How do I make a passport photo online for free?

Pick your country preset first, then choose a portrait photo. A crop box locked to that preset’s exact proportions appears — drag it over your head and shoulders, resize with the corner handles, choose an output format and press Create passport photo. The download is exactly the pixel size the preset specifies.

Which passport and visa sizes are included?

US Passport and Visa at 600×600 px (2×2 inches), India Passport at 413×531 px, UK and Schengen visa at 413×531 px (both 35×45 mm), plus a Custom option for any size from 10 to 4000 pixels per side. All three presets work out to roughly 300 dpi at their stated physical size.

Does the tool check that my photo meets official rules?

No, and this is the important limitation. It guarantees the canvas size and proportions, nothing more. There is no face detection, no head-height guide and no compliance check — the crop box is a plain rectangle, so you are responsible for head position, expression, background and lighting.

How big should my head be in the frame?

Most authorities want the head, from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin, filling between 50% and 69% of the image height, with the eyes roughly a third of the way down from the top. Measure it against your own crop rather than eyeballing it — this is the single most common reason photos are rejected.

Can it give me a plain white background?

Not on its own — cropping does not change what is behind you. Run the photo through the background remover first to replace a busy or coloured background with plain white, then bring the result here to crop it to the exact specification. Doing it in that order avoids re-cropping later.

Which output format should I choose?

JPG for almost every official portal, and it is the default. PNG is available if you want a lossless file for further editing, and WebP if the photo is for a website rather than an application. Lossy formats are written at 92% quality, which is well above anything a portal will complain about.

Why does my passport photo look soft or blurry?

Because the crop region was smaller than the output size, so it had to be enlarged. Cropping a 300-pixel-tall area up to a 531-pixel-tall output interpolates pixels that were never there. Start from the largest original you have — a modern phone photo is more than enough — and do not crop in tight on a small file.

The portal rejected my file for being too large in KB. What now?

This tool sets pixel dimensions, not file size, and it writes no DPI tag either. For a kilobyte ceiling, run the finished photo through the image compressor. If you need a specific print DPI recorded in the file, the DPI changer sets that without altering the pixels.

Passport Photo Maker

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A passport photo maker crops a portrait to the exact pixel dimensions an authority demands. This one covers US 2×2 inch, India and UK/Schengen 35×45 mm and any custom size, with a crop box locked to the right proportions. It runs entirely in your browser, so your face photo is never uploaded — free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The presets, and the numbers behind them

Output dimensions and the effective print resolution each one gives.
Preset	Physical size	Output pixels	Effective DPI
US Passport / Visa	2 × 2 in	600 × 600	300
India Passport	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531	≈ 300
UK / Schengen Visa	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531	≈ 300
Custom	Whatever you need	10–4000 per side	Depends on print size

Those pixel counts are not arbitrary — each is the 300 dpi equivalent of its physical size, which is the resolution photo labs and government portals assume. Pick the preset before loading your photo and the crop box arrives already locked to the right shape; change it afterwards and the box re-centres itself at the new proportions.

How to use it

Select the preset for your country, or enter custom width and height in pixels.
Choose a portrait photo — JPG, PNG or WebP, taken square-on in even light.
Position the crop box. Drag inside it to move, drag a corner to resize. The proportions stay locked, so you only control size and position.
Pick a format and create. The preview shows the finished photo at its exact pixel size, then download.

What this tool does not do — read before you submit

It is worth being blunt, because getting this wrong costs you an application fee. This toolguarantees the canvas size and aspect ratio, and nothing else. There is no face detection, no head-height overlay, no eye-line guide and no compliance validation. The crop box is a plain rectangle. It also does not change the background, adjust lighting, or write a DPI tag into the file.

