Reference · 197 countries · Updated August 2026

Passport photo size by country

Most of the world uses 35 × 45 mm, the size set by the ICAO 9303 travel document standard, with the head filling 70 to 80 percent of the frame against a plain light background. The big exceptions are the United States and India at 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 inches), Canada at 50 × 70 mm and China at 33 × 48 mm. The table below lists the exact size, head height, background and accepted formats for 197 countries and territories.

197: countries listed
98: verified against the issuing government
29: with a full country guide
300 DPI: print resolution every office expects

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Which countries have a full guide?

These 29 get more than a row in a table: the rejection reasons the authority actually publishes, the local fee and processing time, what the biometric scanner checks, and a maker preset to that country's exact spec.

Every country, in one table

Sizes are in millimetres. Pixel figures are what those millimetres come to at 300 DPI, which is the print resolution every passport office expects. Head height is measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head including hair.

Rows marked Govwere read from the issuing authority's own published photo guidance. Rows marked ICAOfollow the ICAO 9303 international standard, which those countries apply in practice but do not publish separately. Confirm against your own government's page before submitting.

Americas (35)

Passport photo requirements for 35 countries in Americas
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Antigua and Barbuda	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Argentina	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Bahamas	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Barbados	38 × 48	449 × 567	70 to 80% of frame	Plain light-coloured background	Gov
Belize	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Bolivia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Brazil	50 × 70	591 × 827	70 to 80% of frame	Fundo branco	Gov
Canada	50 × 70	591 × 827	31 to 36 mm	Plain white or light-coloured	Gov
Chile	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Colombia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Fondo blanco	Gov
Costa Rica	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Cuba	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Dominica	45 × 57	531 × 673	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Dominican Republic	50 × 50	591 × 591	25 to 35 mm	White background	Gov
Ecuador	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
El Salvador	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Grenada	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Guatemala	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Guyana	35 × 45	413 × 531	25 to 35 mm	White background	Gov
Haiti	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Honduras	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Jamaica	35 × 45	413 × 531	25 to 35 mm	Plain (white/pastel/pale blue)	Gov
Mexico	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Fondo blanco	Gov
Nicaragua	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Panama	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Paraguay	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Peru	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Fondo blanco	Gov
Saint Kitts and Nevis	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Saint Lucia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Suriname	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Trinidad and Tobago	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
United States	51 × 51	602 × 602	25 to 35 mm	White or off-white	Gov
Uruguay	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Venezuela	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO

Europe (48)

Passport photo requirements for 48 countries in Europe
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Albania	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Andorra	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Armenia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Austria	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Azerbaijan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Belarus	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Belgium	35 × 45	413 × 531	31 to 36 mm	Light-coloured background	Gov
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Bulgaria	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light uniform background	Gov
Croatia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Light background	Gov
Cyprus	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Light-coloured background	Gov
Czech Republic	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Denmark	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Estonia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light plain background	Gov
Finland	36 × 47	425 × 555	32 to 36 mm	Light grey	Gov
France	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Fond uni clair (light grey/blue)	Gov
Germany	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Uniform light grey	Gov
Greece	40 × 60	472 × 709	32 to 36 mm	Light background	Gov
Hungary	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Iceland	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light plain background	Gov
Ireland	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light background	Gov
Italy	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Sfondo chiaro (light)	Gov
Latvia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light plain background	Gov
Liechtenstein	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Lithuania	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Luxembourg	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light uniform background	Gov
Malta	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Moldova	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Monaco	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Montenegro	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Netherlands	35 × 45	413 × 531	27 to 36 mm	Effen lichte achtergrond	Gov
North Macedonia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Norway	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light grey background	Gov
Poland	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Portugal	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Romania	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white background	Gov
Russia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
San Marino	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Schengen / EU	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light-coloured (white preferred)	Gov
Serbia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Slovakia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Slovenia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Spain	32 × 26	378 × 307	70 to 80% of frame	Fondo blanco liso	Gov
Sweden	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light grey	Gov
Switzerland	35 × 45	413 × 531	29 to 34 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Ukraine	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
United Kingdom	35 × 45	413 × 531	29 to 34 mm	Light-coloured (cream / light grey)	Gov
Vatican City	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO

Asia (31)

