Passport Photo Resizer

Check your application’s exact requirements

Passport and visa photo rules differ by country, and sometimes by the specific office processing your application — covering head size, background color, spacing, and more. This tool handles the dimension and file-size part; it can’t verify pose, background, or lighting requirements.

Requirements vary by application. Check the requirements of the organization you’re applying to before submitting your photo.

If you haven’t taken the photo yet, see our guide on taking and preparing a passport photo at home for practical tips on lighting, background and framing before you resize it here.

Taking a photo that’s easy to resize correctly

The single biggest factor in a usable result isn’t the resizing step — it’s the source photo. A few things that consistently help:

• Use a plain, evenly lit background — a blank wall works well. Busy backgrounds make cropping to a square or rectangle look awkward.
• Face the camera directly with a neutral expression, and keep your head level.
• Take the photo in even daylight if possible; avoid strong shadows on one side of the face from a single indoor light.
• Get as close as reasonably possible without cropping the top of the head, so there’s less need to zoom in digitally afterward (zooming in on a small photo reduces sharpness).

Why the presets aren’t labeled by country

Passport photo standards are set independently by each country’s government (and sometimes by third parties like visa processing centers), and they change over time. Rather than claim a preset is “the UK size” or “the US size” and risk that being wrong or outdated, the presets here are labeled by their actual dimensions — you can match those numbers against whatever your specific application document states.