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Passport size photo maker

Pick the country and document. The photo is framed to its size and head rules, the background made plain, and saved as one photo and a sheet to print. 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 passport photo at home

  1. Take or choose a photo. Face the camera in even light against a plain wall, with your shoulders in the picture. Choose the file, or press Take a photo.
  2. Pick the country and document. Type a country, a document or a size such as 35x45. The photo is framed to that size, with the head and eye line where its rules put them.
  3. Check the guides. The oval runs from the crown to the chin and the straight line marks the eyes. Drag the photo or use the arrows and Head size until every check is ticked.
  4. Download the photo and the sheet. Download photo saves one JPG for an online form, inside its KB limit. Download sheet saves a 4 × 6 in, 5 × 7 in, A4, A5 or Letter page of copies with cut lines, as JPG or PDF.

Taking a photo that frames well

Most of what makes a photo usable happens before it reaches this page. Stand about a metre and a half from the camera with a plain, light wall behind you, and ask someone else to take it at eye height: a selfie at arm’s length makes the nose look larger and tilts the head. Face a window or a lamp so the light falls evenly on both sides of the face, with no shadow behind you. Keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed, eyes open, hair off the face, and both shoulders in the frame, because the tool needs room below the chin to place the head where the rules want it.

Glasses, head coverings worn for religious or medical reasons, and children’s photos each have their own rules in each country. The tool cannot judge those, so read them on the source page linked for your document below.

How the photo is framed

When the photo opens, the face is found on your device and measured: the chin, the eyes and the forehead from points placed on the face, and the top of the head from the outline of the hair, found by separating you from the background. The tool then scales and crops the photo so the chin-to-crown height lands in the middle of the range your document allows, and the eye line in its band where the rules give one. Where the rules state neither, it frames head and shoulders and says so.

The top of the head is an estimate, and hats, buns and very full hair move it. The frame always keeps the hair inside, with a little room above it. The guides stay on the preview: if the oval does not sit on your crown, drag the photo, pinch or scroll over it, use the arrow buttons or keys, or change Head size (shown in percent, with the rule’s range marked), and the checks update as you go. A head size outside the rule is allowed and flagged. A face turned away, more than one face, or a photo too small for the print size are flagged rather than hidden.

The background is replaced by cutting you out and filling everything behind you with the colour you choose: white, off-white, light grey or light blue, or any other. Keep original leaves the photo as it was taken, which some authorities ask for (see the UK below).

Every country, by photo size

Each country and document the size list knows, grouped by its printed size. Where no published rules were found, the common 35 × 45 mm size is used, and the tool says so in its checks.

35 × 45 mm (191 documents)

