Passport Photo Size by Country: Pixels, Inches and mm

• 35 x 45 mm (UK, EU, India passport, Pakistan passport and NADRA, Australia): 1.38 x 1.77 inches, 413 x 531 pixels.
• 2 x 2 inches (US passport and visa, India visa): 50.8 x 50.8 mm, 600 x 600 pixels.
• Every other country in this guide is in the full size table below.

Passport and visa photo sizes

The US and Indian visa sizes are set in inches, so their millimeter figures are conversions; every other size is set in metric units, so its inch figures are the conversions. Both use 25.4 mm to the inch, rounded to two decimal places.

Open a preset: every row in the table is a preset in the Passport Photo Resizer. The tool has no link that opens one country directly, so open it and choose your country from the preset list.

Several countries land on the same 35 x 45 mm size, which is close to an international standard for passport and ID photos even where the exact wording of the rule differs slightly between authorities. The US and Indian visa (OCI, e-visa) both use a 2 x 2 inch square instead, which is a meaningfully different shape, not just a different size, so a photo cropped for one will not fit the other without recropping.

How we check these sizes

We try to match each size in the table to the official page of the authority that sets it. The table below records what we could and could not confirm when we opened those pages on 8 November 2026. A row marked as not confirmed is a figure we have not matched to an official page, so check it with the issuing authority before you rely on it.

The pages we opened were the UK Government passport photo rules, the Government of Canada passport photo requirements and the Australian Passport Office photo page. Only the sizes were compared, not the other rules on those pages about background, expression or head size. Three rows are confirmed in full or in part, and the other six are not.

Passport photo ratio

A 35 x 45 mm photo has an aspect ratio of 7:9, since both sides divide by 5, so it is a little taller than it is wide, and its 413 x 531 pixel version keeps that shape. A 2 x 2 inch photo is a 1:1 square, and so is its 600 x 600 pixel version. The other sizes in the table have ratios of their own: 5:7 for the 50 x 70 mm Canadian photo, 11:16 for the 33 x 48 mm Chinese photo and 2:3 for the 4 x 6 cm Saudi Arabia and UAE visa photo.

Crop to the ratio first, then resize. A photo of a different shape, such as a 4:3 phone picture, resized straight to 413 x 531 pixels has its width and height scaled by different amounts, and the face comes out stretched or squashed. Cropping it to 7:9, or to 1:1 for a square size, before resizing means both sides scale by the same factor, so the face keeps its real proportions. That is why each country preset in the Passport Photo Resizer locks the crop to the ratio of that size.

Passport size photo in India and Pakistan

Presets for this section: the India passport, India visa (OCI, e-visa) and Pakistan passport and NADRA presets are all in the Passport Photo Resizer preset list. Open the tool and choose one from there, because no link opens a single preset directly.

An Indian passport photo is 35 x 45 mm in the table above, which is 1.38 x 1.77 inches or 413 x 531 pixels at 300 DPI. The Indian visa photo, for OCI and e-visa applications, is a different shape: a 2 x 2 inch square, 50.8 x 50.8 mm or 600 x 600 pixels at 300 DPI. A photo cropped for an Indian passport therefore has to be cropped again, to a square, before it can go with a visa or OCI application.

The Pakistan passport and NADRA row has the same 35 x 45 mm size as the Indian passport, so one 413 x 531 pixel crop at 300 DPI matches the size of both, though each authority's rules on background, framing and recency still apply on their own. The India and Pakistan sizes on this page come from the table above, not from a specification we have confirmed with each authority. The issuing authorities set the final rule and change it from time to time, so before you apply these figures, confirm the current requirement with the authority that issues the document: Passport Seva for an Indian passport, the Indian visa or OCI service for a visa, and the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports or NADRA in Pakistan.

