Passport Photo Maker
Turn a phone photo into a correctly sized passport or visa photo, plus a sheet to print.
Drop a photo of your face
Front facing, plain light background, even light. JPG, PNG, WebP or iPhone HEIC
Files are processed on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use Passport Photo Maker
- Take a photo against a plain white or light wall, facing the camera, in even light, with space above your head and your shoulders in the frame. Ask someone else to take it from about 1.2 m (4 ft) away; selfies at arm’s length distort the face.
- Choose your document. Drop the photo and drag the three lines to the top of your hair, the bottom of your chin and the centre of your face. The frame and the finished preview update as you go.
- Select Make passport photos: you get a digital file sized for online applications and, if you want, a 4×6 in (or A4/Letter) sheet to print at a photo shop or at home at 100% size.
How the photo is sized
Passport rules are about proportions as much as size. Each document sets the printed size and how tall your head must be on it, measured from the chin to the top of the head (the crown, including hair). The US asks for 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm) with a head of 25–35 mm; the 35 × 45 mm format used by the UK, the Schengen countries and many others asks for roughly 29–36 mm depending on the country; Canada uses 50 × 70 mm with 31–36 mm.
Because you mark your own chin and crown, the tool knows how many pixels of your photo make one millimetre. It scales the photo so your head lands in the middle of the allowed range, centres your face, and leaves 35% of the free space above your head and 65% below for neck and shoulders. That places the eyes where the rules expect them (for a US photo, 28–35 mm from the bottom).
The digital file meets the pixel and file-size rules where a service publishes them: 600 × 600 px and at most 240 KB for US online forms (with the State Department’s 20:1 maximum compression respected), at least 600 × 750 px and 50 KB for the UK, 1200 × 1800 px and 200 KB–5 MB for Canadian online renewals. The print sheet is a 300 DPI JPG with the DPI stored, plus an exact-size PDF: print either at 100% (“actual size”), never “fit to page”.
Everything happens on your device: the photo of your face is not uploaded, stored or used for anything else. The tool does not edit your face, remove the background or retouch anything, and official guidance in several countries forbids altered photos; it only crops and scales.
Example
A 3024 × 4032 phone photo where the head measures 1100 px from chin to crown, made into a US photo: 1100 px ÷ 30 mm = 36.7 px per mm, so the frame is 51 × 36.7 = 1870 px square, giving about 930 pixels per inch at print size, far more than the 300 needed. Output: a 600 × 600 px JPG of about 90 KB and a 4×6 sheet with 2 photos.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a passport photo?
It depends on the country. The US uses 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm). The UK, the Schengen countries, Australia and many others use 35 × 45 mm. Canada uses 50 × 70 mm. Choose your document in the list; the size and head height are set for you.
What is 35 × 45 mm in pixels?
At 300 DPI, the usual print resolution, 35 × 45 mm is 413 × 531 pixels. At 600 DPI it is 827 × 1063 pixels. Online services often set their own minimum, such as 600 × 750 px for UK applications.
Can I print passport photos at home?
Yes. Download the PDF sheet and print it at 100% (“actual size”) on photo paper, or take the 4×6 JPG to any photo kiosk or pharmacy and order a standard 4×6 in (10×15 cm) print, which is usually very cheap. Check the printed size with a ruler before cutting.
How many 2×2 photos fit on a 4×6 print?
Two. A 4×6 in print holds two 2×2 in photos with room to cut, or four to six 35 × 45 mm photos.
Does this remove the background?
No. Take the photo against a plain white or light wall instead: it gives the most natural, accepted result. Several passport offices reject photos that have been digitally altered.
Will my photo be accepted?
The tool gets the size and head height right, which is the most common reason for rejection, but acceptance also depends on light, focus, expression, glasses and background. Each preset names the official source; read its rules before you apply.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The picture is cropped and saved by your own browser. You can switch off your internet connection after the page loads and it still works.
Limitations
- No background removal or retouching (by design: altered photos are often refused).
- Size and head-height rules are taken from official pages checked in November 2026; requirements change, so confirm them on your government’s page.
- The tool cannot judge lighting, focus, expression or shadows; you check those.
- Very small or blurry source photos produce soft prints; the tool warns below 300 pixels per inch.
Guides for this tool
- Passport Photo Size by Country (2026): US, UK, EU, CanadaOfficial passport photo sizes and head heights for the US (2×2 in), UK and Schengen (35×45 mm), Canada (50×70 mm) and Australia, in mm and pixels, plus digital rules.
- How to Resize a Signature to 10–20 KB (and Why It Fails)Forms ask for a signature of 10–20 KB, but a 140 × 60 px signature is only 3–6 KB even at full quality. We measured it. Here is what actually works, step by step.
- What 300 DPI Really Means (and How to Change It)DPI does not change an image’s pixels: it tells printers how big to print it. What 300 DPI means, the pixels you need for each print size, and how to set it.
Last reviewed November 9, 2026. How we build and test tools.