Which means a photo can come out of here at a perfect 600 × 600 and still be rejected. The composition rules are yours to satisfy:

Common requirements, and where each one is handled.
Requirement	Typical rule	Handled by
Pixel dimensions	Exact, per country	This tool
Head height	50–69% of image height	You, when placing the crop box
Eye position	Roughly the upper third	You, when placing the crop box
Background	Plain white or off-white, no shadow	The background remover
Expression	Neutral, mouth closed, both eyes open	The camera
Lighting	Even, no shadow across face or behind ears	The camera
Accessories	No hats or sunglasses; glasses usually off	You
File size in KB	Often capped by the portal	The image compressor

Start from a large original, or the photo will be soft

The crop is scaled to the exact output size in one pass, and that scaling works in both directions. If the region you selected is larger than the output — the normal case with a phone photo — it is cleanly downsampled and looks sharp. If it is smaller, it gets enlarged, and pixels that were never captured are invented. Cropping tightly into a photo already saved down for the web is the usual cause of a mushy passport photo.

Practical rule: your selected area should be at least 600 × 600 pixels for the US presetor 413 × 531 for the 35×45 mm ones. Any current phone camera clears that comfortably as long as you frame reasonably close when taking the shot rather than cropping in from across the room.

Compared with a studio or a pharmacy booth

Getting one compliant digital photo.
	ToolJiffy	Online paid service	Studio or booth
Face photo uploaded	No	Yes	N/A
Price	Free, unlimited retries	Typically per photo	Around $15–25 a set
Watermark on preview	Never	Common until payment	No
Compliance checking	No — size only	Usually, and it is the selling point	Yes, by a person
Background replacement	Separate tool	Usually included	Yes
Printed copies	No	Sometimes posted	Yes

The honest summary: if you want a machine to tell you the photo is compliant, pay for that. If you know the rules and want a free, private way to hit the exact pixel spec as many times as you like, this is the faster route. Requirements also change, and they differ between a passport, a visa and an ID card in the same country — check the current official guidance before you submit rather than trusting any preset, including ours.

Related tools

Fix the background first with the background remover, then crop here. For a kilobyte ceiling afterwards use the image compressor, and theDPI changer writes a print resolution into the file without touching the pixels. Indian exam portals that want a matching signature image are covered by thesignature resizer andsignature compressor, with the rest collected on theexam tools hub. For social or profile pictures rather than official documents, the image cropper is the simpler choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I make a passport photo online for free?
Pick your country preset first, then choose a portrait photo. A crop box locked to that preset’s exact proportions appears — drag it over your head and shoulders, resize with the corner handles, choose an output format and press Create passport photo. The download is exactly the pixel size the preset specifies.
Which passport and visa sizes are included?
US Passport and Visa at 600×600 px (2×2 inches), India Passport at 413×531 px, UK and Schengen visa at 413×531 px (both 35×45 mm), plus a Custom option for any size from 10 to 4000 pixels per side. All three presets work out to roughly 300 dpi at their stated physical size.
Does the tool check that my photo meets official rules?
No, and this is the important limitation. It guarantees the canvas size and proportions, nothing more. There is no face detection, no head-height guide and no compliance check — the crop box is a plain rectangle, so you are responsible for head position, expression, background and lighting.
How big should my head be in the frame?
Most authorities want the head, from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin, filling between 50% and 69% of the image height, with the eyes roughly a third of the way down from the top. Measure it against your own crop rather than eyeballing it — this is the single most common reason photos are rejected.
Can it give me a plain white background?
Not on its own — cropping does not change what is behind you. Run the photo through the background remover first to replace a busy or coloured background with plain white, then bring the result here to crop it to the exact specification. Doing it in that order avoids re-cropping later.
Which output format should I choose?
JPG for almost every official portal, and it is the default. PNG is available if you want a lossless file for further editing, and WebP if the photo is for a website rather than an application. Lossy formats are written at 92% quality, which is well above anything a portal will complain about.
Why does my passport photo look soft or blurry?
Because the crop region was smaller than the output size, so it had to be enlarged. Cropping a 300-pixel-tall area up to a 531-pixel-tall output interpolates pixels that were never there. Start from the largest original you have — a modern phone photo is more than enough — and do not crop in tight on a small file.
The portal rejected my file for being too large in KB. What now?
This tool sets pixel dimensions, not file size, and it writes no DPI tag either. For a kilobyte ceiling, run the finished photo through the image compressor. If you need a specific print DPI recorded in the file, the DPI changer sets that without altering the pixels.