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Photo ID Requirements for the Online Application Module for Admission to WVSU Main Campus

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The following information will guide the applicant on the nature of the image required and brief instructions on how to crop and resize an existing image.

The photograph must:

• be passport standard (35x45mm)

• Pixels: 350 x 450 pixels minimum

• be in portrait orientation (i.e., higher than it is wide)

• be taken with your eyes open and clearly visible (no sunglasses or tinted glasses and no hair across your eyes)

• show your full head (70 to 80% of the photograph), without any head covering unless you wear one for religious beliefs or medical reasons

• show you on your own

• be in colour

• be taken within the last 12 months

• be clear and in sharp focus, with a clear difference between your face and a plain light background.

Ideal Photograph :

The image should be less than 1MB in size and in JPG/JPEG format. Most digital cameras and smartphones save photographs as a JPG/JPEG file. You can find the file size of the image by right clicking the file and selecting “Properties”.

 

A photograph not meeting the requirements will be rejected.  Refer to the image resizer guide on how to resize the image file to 1mb or less.

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