Passport photo requirements for 31 countries in Asia
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Afghanistan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Bangladesh	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Bhutan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Brunei	35 × 50	413 × 591	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Cambodia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White or light background	Gov
China	33 × 48	390 × 567	28 to 33 mm	Pure white background	Gov
Georgia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light plain background	Gov
Hong Kong	40 × 50	472 × 591	30 to 34 mm	Plain white background	Gov
India	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Indonesia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Japan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain (white or light)	Gov
Kazakhstan	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Kyrgyzstan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Laos	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Malaysia	35 × 50	413 × 591	70 to 80% of frame	Solid blue (passport) / white (some applications)	Gov
Maldives	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Mongolia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Myanmar	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Nepal	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
North Korea	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Pakistan	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Philippines	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Singapore	35 × 45	413 × 531	25 to 35 mm	Plain white background	Gov
South Korea	35 × 45	413 × 531	25 to 35 mm	Plain white background	Gov
Sri Lanka	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Taiwan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white background	Gov
Tajikistan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Thailand	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Turkmenistan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Uzbekistan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Vietnam	40 × 60	472 × 709	32 to 36 mm	Plain white background	Gov

Middle East (15)

Passport photo requirements for 15 countries in Middle East
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Bahrain	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Iran	40 × 60	472 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Iraq	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Israel	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Jordan	40 × 60	472 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Kuwait	40 × 60	472 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Lebanon	40 × 50	472 × 591	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Oman	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Palestine	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Qatar	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Saudi Arabia	40 × 60	472 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Syria	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Turkey	50 × 60	591 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
United Arab Emirates	43 × 55	508 × 650	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Yemen	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO

Africa (54)

Passport photo requirements for 54 countries in Africa
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Algeria	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Light plain background	Gov
Angola	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Benin	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Botswana	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain light background	Gov
Burkina Faso	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain light background	Gov
Burundi	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Cameroon	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Cape Verde	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Central African Republic	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Chad	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Comoros	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Congo (Brazzaville)	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Djibouti	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
DR Congo	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Egypt	40 × 60	472 × 709	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Equatorial Guinea	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Eritrea	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Eswatini	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Ethiopia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Gabon	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Gambia	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White background	Gov
Ghana	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Guinea	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Guinea-Bissau	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Ivory Coast	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Kenya	50 × 50	591 × 591	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Lesotho	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Liberia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Libya	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Madagascar	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Light background	Gov
Malawi	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	White or light background	Gov
Mali	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Mauritania	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Mauritius	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Morocco	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain white background	Gov
Mozambique	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Namibia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Niger	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Nigeria	51 × 51	602 × 602	25 to 35 mm	Plain white background	Gov
Rwanda	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
São Tomé and Príncipe	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Senegal	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Seychelles	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Sierra Leone	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Somalia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
South Africa	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain, light background	Gov
South Sudan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Sudan	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Tanzania	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Togo	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Tunisia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Uganda	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Zambia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Zimbabwe	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO

Oceania (14)

Passport photo requirements for 14 countries in Oceania
Country	Size (mm)	At 300 DPI	Head height	Background	Source
Australia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain light background	Gov
Fiji	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Light coloured background	Gov
Kiribati	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Marshall Islands	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Micronesia	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Nauru	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
New Zealand	35 × 45	413 × 531	70 to 80% of frame	Plain light coloured background	Gov
Palau	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Papua New Guinea	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Samoa	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Solomon Islands	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Tonga	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Tuvalu	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO
Vanuatu	35 × 45	413 × 531	32 to 36 mm	Plain white or light background	ICAO

Where the 35 × 45 mm standard comes from

Passport photo rules look arbitrary until you know they are downstream of one document. ICAO Doc 9303 is the International Civil Aviation Organization's specification for machine-readable travel documents, and it is the reason a border scanner in Lisbon can read a passport issued in Manila. Part 3 of that document covers the portrait, and it is where 35 × 45 mm, the 70 to 80 percent head ratio, the neutral expression and the plain light background all originate.

Countries adopt it because the alternative is having their passports fail at other countries' borders. The handful that deviate deviate for historical reasons rather than technical ones. The United States kept its 2 × 2 inch square because that is what the State Department used before ICAO existed and changing it would have invalidated a national photo industry overnight. Canada's unusually tall 50 × 70 mm frame comes from a domestic standard that predates the same transition.

Why the head-height rule is the one that gets you rejected

Size is easy to get right because a photo booth or a tool sets it for you. Head height is the one people fail, because it is a relationship between your face and the frame rather than a property of the file, and it survives a crop that looks fine to the eye.

