Free Passport & Visa Photo Maker
Crop to an official size at 300 DPI, hit an exact KB limit, and keep the photo on your own device.
Choose a photo to begin.
Drag the photo to move it. Nothing is uploaded — the crop happens on your device.
Photo studios charge for this and most online tools either watermark the result, make you sign up, or upload your face to a server you know nothing about. This one runs entirely in your browser: the image is read, cropped and compressed on your own machine, and never leaves it. For a passport photo that seems like the right default.
The sizes, and where they come from
Every authority publishes its own dimensions. These are the common ones, with the pixel size that gives you 300 DPI in print:
| Document | Size | Pixels at 300 DPI |
|---|---|---|
| US passport & visa | 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) | 600 × 600 |
| UK passport (digital) | 35 × 45 mm | 600 × 750 |
| Schengen visa | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 |
| India passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 |
| India OCI | 51 × 51 mm | 600 × 600 |
| Canada passport | 50 × 70 mm | 591 × 827 |
| Australia passport | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 |
| China visa | 33 × 48 mm | 390 × 567 |
Requirements do change, and some consulates add their own rules. Check the official page for your application before you submit — this tool gets the geometry right, but it cannot know what your particular consulate decided last month.
Why passport photos get rejected
Size is rarely the reason. These are:
- Head too large or too small in the frame. The most common rejection by a distance. The US wants the head between 50% and 69% of the frame height; the UK and Schengen want it higher still. Turn the guide on and put the chin and crown inside the band.
- Shadow on the background. Stand a good arm's length away from the wall, not against it. A plain wall with a shadow behind your head fails as often as a patterned one.
- Smiling, or a tilted head. Neutral expression, mouth closed, face square to the camera.
- Glare on glasses. Several countries now ban glasses outright for passport photos. If yours allows them, the eyes must be fully visible with no reflection.
- Hair crossing the face, or anything covering the jawline or eyebrows.
- Taken too close. A phone held at arm's length distorts the nose and cheeks. Have someone shoot from about 1.5 metres and zoom in instead.
Hitting an exact KB limit
Government upload forms love arbitrary file-size caps — 50 KB here, 20 KB there, 240 KB on the next form. Put the number in the Max size box and the tool searches for the highest JPEG quality that still fits, rather than crushing the image blindly.
If it cannot get there without wrecking the photo, it tells you rather than silently handing you something unusable. For the reasoning behind these limits and how to handle the awkward ones, there is a longer guide on compressing to an exact KB.
iPhone photos
iPhones save as HEIC by default, and most upload forms reject it outright. If your photo will not load here, convert it first with the HEIC to JPG converter — also free, also entirely in your browser — then come back.
Passport photo FAQ
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The photo is read, cropped and compressed by your own browser using a canvas element. It never touches a server, ours or anyone else's, which is the main reason to use this rather than a site that asks you to upload your face.
What size should a passport photo be?
It depends on the country. The US uses 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), most of Europe and India use 35 × 45 mm, and Canada uses 50 × 70 mm. Pick your document from the dropdown and the tool sets both the millimetres and the pixel size for 300 DPI printing.
Why does my photo keep getting rejected?
Usually head size rather than image size. Most authorities specify how much of the frame the head must fill — the US wants 50 to 69 percent of the height. Turn on the head-position guide and line the chin and crown up inside the band.
Can I use it for an online application with a KB limit?
Yes. Enter the limit in the Max size box and the tool finds the best JPEG quality that fits underneath it. If the limit is too tight to be achievable it says so rather than giving you a ruined file.
My iPhone photo will not load.
It is probably a HEIC file. Convert it to JPG first with the free HEIC to JPG converter on this site, then load the result here.
Does it remove the background?
No. It sets the canvas behind your photo to white or light grey, but it does not cut you out of the original. Shoot against a plain, evenly lit wall — an automatic cut-out often leaves edges around the hair that get the photo rejected.
Can I print several on one sheet?
Not from this page. Download the correctly sized image, then place copies on a 4 × 6 inch sheet in any photo app or at a print shop. Because the file is already at 300 DPI, it prints at the right physical size.