Passport Size Photo Maker

By the MuftTools.in teamUpdated October 2026How we checkSources: Passport Seva photo guideline, Indian mission ICAO photo guideline, Indian visa instructions, US State Department, GOV.UK, European Commission

A passport photo you can crop and print yourself

Many forms in India still ask for a "passport size photo": admissions, bank accounts, visas, exam hall tickets. This tool lets you take the photo on your phone, crop it to the exact size, and get a sheet of copies that any photo shop or home printer can print.

Everything happens in your browser. Your photo is not uploaded anywhere, there is no sign-up, and there is no watermark on the result.

How to make a passport size photo

1. Take the photo. Stand in front of a plain white or light wall, in daylight from a window, with no shadow behind you. Ask someone to hold the phone at your eye level about 1.5 metres away. Look straight at the camera with a natural expression and your mouth closed.
2. Choose the size. Pick the preset for your document, such as Indian passport 35 × 45 mm, Indian visa or US visa 2 × 2 inch, Schengen visa or a PAN form, or enter a custom size in millimetres.
3. Upload and crop. Drag the photo to move it and use Zoom (or pinch on a phone). The face guide shows where the top of your head and your chin should be for the chosen size. Use Straighten if the photo is slightly tilted.
4. Adjust if needed. Brightness and Contrast fix a dull photo. "Brighten near-white background" turns a pale grey or cream wall whiter without touching your face.
5. Replace the background if you need to (optional). Tap Remove background and pick white or another light colour. A small person-detection model downloads to your browser the first time and runs on your device, so your photo is not uploaded. Check the edges around your hair before printing.
6. Download. Get a print sheet as a PDF or JPG (4 × 6 inch photo paper or A4), a single photo JPG at 300 DPI, or a file for an online form at the exact pixel size and KB range.

Official photo sizes in this tool

These figures come from the official pages linked below, checked in October 2026. Rules can change, so always follow the latest instructions of the office or portal you are applying to.

35 × 45 mm or 2 × 2 inch?

This is the most common mix-up. The Passport Seva guideline for the Indian passport uses 45 mm × 35 mm, a tall rectangle. The square 2 × 2 inch (51 × 51 mm) photo belongs to the Indian visa, which asks for height equal to width, and to the US visa. If a form simply says "passport size" without a measurement, measure the photo box on the form. Most Indian forms use about 35 × 45 mm.

When you apply for an Indian passport at a Passport Seva Kendra in India, your photo is usually captured at the counter, so you do not need prints for yourself. The printed 45 × 35 mm photo is what that Passport Seva guideline covers for children below 4 years. Indians applying from abroad through an Indian mission upload a 630 × 810 pixel photo instead.

Photo rules most offices share

The official guidelines above repeat many of the same points. Following them avoids most rejections:

• A recent colour photo, looking straight at the camera, with eyes open and clearly visible.
• The full head from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin, centred in the frame and not tilted.
• A white or plain light background, with even light and no shadows on the face or the wall.
• A natural expression with the mouth closed, no hair across the eyes and no red-eye.
• Head coverings only for religious reasons, with the face from chin to forehead and both edges of the face visible (Passport Seva and Indian mission guidelines).
• Glasses: the US does not allow them in visa photos, and the Indian mission guideline asks you to take them off to avoid reflections. Taking them off is the safe choice.

The Indian mission guideline also says photos should be unaltered by computer software. For that upload, crop and resize only, and leave the brightness, contrast and background sliders at their defaults.

Printing your sheet

The print sheet places as many copies as fit, with a small gap and thin grey cut lines. One 4 × 6 inch (10 × 15 cm) print holds eight 35 × 45 mm photos, and an A4 page holds 30.

• At a photo shop: take the PDF or the sheet JPG on your phone and ask for a 4 × 6 inch print without cropping or "fit".
• At home: open the PDF and print at Actual size or 100%. "Fit to page" shrinks the photos and they will no longer be 35 × 45 mm.
• Check before cutting: measure one photo with a ruler. Then cut along the grey lines with a paper cutter or sharp scissors.

The single photo JPG is saved at 300 DPI, so a 35 × 45 mm photo is 413 × 531 pixels and prints at the right size in most photo apps.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Selfie distance. A phone held at arm's length makes the nose look bigger and the face slightly distorted. Ask someone else to take it from about 1.5 metres and zoom in here instead.
• Coloured or busy backgrounds. A blue door or a patterned curtain cannot be turned white by a slider. Use Remove background, or better, move to a plain light wall: some guidelines, like the Indian mission one, ask for photos that are not altered by software.
• Head too small or too big. Use the face guide: the top of the hair should touch the top line and the chin should sit inside the shaded band.
• Wrong file size online. Portals often set a KB range. Type it into the online form section, and the tool adjusts the quality so the file lands inside the range.

Need a photo and signature for an exam form instead? Use the exam photo and signature resizer, which has presets taken from official exam notices. To make a clean signature image, try the online signature maker.

This tool is not affiliated with Passport Seva, the Ministry of External Affairs or any embassy. It only helps you prepare a photo; the office you apply to decides whether it accepts it.