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Passport Photo Maker Online — India 35×45mm & USA 2×2in
Make a passport photo at home, in your browser: pick India or USA, frame your face with the guide, and download the exact-pixel upload file plus a 4 × 6 print sheet. Your photo never leaves your device — no upload, no signup.
Frame your photo
Drag the photo to move it. Drag inside the frame to move the frame. Use the zoom slider to fit your head inside the dashed head-zone guide. The guide is a framing aid only — always check the result against the rules before submitting.
Your passport photo
Opening image…
100% private: cropping and resizing happen instantly on your device — no waiting, no uploads. This tool crops and resizes only; it never redraws your face, and it cannot guarantee any authority will accept the photo — always check the result against the official rules for your route.
Passport photo sizes — India vs USA
These two sizes are the most confused pair in passport searches. They belong to different documents — check which document you are applying for, not which number a search result shows first.
| Item | India passport | USA passport |
|---|---|---|
| Printed size | 35 × 45 mm | 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) |
| Upload / export size | 630 × 810 px | 600 × 600 px (2 × 2 in at 300 DPI — print arithmetic, not a State Dept pixel rule) |
| Face / head rule | Face 80–85% of the frame | Head 25–35 mm, chin to top of head |
| Background | White | Plain white or off-white |
| How recent | Within 6 months | Within 6 months |
| Digital file rule | No official KB range — tool reports actual size | 54 KB – 10 MB; JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF |
| Print sheet | 6 copies, 413 × 531 px each, on 4 × 6 in | 6 copies, 600 × 600 px each, on 4 × 6 in |
Why India and USA sizes get mixed up
"Passport size" is a nickname, not a size — the size behind it changes by country. The US photo is a 2 × 2 inch square; the Indian photo is a 35 × 45 mm portrait rectangle. Some Indian visa routes also use the 2 × 2 inch square, and some tool sites copy the American number onto their India pages without checking. That is why a search for "India passport photo size" returns both numbers. This tool keeps them apart: pick the document you are actually applying for, and the frame, the export size and the print sheet all follow that country's rules. If your route's own form says something else, the form wins.
How to take a photo this tool can use
Stand a step or two in front of a plain white wall, facing a window so daylight falls evenly on your face. Keep the camera at eye level and a little away — selfies distort the face because the lens is too close. Face the camera directly, mouth closed, both eyes open, neutral expression, and leave a little room around your head. Wear a coloured shirt: the India checklist says so outright, because a white shirt on a white wall melts your shoulders into the background. Start from the original file on the phone that took it — a forwarded photo arrives already squeezed and slightly fuzzy, and no tool can put detail back. This tool crops and resizes only; it never redraws your face, because passport rules require an unedited photo.
Frequently asked questions
What is the India passport photo size?
35 × 45 mm printed, and the digital upload is 630 × 810 pixels. Your face must cover 80–85% of the frame, the background must be white, and the photo must be taken within the last 6 months. The uploaded photo and the printed photo must be identical.
What is the USA passport photo size?
2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm) printed, with your head measuring 1 to 1⅜ inches (25–35 mm) from chin to top of head. For online renewal, the State Department accepts JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC or HEIF files between 54 KB and 10 MB. It states no pixel dimensions for the digital upload, so this tool exports the USA photo at 600 × 600 pixels — 2 × 2 inches at 300 DPI, which is print arithmetic, not a State Department pixel rule.
Is there a KB limit for the India passport photo upload?
No official KB range exists in the verified MEA mission checklist, so this tool claims none. It reports the actual file size of your output, and you should follow whatever limit your own form shows at upload time. Do not compress to a third-party number like 10–250 KB — that range is not in the official checklist.
What is the difference between the upload file and the print sheet?
They are two separate outputs from the same photo. The upload file is the single exact-pixel JPG for the online form (India 630 × 810 px, USA 600 × 600 px). The print sheet is a 4 × 6 inch page at 300 DPI holding 6 copies for printing. For India, the uploaded photo and the printed photo must be identical, so print the sheet only from the same photo you upload.
Does this tool upload my photo to a server?
No. Everything — upload, cropping, resizing, the background check and the print sheet — happens inside your browser on your own device. Your photo never leaves it, and nothing is stored.
Will this tool guarantee my photo is accepted?
No tool can guarantee that, and this one does not claim to. It frames your photo to the official sizes, checks that the frame edges read white, and shows you a head-zone guide — but only you can check the photo itself (expression, glasses, shadows, clothing) against the official rules for your route before submitting.
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Official sources, verified 27 October 2026: India figures (35 × 45 mm, 630 × 810 px, face 80–85%, white background, within 6 months, uploaded = physical) from the MEA mission application checklist for Indian passport services (VFS Global). A direct fetch of passportindia.gov.in returned HTTP 403 on the same day and was not retried, so the India figures rest on that official checklist. USA figures (2 × 2 inches / 51 × 51 mm, head 25–35 mm, digital 54 KB – 10 MB, formats) from the US Department of State's official photo pages (travel.state.gov). No KB range is claimed for the India upload because the official checklist states none; the USA 600 × 600 px export is 2 × 2 inches at 300 DPI (print arithmetic) because the State Department states no pixel figure for digital upload.