Afghanistan passport, Albania passport, Algeria passport, Andorra passport, Angola passport, Antigua and Barbuda passport, Argentina passport, Armenia passport, Australia passport, Austria passport, Azerbaijan passport, Barbados passport, Belarus passport, Belgium passport, Bhutan passport, Bolivia passport, Bosnia and Herzegovina passport, Botswana passport, Brunei passport, Bulgaria passport, Burkina Faso passport, Burundi passport, Cabo Verde passport, Cambodia passport, Cameroon passport, Canada visitor visa, Central African Republic passport, Chad passport, Chile passport, Colombia passport, Comoros passport, Congo passport, Costa Rica passport, Côte d'Ivoire passport, Croatia passport, Cuba passport, Cyprus passport, Czechia passport, Denmark passport, Djibouti passport, Dominica passport, Dominican Republic passport, DR Congo passport, Ecuador passport, Egypt passport, El Salvador passport, Equatorial Guinea passport, Eritrea passport, Estonia passport, Eswatini passport, Ethiopia passport, Fiji passport, Finland passport, France passport, Gabon passport, Gambia passport, Georgia passport, Germany passport and ID card, Ghana passport, Grenada passport, Guatemala passport, Guinea passport, Guinea-Bissau passport, Guyana passport, Haiti passport, Honduras passport, Hungary passport, Iceland passport, India passport, Indonesia passport, Iran passport, Iraq passport, Ireland passport, Israel passport, Italy passport, Italy ID card (CIE), Jamaica passport, Japan passport, Jordan passport, Kazakhstan passport, Kenya passport, Kiribati passport, Kosovo passport, Kuwait passport, Kyrgyzstan passport, Laos passport, Latvia passport, Lebanon passport, Lesotho passport, Liberia passport, Libya passport, Liechtenstein passport, Lithuania passport, Luxembourg passport, Macau passport, Madagascar passport, Malawi passport, Maldives passport, Mali passport, Malta passport, Marshall Islands passport, Mauritania passport, Mauritius passport, Mexico passport, Micronesia passport, Moldova passport, Monaco passport, Mongolia passport, Montenegro passport, Morocco passport, Mozambique passport, Namibia passport, Nauru passport, Nepal passport (under 5), Netherlands passport and ID card, New Zealand passport, New Zealand visa, Nicaragua passport, Niger passport, Nigeria passport, North Korea passport, North Macedonia passport, Northern Ireland driving licence, Norway passport, Oman passport, Pakistan passport, Palau passport, Palestine passport, Panama passport, Papua New Guinea passport, Paraguay passport, Peru passport, Philippines passport, Poland passport, Portugal passport, Qatar passport, Romania passport, Russia passport, Russia e-Visa, Rwanda passport, Saint Kitts and Nevis passport, Saint Lucia passport, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passport, Samoa passport, San Marino passport, São Tomé and Príncipe passport, Saudi Arabia passport, Schengen area visa, Senegal passport, Seychelles passport, Sierra Leone passport, Singapore passport and IC (online), Slovakia passport, Slovenia passport, Solomon Islands passport, Somalia passport, South Africa passport, South Korea passport, South Korea residence card (ARC), South Korea visa, South Sudan passport, Sri Lanka passport, Sudan passport, Suriname passport, Sweden passport, Switzerland passport, Syria passport, Taiwan passport, Tajikistan passport, Tanzania passport, Thailand passport, Timor-Leste passport, Togo passport, Tonga passport, Trinidad and Tobago passport, Tunisia passport, Turkmenistan passport, Tuvalu passport, Uganda passport, Ukraine passport, United Arab Emirates passport, United Kingdom passport, United Kingdom visa, Uruguay passport, Uzbekistan passport, Vanuatu passport, Vatican City passport, Venezuela passport, Yemen passport, Zambia passport, Zimbabwe passport

2 × 2 in (7 documents)

Bahamas passport, Belize passport, Benin passport, United States passport, United States Diversity Visa (green card lottery), United States green card (USCIS), United States visa

40 × 60 mm (4 documents)

Bahrain passport, Greece passport, Myanmar passport, Vietnam passport

50 × 70 mm (3 documents)

Brazil passport (under 5), Canada passport, Canada permanent resident card

51 × 51 mm (3 documents)

India e-Visa, India OCI card, Saudi Arabia tourist e-Visa

33 × 48 mm (2 documents)

China passport, China visa

35 × 50 mm (2 documents)

Malaysia passport (under 4), Malaysia student visa (EMGS)

25 × 35 mm (1 document)

India PAN card

26 × 32 mm (1 document)

Spain passport and DNI

31 × 39 mm (1 document)

Mexico visa

40 × 50 mm (1 document)

Hong Kong passport

50 × 50 mm (1 document)

Serbia passport

50 × 60 mm (1 document)

Turkey passport

55 × 55 mm (1 document)

Kenya eCitizen registration photo

89 × 127 mm (1 document)

Bangladesh e-passport (up to 6)

Sizes and rules by country

These are the rules each preset uses, as written on the authority’s own page or one of its embassies’ pages, with the date we read them. Where a number could not be read on an official page, it is left out rather than guessed. Each authority sets its own rules and changes them, so check the page for your form before you print.

