Pick your photo size first, then drop a photo of your face on the box. The tool finds your face, replaces the background and scales the photo so your head fills the right part of the frame. Two shaded bands show where the top of your head and your chin should sit. Move the photo or change Head size if they don't line up, then download the photo or a print sheet.
Photo sizes
| Size | Used for | Head height, chin to crown |
|---|---|---|
| 35 × 45 mm | India passport, UK, Schengen and EU, Australia, Pakistan and many other countries | About 30 to 36 mm |
| 2 × 2 inch (51 × 51 mm) | US passport and visa, India visa and OCI | 25 to 35 mm (1 to 1⅜ inch) |
| 50 × 70 mm | Canada passport | 31 to 36 mm |
| 33 × 48 mm | China visa | 28 to 33 mm |
| Custom | Any other size from 20 to 100 mm | Bands are set to about 66 to 78 percent of the height |
Countries that share a size don't always share the exact head range. The UK, for example, asks for 29 to 34 mm. The bands show a typical range for each size, so check your country's own rules and adjust Head size if they differ.
How the tool places your head
Two small AI models run in your browser. A face finder (OpenCV's YuNet) locates your face, eyes and mouth, and the bottom of the face box gives the chin. A portrait model (MODNet) separates you from the background, and the top of that outline above your face gives the crown, including your hair, which is how most offices measure. The photo is then scaled so the distance from chin to crown matches the middle of the range and centred between your eyes.
The tool also warns you when your head looks tilted by more than about 6 degrees, when the top of your head is cut off by the edge of the photo, or when your chin is at the bottom edge. Those are common reasons for a photo to be rejected.
Downloads
- Download photo saves one JPG at 300 DPI. A 35 × 45 mm photo is 413 × 531 pixels and a 2 × 2 inch photo is 600 × 600 pixels.
- The file size limit lowers the JPG quality until the photo fits, for online forms that ask for a maximum such as 50, 100 or 240 KB. If quality alone isn't enough, the pixel size is reduced too and the tool tells you to use that file for uploading only.
- The 4 × 6 inch print sheet places as many copies as fit on a standard photo print, with grey lines to cut along. For 35 × 45 mm that is 6 photos.
- The A4 print sheet does the same on A4 paper for home printing: 30 photos at 35 × 45 mm.
Print sheets only come out at the right size if you print at 100 percent or actual size. Fit to page shrinks every photo. Photo shops print 4 × 6 sheets cheaply, and you cut the copies out yourself.
Taking a photo that passes
- Stand about an arm's length or more from the camera, or ask someone else to take it. Close selfies make the nose look larger.
- Face the camera with a neutral expression, eyes open and mouth closed. Many countries ask for no smile or a closed-mouth one.
- Use even light from the front, such as a window behind the camera. The background can be replaced, but shadows on your face stay.
- Take off glasses unless your country allows them. The US, for example, stopped accepting them in 2016.
- Include your shoulders, with space above your head.
This tool isn't connected to any passport office, and the office decides whether a photo is accepted. Rules change, so read the current photo guidance on your official application site before you print or upload.
Related tools
The Background Remover cuts a person out for anything other than ID photos. If a form needs an exact size in KB that isn't listed here, the Compress Image to KB tool takes any number. Some applications want the photo inside a PDF; JPG to PDF does that, and the Image Resizer sets exact pixel sizes.
