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One photo, twelve checks — run this before you upload

So here is the list: twelve checks, six dos and six don'ts, written as a checklist you run against your shot at the kitchen window. Tick all twelve and the photo clears on the first try. Miss one and your file bounces back to your inbox for a retake. When your photo passes, you can apply in a few minutes. For the full specification behind these checks — dimensions, file size, the lot — start with our Cambodia eVisa photo requirements for US citizens guide.

The 6 dos: what every compliant photo has

• Do use a plain white background. White or off-white interior wall, a closed white door, or a white sheet pinned flat. Nothing behind your head — no furniture, no doorframe, no poster.
• Do shoot in even daylight. Face a window so light lands on your face from the front or the side. Mid-morning or mid-afternoon gives the cleanest, most natural color.
• Do keep a neutral expression. Mouth closed, lips relaxed, eyes open and looking at the lens. The face should look calm and ordinary, not posed.
• Do center your head with your full face visible. Both ears and the full outline of your face in frame, a little space above your hair, hair tucked back if it crosses your face.
• Do save a JPEG under 2 MB, 600×600 pixels or larger, roughly square. The validator reads the digital file by pixels and file size, so those are the numbers that count.
• Do use a photo taken in the last 6 months. It has to look like you as you are now — an older shot that no longer matches your current face fails the recency check.

The two that catch Americans off guard are the file checks at the bottom. Modern iPhones save in Apple's HEIC format by default, and the form wants a standard JPEG; an uncropped camera original can also blow past the 2 MB limit before you trim it. Both are quick fixes in the Photos app. Our deep dive on Cambodia eVisa photo size and file format walks through the pixel math and the JPEG-versus-HEIC conversion step by step.

The 6 don'ts: what gets a photo flagged

• Don't wear glasses. Any frames at all — thin wire ones, reading glasses, anything. There is no medical exemption in the current spec, so take them off for the shot and put them straight back on.
• Don't smile. Even a slight, closed-mouth smile reads as an expression flag. Keep the face neutral and relaxed; no teeth, no grin, and no exaggerated serious look either.
• Don't wear a hat or non-religious head covering. Caps, beanies, and hoods are out. Daily religious head coverings are allowed, but your full face from chin to forehead must stay visible.
• Don't cast a shadow behind your head. Standing pressed against the wall, or lighting from one harsh side, throws a shadow the validator reads as a second tone. Step about two feet off the wall.
• Don't use an off-white or colored wall. A white wall under warm evening light photographs cream or yellow — one of the most common silent rejections. Daylight keeps white looking white.
• Don't apply filters, beauty smoothing, or portrait blur. The validator looks for natural skin texture and rejects heavily edited or artificially blurred images.

Background and glasses are the two biggest repeat offenders, and they pull in opposite directions — one is about your wall, the other about your face. If your home has no plain wall to work with, our Cambodia visa photo background rules guide covers every workaround. And if a photo has already been bounced and you are not sure which flag caught it, the guide to fixing a rejected Cambodia eVisa photo maps each flag to its exact correction.

The 12-point checklist at a glance

Most Americans take the shot at home on a phone, and that setup passes every one of these twelve checks when you follow a short routine. Our step-by-step guide to taking your Cambodia visa photo with your phone shows the exact stance, distance, and camera settings, and the iPhone photo guide for Americans covers the HEIC-to-JPEG conversion tap by tap.

How to run the QA pass in two minutes

Edge cases — babies, glasses, beards, religious coverings

Daily religious head coverings are the one allowed exception to check number 10 — you may keep the covering on, provided your full face from the bottom of the chin to the top of the forehead is clearly visible with nothing shadowing your features. If glasses, expression, or eye issues are your specific worry, our note on Cambodia eVisa photo glasses and expression rules goes deeper on each case before you commit to a shot.

After the checklist — what happens at upload

That is the whole photo story: one file, twelve checks, two minutes. The Tourist eVisa is $80 USD all-in and the Business eVisa is $90 USD all-in, both approved in 3 business days and delivered as a printable PDF by email, with US-timezone support if anything snags. When your photo is ready, the next step is the application itself — our step-by-step Cambodia eVisa application guide for Americans walks through every field, and the required documents checklist confirms the four other things you will need alongside the photo.

Next steps and related reading for US citizens: apply for your Cambodia eVisa once your photo passes all twelve checks, bookmark the Cambodia visa hub for United States citizens as your single reference, read the full Cambodia eVisa photo requirements if you want the spec behind each check, and keep the guide to fixing a rejected photo handy in case the validator flags something.