The scanner at the border is measuring the distance between your eyes to build a biometric template. If your head is too small in the frame there are not enough pixels across that distance for the template to be reliable. If it is too large the top of your head is cut off and the system cannot find the crown to measure from. Both fail. Neither looks wrong in a thumbnail, which is why people find out weeks later by post.

The practical version: line the bottom of your chin and the top of your hair up against the two limits your country publishes, and if it publishes none, aim for your head to fill about three quarters of the height. Our passport photo maker draws that band on the canvas so you are matching a line rather than guessing.

Background: light, but usually not pure white

The instinct is to shoot against a white wall, and for the United States and India that is correct. For most of Europe it is not. The UK, Germany and the wider Schengen guidance ask for light grey or cream specifically because a pure white background gives the scanner no edge to find where your hair ends and the wall begins. Blonde or grey hair against pure white is the classic rejection.

Whatever the color, it has to be flat. No gradient, no texture, no shadow cast by you onto the wall behind. Standing about a metre clear of the wall kills most shadows on its own. If your only option is a wall you cannot move away from, our background color changer will replace it with a compliant flat tone.

A note on AI photos, since people ask

You cannot use a generated photo for a passport, a visa, a driving licence or any other identity document. Every authority requires a genuine photograph of you taken within the last six months, and an image that has been generated or materially altered is grounds for rejection, with a fraud finding possible in some jurisdictions. We build AI headshots and we still say this plainly, because the cost of getting it wrong lands on you and not on us. The longer version is in can you use an AI headshot for a passport.

The tools on this page work on a real photo: they crop it, size it, set the head-height band and flatten the background. That is editing the framing of a genuine photograph, which is exactly what a photo booth does, and it is fine.

Passport photo sizes: frequently asked questions

What is the most common passport photo size in the world?

35 × 45 mm. It is the size specified by the ICAO 9303 international travel document standard, and the majority of countries adopt it directly, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and most of Africa and Asia. The main exceptions are the United States and India at 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 inches), Canada at 50 × 70 mm, and China at 33 × 48 mm.

Why is the US passport photo square when almost everywhere else is rectangular?

The 2 × 2 inch square predates the ICAO standard and the State Department never migrated. It also changes the framing: because the frame is square, the US head-height rule is expressed as an absolute measurement (1 to 1⅜ inches from chin to crown) rather than as a percentage of frame height the way ICAO countries express it.

What head height does a passport photo need?

ICAO 9303 asks for the head to occupy 70 to 80 percent of the image height, measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head including hair. Countries that publish their own number usually land inside that band: the UK asks for 29 to 34 mm on a 45 mm tall photo, Germany asks for 32 to 36 mm, and the US asks for 25 to 35 mm on its 51 mm square.

What background color do passport photos need?

Plain and light, with no shadow, texture or pattern. The US and India specify white or off-white. The UK, Germany and most of the Schengen area specify light grey or cream and explicitly discourage pure white because the scanner needs contrast against the edge of your face and hair. A handful of countries, including Australia, accept any plain light color.

Can I use an AI-generated photo for a passport?

No. Every passport authority requires a genuine, unaltered photograph of you taken within the last six months, and submitting a generated or materially edited image is grounds for rejection and in some jurisdictions for a fraud finding. The tools on this page resize, crop and set the background of a real photo you took. They do not generate a face.

How accurate is this table?

98 of the 216 entries were read directly from the issuing government's own published photo guidance and are marked verified. The rest fall back to the ICAO 9303 international standard, which is what those countries follow in practice but do not publish separately. Specs change, so treat the table as a strong starting point and confirm against your own government's page before you submit, especially for a first application.

What resolution should a passport photo be printed at?

300 DPI is the floor every photo office expects, and it is what turns millimetres into pixels. At 300 DPI a 35 × 45 mm photo is 413 × 531 pixels and a 51 × 51 mm US photo is 600 × 600 pixels. Digital-submission systems, including the US online renewal, typically ask for that exact 600 × 600 figure.

Not for the passport. For everything else.

The application has a profile photo attached to it.

Your ID photo has to be a real, unedited picture of you, so we would never offer you one here. The photo on the profile that application is attached to is a different question, and it is usually four years old. One selfie, about 60 seconds, three headshots. Free to try, no signup.

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Table last reviewed 17 August 2026. Specifications change without much notice, so confirm against your own issuing authority before you submit, particularly for a first application.