American Samoan Visa Photo

Your Passport Image in American Samoa’s Entry-Permit Process

Travel authorization for American Samoa follows the territory’s entry-permit arrangements. The Department of Legal Affairs distinguishes ordinary entry permits from its Entry Permit Waiver Program, which provides an approved OK Board for eligible travelers. Identify the applicable route before preparing photographs: the published waiver checklist asks for a passport copy, rather than a separate passport-style portrait.

For that route, the image already printed in the passport forms part of the copied travel document. Provide a clear copy of the requested passport information rather than replacing it with a newly taken portrait. The passport copy and itinerary sit alongside local contact information in the online request. A new digital photograph does not substitute for those identity documents.

The ordinary entry-permit guidance describes a local sponsor who submits the application and supporting travel documents before the visitor arrives. Our visa finder helps organize initial research, but the territory’s immigration instructions determine the authorization. A U.S. visa photograph should not automatically be treated as the requested attachment for this separate process.

If the receiving office asks for an additional photograph, review its instructions together with our photo requirements, photo quality and framing guides before arranging prints. Maintain a recognizable likeness and ask which delivery format is required. The embassy and consulate directory can assist with foreign consular contacts for other parts of the journey, while American Samoa’s Legal Affairs travel and immigration services handle the territorial entry authorization.