Your country or document not listed? Choose Custom size and type the width and height in millimetres, inches or pixels.

Two files: one for the form, one for the printer

The photo for an online form

Download photo saves a JPG at the pixel size the form states, or at the printed size at 300 or 600 dots per inch when it states none. If the form sets a file size, the limits fill in and the quality is stepped down only as far as needed to fit, the same way Compress image works. Forms rarely say whether a KB is 1000 or 1024 bytes, so the photo is made to pass either way.

The print sheet

Download sheet lays as many copies as fit on a 4 × 6 in, 10 × 15 cm, 5 × 7 in, 13 × 18 cm or 3.5 × 5 in photo print, A4, A5, A6, US Letter, US Legal or a page size you type, packed into the top-left corner with thin grey cut lines round the photos only, so the rest of the page stays blank. Choose how many photos, a wider gap, or no lines in the panel. Print sheet and Print one photo send it straight to your printer at its true size: print at 100% (Actual size, not “fit to page”), then cut along the lines. A 4 × 6 print from a photo shop or a pharmacy kiosk is usually the cheapest way to get them on photo paper.

What a home photo can and cannot do

This tool gets the size, the framing and the background right for the rules it lists. It cannot promise that an office will accept the photo: lighting, focus, expression and what you wear are judged by a person or a camera at the counter. Some authorities also want photos as they came from the camera. The UK passport rules ask for printed photos unaltered by computer software, so the UK preset keeps your own background. A few countries take the photo themselves at the appointment, so check before you print.

Everything happens in your browser. The face and the person are found by small models that download once from this site, and the photo itself is never uploaded. Use it for photos of yourself, or of someone who has asked you to make theirs.

Popular uses

  • 2 × 2 inch photo: A 2 × 2 in photo for a US passport, visa, green card or the DV lottery.
  • 35 × 45 mm photo: The most common passport size, with each country's own head height.
  • Indian passport photo: India passport, e-Visa, OCI and PAN card photos, with the 630 × 810 px upload.
  • UK passport photo: A 35 × 45 mm UK passport or visa photo, sized for the online form.
  • Canadian passport photo: A 50 × 70 mm passport or PR card photo, or a 35 × 45 mm visa photo.
  • 600 × 600 photo: A square 600 × 600 px JPEG under 240 kB for the US Diversity Visa entry form.

Related tools

  • Compress image: Shrink JPG, PNG or WebP to a target file size.
  • Crop image: Crop to a ratio, a circle, or a freeform box.
  • Remove background: Clear, recolour, blur or replace the background behind a person, a pet or a product, on your device.

Guides

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Common questions

What size is a passport size photo?
It depends on the country. 35 × 45 mm is the most common printed size (India, the UK, the Schengen countries and Australia use it), the United States uses 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm), Canada 50 × 70 mm and China's visa 33 × 48 mm. The table above lists every size the tool knows, with its source.
Is the photo accepted for my application?
No tool can promise that. The photo is framed to the rules as published, but each authority checks the photo itself, and rules change. Read the source page linked for your document before you print or upload.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The face is found, the background replaced and the files made in your browser, so the photo stays on your device.
How many passport photos fit on a 4 × 6 print?
Eight at 35 × 45 mm, two at 2 × 2 in, and six at 33 × 48 mm, with a 2 mm gap for cutting. The print sheet panel shows the count for the size and page you choose.
Can I make the background white at home?
Yes. You are cut out of the photo and the background filled with white, or with the colour your document asks for. A plain, light wall in the original still gives the cleanest edge around the hair.
Can I use a phone photo?
Yes, as long as it is sharp and taken from a metre or more away by someone else. A photo smaller than the print size needs is flagged as likely to look soft.
What if the guides do not match my head?
The top of the head is estimated from the face and the hair outline. Drag the photo, use the arrows, or change Head size until the oval sits on your crown and chin; the checks follow.
Is it free?
Yes, with no sign-up and no watermark on the photo or the sheet.