Passport Photo Rules

Crop your photo to the size your country publishes, and check it against the rules that country actually states. Everything runs on this device — your photo is never uploaded.

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Source: official United States guidance, checked 2026-08-26.

No United States rule is recorded here for eye line and print resolution, so this tool cannot check them. Check the official guidance.

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Your photo is processed on this device and never uploaded.

These are automated checks, not an approval. The issuing authority decides whether your photo is accepted.

Guides

Why passport photos get rejected
The ten reasons applications get put on hold, and what each one actually looks like.
How to take a passport photo at home with your phone
A repeatable setup using a phone, a wall and a window — and why selfies fail.
Passport photo lighting: avoiding shadows on the background
Why the shadow behind your head is the hardest part, and the two-metre rule that removes it.
Can you smile in a passport photo?
Almost always no — with one significant exception, quoted from the source.
Glasses in passport photos: the rules by country
Who bans glasses outright, who allows them with conditions, and why the safest answer is to take them off.
Passport photo size chart
Published photo sizes and head-height rules for every country in this tool, with the source for each.
Baby and infant passport photos
Which rules are relaxed for young children, which are not, and the practical way to get the shot.
Printing passport photos at home vs at a pharmacy
What actually goes wrong when printing at home, and how to check the print measures correctly.

These are automated checks, not an approval. The issuing authority decides whether your photo is accepted.