Passport & ID photos at official sizes

Passport & ID photo maker

Pick your country and document, drop in a photo, line your face up with the head guides, and export the exact official size — single photo at 300 DPI, a 4×6″ or A4 print sheet, and an optional KB cap for online application forms. Your photo never leaves this tab: everything runs locally in your browser.

Click or drop a photo here
JPG or PNG, straight from your phone is fine

Drag the photo inside the frame to position it. Line the top of the head up with the crown line and the chin with the chin line — solid lines are the middle of the official range, dashed lines are its edges.

Need it smaller still? Compress to an exact KB →

Choose a document size and add a photo.
The frame and head guides update to the official spec.

What this tool does — and does not do. It crops, sizes, lays out print sheets and compresses. It does not change your background: there is no AI background removal here, and any site claiming a perfect cut-out in a static page is overselling. Shoot against a plain wall in even light and check yourself against the background guide — that is what passport offices actually check.

How it works

1. Pick the spec

42 official formats for 33 countries and regions — US 2×2″, Schengen 35×45 mm, China 33×48 mm, Canada 50×70 mm and more, each with its background colour and head-size range. Full table on the sizes page.

2. Align to the guides

The frame draws the crown and chin lines for that spec's official head-height range. Drag and zoom until your head sits between them — that one alignment is what most rejections come down to.

3. Export exactly

Single photo at the spec's exact pixel size at 300 DPI, print sheets that pack as many copies as fit, and an optional KB cap found by binary-searching JPEG quality so online forms accept the file.

Before you shoot

Most rejected photos fail on basics, not on millimetres: shadows across the face, a busy background, glasses glare, a photo older than six months. Read the full requirements and rejection list, and if the subject is under two, the baby passport photo guide covers the lying-down method that actually works.

PhotoIDMaker Pro — coming soon, $9/month. Batch mode for photo studios and HR onboarding teams, saved country presets and a per-photo compliance checklist. The single-photo maker stays free, exactly as it is now.