Quicktools

Make a compliant passport or ID photo from a phone snap

A booth charges for six prints. Online services charge for a file. It is a crop to an exact millimetre size, a plain background and a head that fills the right fraction of the frame. Here it is, with the actual specification for the country you need.

Specifications
8 published ones, or type your own millimetres
Background
Replaced with plain white using the RMBG model
Head height
You set the crown and chin lines, the tool does the arithmetic
Output
The single photo at 600 DPI, plus a 4x6 inch print sheet

How to use it

  1. Take a straight on photo against any background, in even light, no smile, eyes open.
  2. Pick the document you are applying for, or type the millimetres your form specifies.
  3. Drag the two lines onto the top of your head and your chin. That measurement is what everything else is calculated from.
  4. Download the single image for an online form, or the 4x6 sheet to print at any photo counter.

Questions

Will this actually be accepted?

The geometry will be right: the print size, the head height and the plain white background are the three things that get photos rejected, and the tool sets all three from the published specification. What it cannot do is judge your pose. If you are squinting, tilted, wearing a hat or lit from one side, no cropping tool saves it. Requirements also change, so check the current page from the issuing authority before you print.

Which documents are covered?

The eight this tool states outright: US passport and visa at 51 by 51 mm, UK at 35 by 45, Schengen and EU at 35 by 45, India at 51 by 51, Canada at 50 by 70, Australia at 35 by 45, China at 33 by 48, Japan at 35 by 45. Anything else, read the two numbers off your form and type them in. There is deliberately no long list of countries with sizes nobody here has verified.

Why do I have to place the lines myself?

Because head height is measured from the crown to the chin, and the cutout knows where your hair ends but not where your jaw is. Two seconds of dragging gives an exact measurement instead of a guess, and the printed result is only as good as that number.

Can I print it at home?

You can, on photo paper, but a chemist or a photo counter print on real photo stock is more likely to pass. Take the 4x6 sheet to the counter and ask for one 4x6 print, which is the cheapest option on their menu.

Do you keep the photo?

There is nowhere to keep it. Everything, including the background removal, happens in this page on your own machine. Close the tab and it is gone.

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