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<span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Please note:'''</span>
<span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Please note:'''</span>


<span style="background:#FFFF00">'''''Photos that do not meet''''' '''<u>all</u> ''these requirements will be silently deleted and we will use the one we have on file, if we have one.'''''</span>
<span style="background:#FFFF00">'''''Photos that do not meet''''' '''<u>all</u> ''these requirements will be silently deleted and we will use the one on file, if we have one.'''''</span>
[[File:ID photo guidelines.png|alt=ID photo dos-and-dont's|thumb|ID photo dos-and-dont's]]
[[File:ID photo guidelines.png|alt=ID photo dos-and-dont's|thumb|ID photo dos-and-dont's]]
#'''Photo must be like a driver's license or passport image.''' No Halloween costumes, no vacation memories, no wedding photos, no anime avatars, and no red carpet paparazzi shots unless you are an [[wikipedia:List_of_EGOT_winners|EGOT winner]].
#'''Photo must be like a driver's license or passport image.''' No Halloween costumes, no vacation memories, no wedding photos, no anime avatars, and no red carpet paparazzi shots unless you are an [[wikipedia:List_of_EGOT_winners|EGOT winner]].
# Background must be plain, such as a blank wall.
# Background must be '''plain''', such as a blank wall.
# Photo must be full color, not black and white. No Instagram filters.
# Photo must be '''full color''', not black and white. No Instagram filters.
# Face the camera straight on, head and shoulders.
# '''No hat, facial covering, or sunglasses''' unless used for medical or religious purposes.
# No hat, facial covering, or sunglasses unless used for medical or religious purposes.
# '''Face the camera''' straight on, head and shoulders.
# Good lighting. Take a step away from the wall to avoid a shadow.
# Use '''good lighting.''' Take a step away from the wall to avoid a shadow.
# '''Leave some room''' for us to crop the photo during printing.
# Photo dimensions must be '''at least 500 x 500 pixels'''. (Aspect ratio [height:width] does not matter.)
# You may smile if you wish. But no Groucho glasses.
# You may smile if you wish. But no Groucho glasses.
# Leave some room around the sides. We crop each photo for printing.
# Photo dimensions must be at least 500 x 500 pixels. (Aspect ratio [height:width] does not matter.)
# Do not scan a printed photo. An image of your passport or a license will ''not'' work; those are only good for [[Background Checks]].
# Do not scan a printed photo. An image of your passport or a license will ''not'' work; those are only good for [[Background Checks]].
# A good quality smartphone photo is fine. Is there any other kind anymore?
# A good quality smartphone photo is fine. Is there any other kind anymore?