Passport Photo Maker
Turn a well-lit portrait into a correctly sized passport photo. Choose your country, line up your face with the head-size guide, optionally replace the background, and download both a digital photo and a sheet ready to print on 6 × 4 photo paper.
- Files stay on your device
- No sign-up
- Free to use
Fit the face inside the oval: top of the head at the top of the oval, chin at the bottom, eyes inside the shaded band. Look straight at the camera with a neutral expression.
Country and document
Background
Replacing the background uses an AI model that runs in your browser (about 5 MB, downloaded once). Check hair edges in the result.
Print sheet
How to use Passport Photo Maker
- Take a photo facing the camera in even light against a plain wall, then drop it onto the upload area.
- Choose your country and document. The frame takes the correct shape and shows a head-size guide.
- Move and resize the frame so the top of the head and the chin touch the guide oval, with the eyes inside the shaded band.
- Choose a background, select Create photo, and download the digital photo and the print sheet.
Passport Photo Maker features
Official sizes for eight countries
United States, Canada, Schengen and EU countries, United Kingdom, India, China, Japan and Australia.
Head-size guide
An oval and eye-line band sized from each country’s chin-to-crown rule help you frame the face correctly.
Background replacement
Replace an uneven background with white, light grey or cream using an AI model that runs in your browser.
Digital photo at 300 DPI
The exact pixel size for online applications, with the print resolution recorded in the file.
Printable sheet with cut lines
As many copies as fit on 6 × 4 in, A4, Letter or A6 paper, with thin guides for cutting.
Never uploaded
Your photo, a sensitive personal image, stays on your device throughout.
When to use Passport Photo Maker
- Printing passport photos at home or at a photo kiosk instead of paying for a photo booth.
- Preparing the digital photo for an online passport or visa application.
- Making photos for a family’s passport renewals in one sitting.
- Creating spare copies for visa, residence permit or travel card applications.
- Fixing an otherwise good photo with a cluttered background.
Passport Photo Maker FAQ
Will my photo be accepted?
This tool produces the correct size and helps you frame the face, but acceptance also depends on lighting, focus, expression, glasses, shadows and the background, and on each authority’s current rules. Check the official requirements for your country before submitting.
How do I print the sheet correctly?
Print the sheet image at 100% or “actual size”. Do not use “fit to page”, which changes the size of each photo. On 6 × 4 in photo paper, most photo printers and kiosks print the file at its native size.
What makes a good passport photo?
Face the camera directly with a neutral expression and your mouth closed, eyes open, no glasses if your country requires that, hair away from the face, even lighting without shadows, and a plain, light background. Stand about a metre from the wall to avoid shadows behind you.
Is the background replacement allowed?
Many authorities require an unaltered photo of your face. Replacing a slightly uneven background is common, but do not edit your face or features. Some countries prohibit any digital alteration; check before using it.
Why are my photo’s pixels enlarged?
If your original photo is small or you zoom in a lot, the face region has fewer pixels than the output size. Take the photo with your phone’s main camera at full resolution for the sharpest result.
What passport photo rules actually measure
Passport photos are used for facial recognition at borders, so their rules are about consistency. The photo size, such as 35 × 45 mm or 2 × 2 inches, is only part of it. Nearly every country also specifies the head size, measured from the chin to the top of the head, because a face that is too small or too large changes how biometric systems measure it. The oval guide in this tool is sized from those head measurements for each country.
The international standard for travel document photos is maintained by ICAO, the UN agency for civil aviation, and most countries follow its principles: a full frontal view, neutral expression, even lighting, sharp focus and a plain light background without shadows. Countries then add their own details, such as the exact size, background colour, and whether glasses may be worn.
Lighting is the most common reason for rejection. Window light from the front, or two lamps on either side of the camera, produces an even face without harsh shadows. Shadows behind the head are avoided by standing well away from the wall. Shoot at eye level from about 1.5 metres with a normal lens rather than the selfie camera, which distorts features at close range.
Printing at home is reliable as long as the scale is right. The print sheet here is laid out at 300 dots per inch, so each photo prints at its exact physical size when printed at 100%. Cut along the outside of the thin grey guide lines, and check one photo with a ruler before cutting the rest.