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2 × 2 inch photo maker

Make a 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) photo for a US passport, visa, green card or the DV lottery, framed and saved at 600 × 600 px. Your photo stays on your device.

Drop a photo, or click to choose

For the best result, take it against a plain, light wall in even light, facing the camera.

How to make a 2 × 2 photo

  1. Choose your photo. A sharp photo facing the camera, taken by someone else from a metre or more away, against a plain light wall.
  2. Pick the document. US passport is chosen. Switch to US visa, the Diversity Visa lottery, a green card or the India OCI card if that is what you need.
  3. Line it up. The oval should run from the top of your head to your chin. Drag the photo or change Head size until the checks are ticked.
  4. Download. Download photo saves the 600 × 600 px JPG; Download sheet saves copies on a 4 × 6 in print or a Letter page.

Which documents use a 2 × 2 inch photo

A 2 × 2 inch photo is 51 × 51 mm, a square. The United States uses it for passports, visas and green cards, and India uses the same square for the OCI card. The square is where the likeness ends: the head size, the background and the file you upload differ from one document to the next, so pick the exact document in the tool rather than a bare size.

Printing a 2 × 2 photo

At 300 dots per inch a 2 × 2 photo is exactly 600 × 600 pixels, which is why the same file works for printing and for most online forms. A 4 × 6 in print holds two, a 5 × 7 in print six, and a US Letter page 20, with a thin gap and cut lines between them. Print at actual size, not scaled to fit, or each photo comes out a little smaller than 2 inches.

USCIS asks for green card photos that are un-retouched, so that preset keeps the background you took the photo against: stand in front of a white or off-white wall. The other presets can make the background white for you.

What we could and could not confirm

The Diversity Visa numbers (600 × 600 pixels, 240 kB or less, the head between 50 and 69% of the height, a white or off-white background) come from the program’s instructions published in the Federal Register. The State Department’s own passport and visa photo pages could not be opened when we checked, so those presets frame head and shoulders and state no head range. Read the rules on travel.state.gov before you print; the full table of sizes links every source we used.

The full tool

This page opens Passport photo maker on the US passport size. Every other option is still there, so you can change your mind without leaving. For other jobs, see all image tools.

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Common questions

How many pixels is a 2 × 2 photo?
600 × 600 pixels at 300 dpi, or 1200 × 1200 at 600 dpi. The Diversity Visa entry form asks for exactly 600 × 600.
Is 2 × 2 inches the same as 51 × 51 mm?
Yes. Two inches is 50.8 mm, which the rules round to 51 mm.
How many 2 × 2 photos fit on a 4 × 6 print?
Two, side by side with room for cutting. A 5 × 7 print holds six.
Can I use the same photo for a passport and a visa?
Often the printed size is the same, but the online forms set their own pixel and file limits. Make the file with the preset for the form you are filling in.
Will the photo be accepted?
No tool can promise that. The photo is framed to the rules as published, and the office still checks it. Read the current rules on the source page first.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. It is framed and saved in your browser and stays on your device.