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 One way to reduce delays in an immigration application is to ensure a properly formatted passport photo. Here in the US, it’s not as difficult because you’re typical Walgreens or CVS knows exactly what a passport photo should look like. They have the white background set up and Paper cutters set to the precise 2 x 2 square size. However, when people send me photos from foreign countries, the results very widely. Photos will be one by 1 inch, have a blue background, improper, head and shoulder proportions, etc. If a passport photo is required for an immigration application and such a photo is submitted, the entire application can (and often is) be rejected. I don’t know why they can’t simply process the star processing the application and then send a notice to provide new passport photos. In the vein of Bob Weber, I think there is a Tamata mentality.Keep in mind, that an application can take a a week to arrive at the USCIS, and anothercouple weeks to just to begin processing. if it doesn’t have the right passport photos, the government then put it in another bin for someone to create the rejection notice,

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