Passport & Visa Photo Resizer
Make a passport, visa or ID photo at the exact pixel size an online form asks for, framed around your face and under its file-size limit.
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What online photo forms actually check
A visa portal, an exam registration or a government e-service usually checks three things before it accepts a photo: its size in pixels (for example 600 × 600), its file size (for example "under 240 KB"), and its shape. A phone photo fails all three: it is around 4000 pixels across, several megabytes, and a 4:3 or 16:9 rectangle.
Sizes given in millimetres are for printing. At the usual print density of 300 dots per inch, 35 × 45 mm becomes 413 × 531 pixels and 2 × 2 inches becomes 600 × 600. This tool converts those for you, crops your photo to that exact shape around your face, and then lowers only the JPG quality until the file fits the limit: the pixel size never changes, because forms reject a photo that is a single pixel off.
Why we built this tool
Use it whenever a form asks you to upload a photo of yourself with a stated size: visa and residency applications, passport renewals done online, university and exam registrations, job portals, membership and ID cards.
It does not check the rules for you. Each country and office sets its own (background colour, head size, glasses, recent photo), and a few portals check the face automatically. Read the requirements on the form, then use this tool to meet the size ones exactly. Your photo is processed in your browser and never uploaded here.
Tips and common mistakes
- Take the photo against a plain, light wall with even light from the front; shadows behind the head are a common rejection reason.
- Hold the phone at eye level, about an arm's length away, so your face is not distorted.
- Use the oval as a guide: zoom until your head fills it from chin to crown, with a little space above.
- If the form gives a size range in KB (for example 20 to 50 KB), set the maximum to the top of the range; the tool keeps the highest quality that fits.
- Keep the original photo: if the form is rejected, you can crop again without losing quality.
Quick start: using Passport & Visa Photo Resizer
- Add your photo.
- Choose the size the form asks for, or enter a custom width and height in pixels.
- Enter the maximum file size in KB, if the form gives one.
- Drag and zoom the photo so your face sits in the oval.
- Press Make Photo, check the result line, and download the JPG.
For other images, Compress an image to 50 KB keeps the shape and finds the size, and Crop Image crops to any ratio. To sign a form after uploading your photo, use Sign PDF.
Frequently asked questions
What is 35 × 45 mm in pixels?
413 × 531 pixels at 300 dpi, the usual print density. At 600 dpi it would be 827 × 1063. If a form gives pixels, use exactly what it gives.
Why does the tool not shrink the photo to reach the KB limit?
Because forms check the pixel size too, and reject anything different. Lowering the JPG quality reduces the file size without changing the pixels; at form sizes such as 600 × 600, a limit of 50 KB or more still looks good.
Can it make the background white?
Not automatically. Take the photo against a plain light wall; if the background must be pure white, the form's rules usually mean a studio-style photo.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser, on your device.