Passport Photo Maker — Crop to Any Country's Size at 300 DPI
US 2×2 in, UK and EU 35×45 mm, Canada, India, China, Japan and more — sized exactly, with a head guide and a printable 4×6 sheet.
🔒 Runs in your browser — files never uploaded ⚡ No signup 💯 Free
Drag to move · scroll or use the slider to zoom · fit the head between the crown and chin lines
Make a passport, visa or ID photo from a picture you already have. Pick the country, drag and zoom the photo so the head sits between the guide lines, and download a JPEG at the exact physical size and a true 300 DPI — the resolution print shops and online applications expect. Add a print sheet and you get as many copies as fit on a standard 4×6 inch print, with cut lines, for the price of one photo at a pharmacy kiosk.
Nothing is uploaded; the crop happens in your browser.
How to use Passport Photo Maker
- Take or choose a photo: face the camera, neutral expression, plain light background, no shadows, nothing on your head, glasses off. Have someone else take it from about 1.5 m away rather than using a selfie.
- Select the country or document. The size, head-height rule and notes appear under the menu. Choose Custom for any other size.
- Frame the head: drag to move, scroll or slide to zoom, and put the top of the hair on the crown line and the bottom of the chin on the chin line.
- Download the photo for online applications, or the print sheet to have printed as an ordinary 4×6 (10×15 cm) photo and cut out.
Why the DPI matters
A digital photo has no physical size until something assigns one. A 600×600-pixel file is a 2×2 inch photo at 300 DPI, a 4×4 inch photo at 150 DPI, and a wallet-size smudge at 600. Browsers save JPEGs with no density information, so a print shop or a government upload checker has to guess. This tool writes a genuine 300 DPI value into the JPEG header, which is why the output prints at the right size and passes uploaders that check dimensions in inches or millimetres.
What the sizes mean
- United States (passport, visa, green card): 2×2 inches; head 1 to 1⅜ inches from chin to top of hair.
- UK, EU/Schengen, Australia, Japan, Korea and most other countries: 35×45 mm, the ICAO standard, with the face 32–36 mm tall (the UK says 29–34).
- Canada: 50×70 mm, and usually a photographer's stamp on the back — check whether a home-made photo is accepted for your application.
- India: 2×2 inches like the US; China: 33×48 mm.
Rules change and some applications are stricter than the passport itself. The notes under each preset are a starting point; the issuing authority's page is the last word.
What this tool cannot check
Compliance is mostly about the photo itself, not the crop: an even white or light-grey background with no shadows, a neutral expression with the mouth closed, eyes open and visible, no glare on glasses (most countries now say no glasses at all), no hats except for religious wear that leaves the face clear, and a recent picture. The tool does not replace backgrounds — a bedsheet on a wall in daylight works — and it does not judge faces. If a checker rejects the photo, it is almost always the background or the lighting.
Printing
The print sheet is a standard 4×6 inch (10×15 cm) image with the photos laid out and thin cut lines between them. Order it as a normal photo print from any pharmacy, supermarket or online lab — it costs a few cents — and cut along the lines. Ask for a glossy or matte photo print, not a document print, and make sure the lab does not 'fit to page' or crop; a 4×6 sheet printed at 4×6 comes out exactly to size.
To reduce the file size for an upload limit, run the result through the image compressor afterwards; to remove location data from a phone photo first, use the EXIF remover.
Frequently asked questions
Will this photo be accepted for my passport?
The size, head proportion and resolution will be right. Acceptance also depends on the photo itself: plain light background, even lighting, neutral expression, no glasses or hats, taken within the last six months. The tool cannot judge those — check the authority's examples before submitting.
What does 300 DPI mean and why is it stamped?
Dots per inch links pixels to physical size: 600 pixels at 300 DPI is exactly 2 inches. Browsers save JPEGs without a density value, so printers and upload checkers would guess. This tool writes 300 DPI into the file's JFIF header so the photo prints and validates at the intended size.
How do I print the sheet?
Order it as an ordinary 4×6 inch (10×15 cm) photo print at a pharmacy, supermarket or online lab, on photo paper, with no "fit to page" or auto-crop. Cut along the grey lines. Two US 2×2 photos or eight 35×45 mm photos fit on one print.
Does it change the background to white?
No. Automatic background removal is unreliable around hair and produces the halo that gets photos rejected. Stand in front of a plain white or light-grey wall (or a bedsheet) in daylight, and the background will already be right.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The cropping, resizing and DPI stamping all happen in your browser, and the result is downloaded straight to your device. This page never sees the picture.