Does this tool remove or replace the background of my photo?

No — and any tool that promises one-click background replacement for an official photo deserves suspicion, because several authorities reject photos with digitally altered backgrounds. This maker crops and sizes your photo exactly; the background is whatever you stood in front of. Photograph against a plain white or light-grey wall in even light, and the result meets the background rule of every preset listed here.

How big should my head be inside the frame?

For the US 2 x 2 in standard, the head — chin to crown — must measure between 1 and 1 3/8 inches, roughly 50 to 69 percent of the photo height. The dashed oval in the editor is drawn to that proportion: drag and zoom until your head fills the oval with a small margin above the crown, and your eyes sit near the middle of the frame.

Can I take the original photo with my phone?

Yes. Use the rear camera at its highest resolution, stand about 1.5 metres from the camera with the phone at eye level, and face a window for soft daylight rather than using flash, which creates harsh shadows and red-eye. Keep the camera level, look straight into the lens with a neutral expression, and leave space around your head — this editor needs room to crop.

Are glasses, hats and headscarves allowed in passport photos?

Glasses are not allowed in US passport photos and are discouraged almost everywhere else, so remove them. Hats and head coverings are only accepted for religious or medical reasons, and even then your full face from chin to forehead must stay visible with no shadows. Rules differ slightly by country, so check your application guidance before submitting — this tool guarantees the size and crop, not the final acceptance decision.

How do I print the 4x6 sheet correctly at home or in a shop?

The sheet is exactly 1800 x 1200 pixels — a 4 x 6 inch print at 300 dpi. In your printer dialog or the photo shop kiosk, choose 4x6 paper and turn off any "fit to page" or borderless-stretch option, which would rescale the photos away from their official size. Print once, measure one photo with a ruler against the preset size in the table below, and only then print the batch.

Passport Photo Maker

Studio passport photos are mostly a sizing problem: the right head proportion, the exact millimetres, a clean print. This maker solves the sizing half for free. Upload a photo taken against a plain wall, pick your country preset — United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, China, India and Pakistan standards are included — drag to position your face inside the guide oval, zoom to fit, and download a single photo or a full 4 x 6 inch print sheet. Your photo never leaves your device; all processing happens in your browser.

Create your passport photo

Currently 2 x 2 in (51 x 51 mm) at 300 dpi (600 x 600 px). The dashed oval is an on-screen guide only — it never appears in your downloads.

Country / document preset

Upload your photo

JPG or PNG from a phone or camera. Best results: plain light wall behind you, face the window light, no flash.

Zoom — 1.00x

Drag the photo in the preview to reposition it. Fill the dashed oval with your head, keeping a small margin above your hair.

This tool does not remove or change your background — no editor here touches anything except crop, position and size, which is exactly what photo rules allow you to adjust yourself.

Preview at exact preset pixels. The horizontal dashed line marks where the shoulders should sit.

How to make a passport photo at home

Take the photo correctly first. Stand about half a metre in front of a plain white or light-grey wall, face a window so daylight falls evenly on both sides of your face, and have someone else take the picture at eye level from roughly 1.5 metres away. Selfies distort facial proportions because the lens sits too close.
Choose the preset that matches your document. A US visa photo and a UK passport photo are different shapes — square 2 x 2 inches versus 35 x 45 mm — and submitting one in place of the other is a common reason applications bounce. The preset list names the countries each size serves.
Fit your head to the oval. Drag the photo until your face is centred, then use the zoom slider until the top of your head nearly touches the top of the dashed oval and your chin rests near its bottom. Shoulders should cross the lower dashed line. This proportion — not the crop alone — is what automated checkers measure first.
Print the sheet and measure before you submit. Download the 4x6 sheet, print it on glossy or matte photo paper, and check one cut photo with a ruler: it must match the preset size to the millimetre. If it is even 2 mm off, your printer scaled it — turn off fit-to-page and print again.

Who uses this maker

Visa and passport applicants who need a compliant photo tonight, not after a studio appointment — for themselves and for family members applying together, since one 4x6 sheet can carry a whole household's photos across two prints.

