Passport Photo Maker

Passport and visa photos must match an exact size, and each country sets its own: 2 × 2 inches for the United States, 35 × 45 mm for the UK, Schengen countries, Korea and Japan, 50 × 70 mm for Canada. This maker frames your portrait at the right size and resolution, shows a millimetre ruler to check the head height, and lays out copies on 4 × 6 in photo paper or A4 as a JPG and an exact-size PDF. It runs in your browser, so your photo stays private.

How to use this tool

1. Take a photo against a plain, light wall: face the camera, neutral expression, even light, no glasses glare.
2. Choose your document (or a custom size in millimetres) and the resolution.
3. Look at the placement guide: measure from the top of the head to the chin on the red ruler. Raise the zoom until it falls within the required range, and use the offsets to centre the face.
4. Download the single photo for online applications, or the print sheet (JPG or PDF) and print it at actual size on photo paper.

Formula

pixels = millimetres ÷ 25.4 × dpi

At 100% zoom the photo is scaled by max(frame width ÷ photo width, frame height ÷ photo height), so it just covers the frame; the zoom multiplies that scale. Print sheets use whichever orientation holds more copies: columns = ⌊(sheet width − 2 × margin) ÷ photo width⌋, and the same for rows. The PDF places each copy at its exact millimetre size, and the JPG files carry the dpi in their header.

Example

A Korea passport photo is 35 × 45 mm: at 300 dpi that is 35 ÷ 25.4 × 300 = 413.4 → 413 × 531 px, the size recommended for online applications. The head must measure 32–36 mm, which is 378–425 px on the photo. On 4 × 6 in paper, landscape fits ⌊152.4 ÷ 35⌋ × ⌊101.6 ÷ 45⌋ = 4 × 2 = 8 copies.

Rules change — check before you print

The sizes and head-height ranges here come from the official pages listed below (checked in 2026). For the China, India and Schengen visa presets, confirm the current rules with the embassy or visa centre you apply through, because they can differ by country of application. Many authorities also require a photo taken within the last six months, no filters or retouching, and no hair or glasses covering the eyes; Korea, for example, does not accept photos whose background has been removed or replaced. Online applications may want a specific pixel size or file size — use the image compressor if a limit applies.