Why the DPI number matters as much as the pixel size

A photo can have the exact right pixel dimensions and still get rejected if the file's own DPI metadata does not say 300. Many photo printing services and some online application portals read the DPI value stored inside the file itself to work out what physical size it represents, not just the raw pixel count, and a file tagged with the wrong DPI, or no DPI at all, can print or display at the wrong physical size even though the pixel dimensions are correct. This is why a passport photo tool needs to write the DPI into the file directly, not only crop to the right pixel size.

Getting the framing right, not just the size

Most passport and visa rules also specify how the head should be framed within that pixel size, typically how much of the frame the head should fill and how centered it needs to be, not just the outer dimensions. A face guide overlay marking roughly where the top of the head, the eyes and the chin should sit makes this easier to judge than trying to eyeball it against a plain rectangle. Getting the size exactly right but the framing wrong is one of the more common reasons a passport photo gets rejected even when the file dimensions technically match what was asked for.

What a size tool cannot fix for you

Resizing and cropping solve the dimensions and DPI, but most passport photo rules also cover things a crop tool has no control over: a plain, usually white or light gray background with no shadows or patterns, a neutral expression with the mouth closed and eyes open, no glasses in many current rules, no head covering except for religious or medical reasons, and a photo taken within the last six months. None of these are fixable after the fact by resizing; they need to be right in the original photo before it goes anywhere near a cropping tool, since no amount of correct pixel dimensions rescues a photo taken against a patterned wall or wearing sunglasses.

A plain wall, natural window light rather than a harsh flash, and a phone held at eye level a couple of steps back from the subject covers most of what a passport photo needs before any editing starts. From there, the size and DPI work is exactly what a passport photo tool exists to handle.

Using the wrong preset by mistake

Two countries sharing the same 35 x 45 mm physical size does not always mean a photo prepared for one will be accepted for the other, since background color rules, head size within the frame, and other details can still differ even when the outer pixel dimensions match exactly. The pixel size gets a photo past an upload form's technical size check; it does not guarantee every other rule that country's passport office enforces is also satisfied. When two countries are involved, such as applying for a passport in one country and a visa for another, prepare the photo separately for each using that specific country's own preset rather than assuming one photo covers both.

How the pixel figures in the table are worked out

Each pixel size in the table comes from one conversion: divide the millimeters by 25.4 to get inches, then multiply by the DPI. For a 35 x 45 mm photo, 35 mm is about 1.378 inches, or 413.4 pixels at 300 DPI, and 45 mm comes to just under 531.5. A pixel count has to be a whole number, so the size rounds to 413 x 531. Sizes given in inches are simpler: 2 inches at 300 DPI is exactly 600 pixels. Should a portal ever ask for 600 DPI, the same arithmetic doubles everything, and 35 x 45 mm becomes 827 x 1063 pixels.

Printing more than one copy

Some passport and visa applications, and most photo booths abroad, ask for a physical printed photo rather than a digital upload, and printing several individual passport photos one at a time wastes paper and photo lab fees. A common solution is tiling several copies of the same passport photo onto a single 4 x 6 inch print, the standard size a photo lab or a home printer handles as one print, which turns one trip to a printer into enough physical copies for several applications or backups at once.

How many copies fit on one sheet

With the print sheet option turned on, the Passport Photo Resizer tiles the photo across a 4 x 6 inch page, 1200 x 1800 pixels at 300 DPI, leaving a 2 mm gap and a thin cut line around each copy. How many copies fit depends on the photo size:

Two 2 inch squares fill the 4 inch width exactly and three fill the 6 inch height, leaving no room for the gaps, which is why the US size fits only two. When printing the sheet, choose actual size or 100 percent in the print dialog. A fit to page setting scales the whole sheet, and every photo on it then comes out at the wrong physical size.

Always verify before submitting

Passport and visa photo rules change, and different consulates or offices sometimes enforce their own small variations on the national standard, particularly around background color, recency of the photo, or acceptable facial expression. Treat the table above as a pixel and DPI conversion of the physical sizes it lists, last revised on 24 September 2026, rather than as an official specification, and always confirm the current requirement directly with the passport office, consulate or visa portal before submitting a photo somewhere it genuinely cannot be resubmitted easily.