Can it guarantee my photo will be accepted?

No tool can: the office that receives your application decides. The maker checks the measurable rules (size, head height, eye line, pose, expression, light) and links each document to its official page so you can confirm.

Does my photo leave my device?

No. The face measurements, the background and the final crop all happen in your browser. While you pay, the photo is kept in this browser only.

What size is a passport photo?

It depends on the document: a US passport photo is 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm) with a 25–35 mm head; UK, EU and many others are 35 × 45 mm. The sizes table on this page lists every document the maker carries.

Can I smile in a passport photo?

No. Most offices want a neutral expression with the mouth closed. The maker flags smiles and open mouths before you pay.

Many offices, including the US and UK, now ask you to remove them. The maker shows the rule for your document; it can’t detect glasses itself.

How do I take a passport photo at home?

Stand about half a metre in front of a plain, evenly lit wall, face a window, hold the phone at eye height 40–50 cm away, and take a few shots. Add the best one here.

Download the 4×6 print sheet and order a standard 4×6 in (10×15 cm) print at any photo shop or pharmacy, then cut along the light lines.

What size is a UK passport photo?

A UK passport photo is 35 × 45 mm with a head of 29–34 mm from chin to crown, on a plain cream or light grey background (HM Passport Office). Online applications need at least 600 × 750 pixels.

What size is a Canadian passport photo?

Canada uses a larger photo: 50 × 70 mm, with 31–36 mm from chin to crown, on a plain white or light background (Government of Canada).

What size is a Schengen visa photo?

35 × 45 mm with the face taking up 70–80% of the height (about 32–36 mm), on a plain light background, following the EU’s ICAO-based guidelines.

How do I take a baby passport photo?

Lay the baby on a plain white sheet and shoot from directly above, with no hands, toys or pacifier in the frame. Most offices relax the rules on open eyes and expression for newborns.

Is the $3.99 a subscription?

No. It’s a one-time payment for that document’s photo, with retakes for the same document for 30 days on the same device. CutLift Pro is the subscription option.

FreePassport photo maker

Passport photo maker with 14 free checks

Pick your document, add a selfie and see every check pass or fail before you pay anything. The maker measures head height and eye line, then cuts the photo to your country’s own numbers on a plain background. Your photo never leaves your device.

14 checks free
No upload
$3.99 or Pro
203 documents

Your document

Size: 2 × 2 in
Head: 25–35 mm
Background: white

Drop a photo of your face

Head and shoulders, facing the camera · stays on your device

No photo handy? Try one of ours:

An example passport photo on a plain background — Head 25–35 mmBackground: white

United States · Passport

Measured to the millimetre

Add a photo above. We find your face, measure head height and position, check pose, expression and light, then frame it to this document’s own numbers on a plain background.

One face only
Top of the head visible
Chin in frame
Facing the camera
Chin level
Eyes open
+ 8 more checks, all free

01All free

14 checks, before you pay

Each one shows a pass, a heads-up or a fail with the exact fix. If anything fails, the download stays locked.

One face onlyNo second person, no helping hand.
Top of the headThe hair has to be in the photo.
Chin in frameThe other end of the measurement.
Facing the cameraNose at the lens, ears even.
Chin levelCamera at eye height.
Eyes openNo squinting into the light.
Mouth closedLips together, no teeth.

Neutral expressionNo smile, relaxed face.
No red eyeDaylight beats the flash.
Enough detailSharp enough to print.
Plain backgroundReplaced, cleanest on a plain wall.
Even lightingNo shadow across the face.
Shoulders in frameSo the head doesn’t float.
Head size and positionTo your document’s millimetres.

We never reshape your face: only the whole photo is sized, levelled and moved, and the background replaced. Sizes, head heights and sources for all 203 documents are in .

