD photo-making tool converts your original portrait into a Form I-765-compliant image, cropping and framing it to the current USCIS specs. The facial features are never digitally altered — after processing, you receive a compliant EAD picture as a digital JPEG or a printable PDF or JPEG sheet.
Yes. Select Human Verification at checkout, and a senior compliance specialist reviews the finished image against the current USCIS photograph specifications before you print it. Ambiguous cases are flagged for a retake, giving you an extra layer of confidence before a submission.
A rejection caused by a technical fault on our side qualifies for a refund or a free retake. A rejection caused by the source image — lighting, head angle, face visibility, or overall poor quality — requires a retake and resubmission.
Yes. We take your personal data very seriously — it is used solely to generate the ID photo and is deleted from our servers once processing is complete. We never share your data with third parties or external AI services. Learn more in our Privacy Policy, or reach out to our Customer Support team if you have any questions.
PhotoGov.net strictly adheres to the Global regulations for ID photos.
Official Government Sources
Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Passport Photo Requirements and Examples: U.S. Department of State - Travel
Biometric Regulations for International ID Documents: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Document 9303
Other Documents — US ID Photos
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