Requirements for Photo ID
IMPORTANT Upon completion of your registration and any of the orientation courses you will receive a course completion card verifying any/all of the courses that you have taken.
With the added security needed on Railroad Property contractor's need to have an additional photo ID Badge in conjunction with your Government issued ID badge (if required or requested by the railroad). The Security Awareness Course on this site is tied to your Photo ID Badge. Once you have completed the security awareness course and have uploaded a photo you will be issued a Contractor Photo ID Badge. You will also be listed on the completion data base which is available for anyone to review.
Digital Photos are preferred. Once you register on this site there will be a link for you to upload your photo directly from your computer to your registration on this site. Here is what we need:
Photo must be taken against a plain, uniform white or light colored background.
The face must be square to the camera with a neutral expression and with the mouth closed.
A full front view of the subject's head and shoulders is required.
MUST BE IN JPEG FORMAT .jpg should me Low resolution under 100kb
If the digital camera has sufficient resolution —
capable of capturing and storing images with 1 million pixels (megapixels)
or more — it can be used to take the photos. However, printing of digital
images is best done by professional photography processing labs because many
off-the-shelf digital printers cannot achieve the image-quality required for
passport and visa photographs. In any case, the image-quality criteria,
described on this website, must be met in the submitted conventional film
photo and/or the digital image printed photo.
If you are mailing in your Photo:
Go to any Kinkos, USPS, etc. that takes Passport Photos and mail the photo in with your name and company written on the back.
Requirements for Photograph
· taken within the last six months and a good likeness;
· 2" x 2" (50mm x 50mm) square with at least 1/2" space between the top of the head to the top edge of the photograph;
· printed on high quality photographic paper;
· untrimmed;
· on white or off-white background;
· either black and white or color (color preferred).
NOTE: Vending machine photos are not generally acceptable
The applicant must face the camera directly. The head must not be turned and must be centered in the frame. Head coverings are acceptable only for religious reasons; the applicant's face must be completely exposed.
The head from chin to top of head should measure between 1" (25mm) and 1 3/8" (35mm) with eye level between 1 1/8" (28mm) and 1 3/8" (35mm) from bottom of photograph.
Standards for acceptable photos
Either black and white or color photos are acceptable. (Color is preferred)
Photos must be originals, not taken from any existing photo.
Photo must be taken against a plain, uniform white or light colored background.
The face must be square to the camera with a neutral expression and with the mouth closed.
A full front view of the subject's head and shoulders is required.
Tinted
prescription glasses may be worn as long as the eyes are clearly visible.
Sunglasses are not acceptable.
False hairpieces or other cosmetic devices are acceptable if they do not disguise the natural appearance of the bearer and are worn habitually.
A photo in which the applicant is wearing a hat or head covering or anything that interferes with the photo's value in providing a means of identifying the issue for the benefit of border control is not acceptable. While allowances may be made for practitioners of religious faiths that prohibit the removal of the head covering, photos in which the full facial features of the subject are not visible are not acceptable.
Photo ID FAQ