Parents photographing babies and toddlers. Studios struggle with infants; at home you can lay the baby on a plain white sheet, shoot from directly above, and crop here. Most authorities accept a relaxed expression and no visible hands for children under one year.

HR teams and schools standardising ID photos for badges and records. The UK/EU 35 x 45 mm preset doubles as the standard ID-photo size in most of Europe and South Asia, so one workflow covers staff files and student records alike.

Exam and job applicants who need the same photo at three different sizes for three different forms in one evening — switch the preset, keep the same crop position, and download each size in under a minute.

Official sizes in this maker

Preset	Print size	Pixels at 300 dpi	Copies on a 4x6 sheet
US / India / Pakistan passport — 2 x 2 in	2 x 2 in (51 x 51 mm)	600 x 600	2 per 4x6 sheet
UK / EU / Schengen visa — 35 x 45 mm	35 x 45 mm	413 x 531	8 per 4x6 sheet
Canada passport — 50 x 70 mm	50 x 70 mm	591 x 827	2 per 4x6 sheet
China visa — 33 x 48 mm	33 x 48 mm	390 x 567	8 per 4x6 sheet

Every preset is exported at a true 300 dpi, the resolution photo printers and application portals expect. The 4x6 sheet places copies with 2 mm cutting gaps and a fine grey border around each photo so you can trim accurately with scissors or a paper cutter. Digital submissions usually want the single photo file instead — upload the single-photo download, not the sheet.

Mistakes that get passport photos rejected

Shadows on the face or wall. A window to one side lights half the face and leaves the other half grey. Face the light source directly, or use two lamps at equal angles, and stand a step away from the wall so your head casts no shadow on it.
Head too small in the frame. The single most common rejection. If your head occupies less than half the photo height, zoom in here rather than submitting and hoping — automated systems measure this precisely.
Smiling with visible teeth or raised eyebrows. Most standards require a neutral expression with the mouth closed. It feels unnatural; it is also what the template expects.
Edited or filtered photos. Beauty filters, skin smoothing and background replacement are all grounds for rejection in the US, UK and Schengen systems. This maker only crops and resizes, which keeps your photo on the right side of that rule.
Printing at the wrong scale. A photo that measures 33 mm instead of 35 mm wide fails even if everything else is perfect. Measure the first print with a ruler — every time, not just the first time you use a new printer.

Frequently asked questions

Does this tool remove or replace the background of my photo?: No — and any tool that promises one-click background replacement for an official photo deserves suspicion, because several authorities reject photos with digitally altered backgrounds. This maker crops and sizes your photo exactly; the background is whatever you stood in front of. Photograph against a plain white or light-grey wall in even light, and the result meets the background rule of every preset listed here.
How big should my head be inside the frame?: For the US 2 x 2 in standard, the head — chin to crown — must measure between 1 and 1 3/8 inches, roughly 50 to 69 percent of the photo height. The dashed oval in the editor is drawn to that proportion: drag and zoom until your head fills the oval with a small margin above the crown, and your eyes sit near the middle of the frame.
Can I take the original photo with my phone?: Yes. Use the rear camera at its highest resolution, stand about 1.5 metres from the camera with the phone at eye level, and face a window for soft daylight rather than using flash, which creates harsh shadows and red-eye. Keep the camera level, look straight into the lens with a neutral expression, and leave space around your head — this editor needs room to crop.
Are glasses, hats and headscarves allowed in passport photos?: Glasses are not allowed in US passport photos and are discouraged almost everywhere else, so remove them. Hats and head coverings are only accepted for religious or medical reasons, and even then your full face from chin to forehead must stay visible with no shadows. Rules differ slightly by country, so check your application guidance before submitting — this tool guarantees the size and crop, not the final acceptance decision.
How do I print the 4x6 sheet correctly at home or in a shop?: The sheet is exactly 1800 x 1200 pixels — a 4 x 6 inch print at 300 dpi. In your printer dialog or the photo shop kiosk, choose 4x6 paper and turn off any "fit to page" or borderless-stretch option, which would rescale the photos away from their official size. Print once, measure one photo with a ruler against the preset size in the table below, and only then print the batch.