Passport photo sizes by country

Document	Size	Head	Background	Source
Afghanistan	40 × 45 mm	—	plain white	Unconfirmed
Albania	35 × 45 mm	31–36 mm	plain white	Unconfirmed
Algeria	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Official
Andorra	35 × 45 mm	—	light, single colour	Official
Angola	40 × 50 mm	—	white	Official
Antigua and Barbuda	2 × 2 in	25.4–34.9 mm	white	Official
Argentina	40 × 40 mm	—	white	Official
Armenia	35 × 45 mm	—	plain, light	Source
Australia	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain, light-coloured	Source
Austria	35 × 45 mm	up to 36 mm	single light colour, ideally grey	Official
Azerbaijan	30 × 40 mm	—	plain white	Unconfirmed
Bahamas	2 × 2 in	—	white	Official
Bahrain	40 × 60 mm	—	plain white	Unconfirmed
Bangladesh	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Barbados	50 × 50 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Belarus	40 × 50 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Belgium	35 × 45 mm	31–36 mm	light, plain, uniform, no gradient	Official
Belize	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Benin	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Bhutan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Bolivia	50 × 50 mm	35–40 mm	white	Unconfirmed
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35 × 45 mm	31–36 mm	plain light	Unconfirmed
Botswana	30 × 40 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Brazil	50 × 70 mm	31–36 mm	white	Unconfirmed
Brunei	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Bulgaria	35 × 45 mm	31.5–36 mm	plain white	Unconfirmed
Burkina Faso	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Burundi	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Cambodia	40 × 60 mm	—	plain white	Unconfirmed
Cameroon	40 × 40 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Canada	50 × 70 mm	31–36 mm	white or light-coloured	Official
Cape Verde	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Central African Republic	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Chad	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Chile	45 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
China	33 × 48 mm	28–33 mm	white	Source
China visa	33 × 48 mm	28–33 mm	white or near white	Official
Colombia	35 × 45 mm	27–33 mm	white	Unconfirmed
Comoros	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Congo-Brazzaville	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Costa Rica	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Côte d'Ivoire	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Croatia	35 × 45 mm	—	light, single colour	Official
Cuba	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Cyprus	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Czechia	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Denmark	35 × 45 mm	30–36 mm	light, no shadows or motifs	Official
Djibouti	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Dominica	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Dominican Republic	50 × 50 mm	—	white	Source
DR Congo	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Ecuador	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Egypt	40 × 60 mm	at least 35 mm	white	Official
El Salvador	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Equatorial Guinea	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Eritrea	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Estonia	40 × 50 mm	—	light, single colour, no patterns	Official
Eswatini	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Ethiopia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Fiji	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Finland	36 × 47 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
France	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey or light blue (white not allowed)	Official
Gabon	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Gambia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Georgia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Germany	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain light, neutral grey ideal	Official
Ghana	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Greece	40 × 60 mm	—	light, preferably grey RGB 190+/-10	Official
Grenada	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Guatemala	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Guinea	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Guinea-Bissau	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Guyana	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Haiti	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Honduras	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Hong Kong (SAR)	40 × 50 mm	32–36 mm	white	Official
Hungary	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Iceland	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
India	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Official
Indonesia	40 × 60 mm	—	red or blue	Unconfirmed
Iran	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Iraq	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Ireland	35 × 45 mm	—	light grey, white or cream	Official
Israel	50 × 50 mm	—	white	Source
Italy	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	white	Source
Jamaica	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Japan	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain, no pattern (white recommended)	Official
Jordan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Source
Kazakhstan	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain light	Source
Kenya	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Kiribati	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Kosovo	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Kuwait	40 × 50 mm	—	blue	Unconfirmed
Kyrgyzstan	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Laos	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Latvia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Source
Lebanon	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Official
Lesotho	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Liberia	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Libya	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Liechtenstein	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Lithuania	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Luxembourg	35 × 45 mm	31.5–36 mm	light, plain	Source
Macau	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Madagascar	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Malawi	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Malaysia	35 × 50 mm	25–30 mm	white, no shadow	Source
Maldives	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	white	Official
Mali	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Malta	35 × 45 mm	31.5–36 mm	light grey or cream	Official
Marshall Islands	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Mauritania	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Mauritius	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Mexico	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Micronesia	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Moldova	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Monaco	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Mongolia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Montenegro	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Morocco	35 × 45 mm	—	white or light blue	Source
Mozambique	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Myanmar	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Namibia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Nauru	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Nepal	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Netherlands	35 × 45 mm	26–30 mm	light grey, light blue or white	Official
New Zealand	35 × 45 mm	—	plain, light-coloured	Official
Nicaragua	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Niger	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Nigeria	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
North Korea	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
North Macedonia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Norway	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Oman	40 × 60 mm	—	blue	Unconfirmed
Pakistan	35 × 45 mm	—	plain white	Official
Palau	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Palestine	35 × 45 mm	—	blue	Source
Panama	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Papua New Guinea	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Paraguay	50 × 50 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Peru	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Philippines	35 × 45 mm	—	royal blue	Unconfirmed
Poland	35 × 45 mm	31–36 mm	uniform light	Official
Portugal	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Qatar	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Romania	35 × 45 mm	—	light, neutral	Source
Russia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Rwanda	40 × 40 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Saint Kitts and Nevis	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Saint Lucia	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Samoa	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
San Marino	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
São Tomé and Príncipe	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Saudi Arabia	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Schengen area schengen visa	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain light-coloured	Official
Senegal	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Serbia	50 × 50 mm	—	single-colour grey	Source
Seychelles	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Sierra Leone	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Singapore	35 × 45 mm	25–35 mm	white (light grey if hair is white)	Official
Slovakia	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Slovenia	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	plain, light	Official
Solomon Islands	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Somalia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
South Africa	35 × 45 mm	29–34 mm	light grey or plain cream	Official
South Korea	35 × 45 mm	32–35 mm	white	Official
South Sudan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Spain id card (dni)	26 × 32 mm	—	white, plain, uniform	Official
Spain	26 × 32 mm	—	white, plain, uniform	Official
Sri Lanka	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Sudan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Suriname	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Sweden	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	light grey	Unconfirmed
Switzerland	35 × 45 mm	29–34 mm	single colour, uniform, neutral, no shadows	Official
Syria	40 × 40 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Taiwan	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	white	Official
Tajikistan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Tanzania	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Thailand	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Timor-Leste	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Togo	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Tonga	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Trinidad and Tobago	31 × 41 mm	—	plain, light	Official
Tunisia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Turkey	50 × 60 mm	32–36 mm	white	Official
Turkmenistan	30 × 40 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Tuvalu	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Uganda	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Ukraine	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
United Arab Emirates	35 × 45 mm	31.5–36 mm	white	Official
United Kingdom	35 × 45 mm	29–34 mm	cream or light grey	Official
United States	2 × 2 in	25–35 mm	white or off-white	Official
United States visa	2 × 2 in	25–35 mm	white or off-white	Source
Uruguay	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Uzbekistan	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Vanuatu	40 × 50 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Vatican City	35 × 45 mm	32–36 mm	white	Unconfirmed
Venezuela	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Vietnam	40 × 60 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Yemen	2 × 2 in	—	white	Unconfirmed
Zambia	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Unconfirmed
Zimbabwe	35 × 45 mm	—	white	Official

