Passport and visa photos at the exact size
Choose the country and the document, and the Photo Editor cuts your photo so the head and the eyes sit where the rules want them, puts a plain background behind you and saves the photo — or a sheet of copies to print. It all happens in your browser: the photo is never uploaded.
How it works
- Open a photo taken in good, even light, looking straight at the camera, with some room around the head.
- Choose the document — the country is suggested from your browser's language.
- Make the photo. The face is found, a slightly tilted head is straightened, the background is replaced by the colour the rule asks for, and the photo is cut to the size, with the head at the middle of its allowed height.
- Read the checks: one face, head size, eye line, room above the head, centred, straight, sharp enough to print, even light, plain background. A warning tells you what to change.
- Save the photo as a JPG at 300 DPI, or a print sheet as PDF or JPG.
Sizes the editor knows
The head is measured from the chin to the top of the hair, as a share of the photo's height. The pixel sizes are for printing at 300 DPI.
| Document | Size | Pixels | Head | Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US passport and visa | 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) | 600 × 600 px | 50–69 % | White |
| India passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | 70–80 % | White |
| India visa | 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) | 600 × 600 px | 50–69 % | White |
| UK passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | 64–76 % | Light grey or cream |
| Schengen visa and EU passports | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | 71–80 % | Light grey, white or light blue |
| Canada passport | 50 × 70 mm | 591 × 827 px | 44–51 % | White or light grey |
| Australia passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | 71–80 % | White or light grey |
| China visa | 33 × 48 mm | 390 × 567 px | 58–69 % | White |
| Japan passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | 71–80 % | White or light grey |
For the US photo the eyes are also placed on the eye line: 56–69 % of the height from the bottom. The ID Photo tool has the common ID sizes too (35 × 45 mm, 2 × 2 in, 30 × 40 mm, 25 × 35 mm, 35 × 35 mm) and profile, resume and LinkedIn photos.
Rules change and offices differ. Check the current rules of the office that will take your photo. The checks help, but cannot promise that a photo is accepted: glasses, expression, open eyes and shadows on the face are for you to check.
Printing
The print sheet places copies edge to edge on photo paper, the way photo labs print them, with thin cut lines: 6 US photos or 8 photos of 35 × 45 mm on 4 × 6 in paper. On A4 the copies keep a margin and a small gap for cutting: 30 photos of 35 × 45 mm, or 15 US photos. The PDF has the paper's exact size: print it at 100 % (“actual size”), never “fit to page”, so every photo keeps its size.
Questions
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The face detection and the background removal run in your browser; the photo stays on your device, and nothing is stored unless you save a project in this browser.
What makes a photo fail the checks?
Too little room around the head (the head becomes too large), a second face, a strongly tilted head, a small or blurry photo, or one side of the face much darker than the other. The check says which, so you can take a better photo.
Can I keep my own background?
Passport and visa photos always get a plain background in a colour the rule allows. Profile and resume photos can keep the photo's own background.
Why is the head size given as a range?
Each office allows a range, for example 32 to 36 mm on a 45 mm photo. The editor aims at the middle of the range, so a small difference in how the hair is counted still fits.
Can I print at home?
Yes: save the print sheet as a PDF and print it at 100 % on photo paper. A photo shop can print the JPG sheet as a normal 4 × 6 in photo.
Does it cost anything?
No. The Photo Editor is free and needs no account.