رغم أن الصورة الشخصية جاهزة، يلتقط مقدم الطلب صورة بيومترية.

رغم أن means although, even though, or despite the fact that.

It introduces a clause that contrasts with the main clause:

• رغم أن الصورة الشخصية جاهزة = Although the personal photo is ready
• يلتقط مقدم الطلب صورة بيومترية = the applicant takes/has taken a biometric photo

So the sentence expresses a contrast: even though one photo is already available, another photo is still taken.

Because it describes الصورة, and صورة is a feminine noun in Arabic.

Arabic adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• definiteness

So:

• الصورة = feminine singular
• جاهزة = feminine singular form of جاهز = ready

If the noun were masculine, you would use جاهز instead.

It is a nominal sentence in Arabic.

It has:

• الصورة الشخصية = the subject/topic
• جاهزة = the predicate

Literally, it is structured like:

• The personal photo [is] ready

Arabic often does not use a separate word for is in the present tense.

So الصورة الشخصية جاهزة is a very normal Arabic way to say the personal photo is ready.

This is about definiteness.

• الصورة الشخصية = the personal photo
  Both the noun and adjective are definite.
• صورة بيومترية = a biometric photo
  Both the noun and adjective are indefinite.

In Arabic, adjectives follow the noun and must match it in definiteness:

• definite noun -> definite adjective
• indefinite noun -> indefinite adjective

So:

• الصورة الشخصية
• صورة بيومترية

are both grammatically regular.

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• صورة شخصية = a personal photo
• صورة بيومترية = a biometric photo

This is the opposite of English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.

Arabic pattern:

• noun + adjective

English pattern:

• adjective + noun

مقدم الطلب means the applicant.

It is an iḍāfa construction, often called a possessive or genitive construction:

• مقدم = presenter / submitter
• الطلب = the request / application

So literally it is something like:

• the submitter of the application

In natural English, that becomes:

• the applicant

Because الطلب is definite, the whole phrase مقدم الطلب is definite.

Yes.

The main clause is:

• يلتقط = takes / captures
• مقدم الطلب = the applicant
• صورة بيومترية = a biometric photo

So the structure is:

• verb + subject + object

This is a very common Arabic word order.

In English order, it would be:

• The applicant takes a biometric photo

It is singular and masculine because the subject مقدم الطلب is singular masculine.

• هو يلتقط = he takes
• مقدم الطلب يلتقط = the applicant takes

The root meaning of يلتقط is something like pick up, capture, or take, and with صورة it means take a photo.

If the subject were feminine, you would expect:

• تلتقط

For example:

• تلتقط مقدمة الطلب صورة بيومترية = the female applicant takes a biometric photo

In formal Arabic, the present tense (المضارع) is often used for:

• general facts
• procedures
• instructions
• standard administrative actions

So يلتقط here does not necessarily mean the person is taking the photo right now at this exact moment. It can mean:

• the applicant takes a biometric photo
• the applicant has a biometric photo taken
• the applicant is to take a biometric photo

In official or procedural language, this is very normal.

They are not exactly the same kind of photo.

• الصورة الشخصية usually means a personal photo, profile photo, or a standard identity-style photo
• صورة بيومترية means a biometric photo, meaning one that follows specific technical standards used for identification documents

So the sentence implies:

• even if the regular/personal photo is already available,
• a biometric photo is still required.

Yes.

You could say:

• رغم أن الصورة الشخصية جاهزة، مقدم الطلب يلتقط صورة بيومترية.

This is understandable, but in formal Arabic, especially in neutral written style, verb-first order is very common:

• يلتقط مقدم الطلب صورة بيومترية

So the original version sounds natural and standard.

Because in Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually not expressed.

So Arabic says:

• الصورة الشخصية جاهزة

Literally:

• the personal photo ready

But the meaning is:

• the personal photo is ready

If you wanted the past, Arabic would use a form of كان:

• كانت الصورة الشخصية جاهزة = the personal photo was ready

Literally, yes, يلتقط can mean pick up or capture, but with صورة it is the standard way to say:

• take a photo
• capture a photo

So:

• يلتقط صورة = takes a photo

This is a common collocation in Arabic.