The face accounts for 70 percent to 80 percent of
the passport photo.
You don't need to worry about the size requirements.
Our
crop tool will help you to get the correct size.
Take Passport Photo
First of all, you need to take a photo using a
digital camera. Please follow the passport photo guidelines to take a photo that is
suitable to make passport photos.
Passport photo must be in color.
Photo has white or off-white background. If you take
photo against a white wall, there should be no
decoration on the wall.
Look straight to the camera. Both ears should be
visible.
The photo must be with neutral facial expression.
Both eyes should be open.
Mouth must be closed.
No smiling.
Do not wear a hat. Full face must be visible.
There should be no other objects in the photo
background or on the face, such as headset. There should
be no hair on the face as well.
If possible, do not wear glasses, especially glasses
with dark frames. If you must wear glasses, ensure that
there is no reflection on the glasses. Both eyes must be
clearly visible.
Forehead and eyebrows should be visible. Do not
cover eyebrows with hair.
There must be no shadow on the face and behind the
head. Please see the tips below on how to avoid shadow
in the photo.
Lighting on the face must be even.
Lighting and Positioning
Take photo in bright room. Use a white wall
as background.
Stand one meter away from the wall, otherwise there
may be shadow on the wall.
Use a tripod. Adjust the camera position to the eye
level.
When adjust the camera distance to leave enough
space between the top of the head and top border of the
photo.
Select a country. Different countries/regions
have different requirements for passport photos.
With the country selection, our system will get correct
the passport photo size from our database and use the
information in the following steps.
Upload your photo. The file size should be
smaller that 10MB and the photo size should be smaller
than 4000 x 3000 pixels. The system processes only .jpg or
.jpeg files. It may a few
moments to finish the uploading process
depending on the file size of the photo and the
connection bandwidth.
Crop photo. You can use the selection
tool to choose the region of the photo according
to the passport photo requirement. The ratio of
width and height is preset based on the
country selection. You can resize and move the
region.
Download passport photos. With the three steps above, you will get a 4R sheet with multiple passport photos.
Follow the instruction on the download page to save the
4R sheet in your computer.
Download Photos
Photos must be printed on plain white photo-quality paper. You can choose to
print the photos
with color
printer, or
print it online.