New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new policy guidance "to address a change in the agency's photograph reuse policy."

It tightens rules on photographs used for immigration documents - setting new limits on how old an image can be and ending the acceptance of self-submitted photos.

The US Department of Homeland Security released a press release on Friday (December 12), saying that the USCIS is now changing its photograph reuse policy.

It said the USCIS may only reuse a previously collected photograph if, at the time of filing, no more than 36 months (3 years) have passed since the date the photograph was collected at the biometric services appointment (BSA).

The revised policy also clarif...