Rules change: confirm with the office that receives your application.

02At home

Take it with your phone

Light, background and clothes decide whether a photo passes. Three habits get most people through on the first try.

Face a window, plain wall behind you

Daylight on your face and on the wall at once. Hold the phone 40–50 cm away, at eye height.

Shadows on the face or the wall
Light from above or one side
Flash glare
Beauty filters

Plain clothes, not the wall’s colour

A white top on a white wall disappears into it. No uniforms, logos or busy patterns.

Hats (unless for religious reasons)
Hair over the eyes
Glasses, unless allowed
Anything covering the chin

Take five, not one

Small changes in tilt and light decide it. Shoot a few, add the best, and fix exactly what the checks report.

Selfie-stick distortion up close
Zoomed-in, blurry shots
Old photos: most offices want one taken in the last 6 months

03Babies

Baby photos that pass

Baby photos get rejected more than any other kind, nearly always for the same few reasons. The maker runs the same checks on them.

Passes
Lying down, shot from above
On a plain white sheet, phone straight over the face.
Passes
Eyes open, mouth closed
Wait for a calm moment; newborns get some leeway.
Passes
Sheet pulled tight
Even daylight, no folds, nothing else in the frame.
Gets rejected
A hand in the frame
The most common rejection: one person per photo.
Gets rejected
Crying or eyes shut
Open mouth and closed eyes change the face.
Gets rejected
Pacifier, toy or hat
Anything covering the face or its outline.

Most offices relax the open-eyes and expression rules for newborns. Check yours.

03How it works

Four steps. Seconds.

01Pick your documentYour country is pre-selected from your browser. Change it if we guessed wrong.
02Add a photoA phone selfie works: face a window, plain wall behind you, phone at eye height.
03See the checksAll 14 checks run on your device. Fix anything in red, adjust the framing if you like.
04DownloadThe digital photo and a 4×6 print sheet for any print shop: $3.99 once, or included in Pro.

04Why CutLift

Built to be the best one

Measured, not guessedHead height and eye line in millimetres, against your document’s published numbers.
Pay only when it passesChecks and preview are free. The download stays locked while anything fails.
Private by designYour face is measured on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored.
Print or uploadA digital JPG at 300 DPI and a 4×6 in sheet with several copies, ready to cut.

Free and unlimited. CutLift Pro adds batch processing, upscaling, sky replacement and studio exports for $7.99/month.

05The guide

Passport photos at home, measured

What the passport photo maker measures

Passport offices measure your photo, they don’t just look at it. The two numbers that reject most home photos are head height, from the chin to the top of the hair, and the eye line, how far the eyes sit from the bottom edge. A US passport photo is 2 × 2 inches with a head of 25 to 35 mm; most 35 × 45 mm documents want a head of about 32 to 36 mm. The passport photo maker finds your face, measures both numbers in millimetres and frames the photo so they land inside your document’s range.

It also checks what an officer checks: one face only, facing the camera, chin level, eyes open, mouth closed, a neutral expression, even light, shoulders in frame and enough detail for the print. Each check shows a pass, a heads-up or a fail with the one thing to change.

Taking a photo that passes first time

Stand about half a metre in front of a plain, light wall and face a window, so daylight falls evenly on your face and on the wall. Hold the phone at eye height, 40 to 50 cm away, or ask someone to take it. Keep a neutral face with your mouth closed, take your glasses off unless your document allows them, and take five shots instead of one. Small changes in tilt and light decide it, and the checks tell you which shot is best.

The background is replaced with the colour your document asks for, white, off-white or light grey, but a plain wall still gives the cleanest edges around hair.

Printing or uploading the result

For online applications use the digital photo: a JPG at 300 DPI, sized to the document and, where the office publishes a pixel minimum, at least that size. For paper forms, download the 4×6 print sheet and order a standard 4×6 in (10×15 cm) print at a photo shop or pharmacy; it holds several copies with light lines to cut along.

Rules change, and the office receiving your application has the final say. Every document in the maker links to its official page so you can confirm the numbers before you submit.

06Related tools

07Questions

Good to know

Is this passport photo maker free?

Yes for all 14 checks, the adjustments and a watermarked preview, with no account. The clean digital photo and the 4×6 print sheet are $3.99 one-time, or included in CutLift Pro.