Passport Photo Size 35×45 mm — Resize and Crop Online
Pick 35×45 mm, 600×750 for a UK form or 2×2 inch for a US visa, and the resizer crops your photo to that exact frame on your own device. The head stays centred, the ratio is enforced, and nothing is uploaded to a third-party server.
The size most forms actually want
35 mm wide by 45 mm high — written as 3.5 × 4.5 cm — is the passport photo standard in Pakistan and is also what the UK, most EU states and Schengen visa applications ask for. The American system is the outlier at 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), which is why a square photo gets rejected by a UK form and a portrait photo gets rejected by a US visa upload.
Pixels are a second step, not the requirement itself: a 35 × 45 mm print at 300 dpi is 413 × 531 pixels. That is why the same physical size appears as different pixel numbers on different sites — a portal asking for 600 × 750 is still asking for a 35 × 45 mm photo, just at a slightly lower print density.
Common photo sizes in one table
| Used for | Print size | Pixels | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan / most applications | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | Print at 300 dpi |
| UK passport (digital) | 35 × 45 mm | 600 × 750 px | GOV.UK upload, between 50 KB and 10 MB |
| US visa / passport | 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 in) | 600 × 600 px | Square, head 50–69% of the frame |
| Schengen visa | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | Face 70–80% of frame height |
| Stamp size / biodata | 20 × 25 mm | 236 × 295 px | Forms that ask for two stamps |
| CNIC / form photo slot | 35 × 45 mm | 413 × 531 px | Same frame, often with a 200 KB cap |
Always confirm against the form you are filling in — embassies change specifications, and a studio or a phone editor cannot fix a rule the application sheet states differently.
Take the photo at home in five minutes
- Stand about a metre from a plain, evenly lit wall — white or off-white. Do not stand directly beside a window, or one side of the face goes bright and the other goes dark; a soft shadow behind you is the usual rejection reason.
- Put the camera at your own eye level, not looking down from a shelf or up from a table. A camera below eye level makes the chin and nostrils dominant, which biometric checks dislike.
- Fill the frame so the head — from hairline to chin — takes roughly 70–80% of the photo height, with a little space above the hair. Leave your shoulders in the shot; a floating head is cropped too tight.
- Look straight at the lens with a neutral expression and your mouth closed. Take six or seven shots and pick the sharpest one, because the crop cannot rescue a blurred original.
- Crop to the exact ratio with the tool above, then check the file size. Most online portals want a JPEG under 1 MB and many want under 200 KB — the 200 KB guide covers that last step.
Printing it yourself
A 4R photo sheet is 102 × 152 mm, which takes six 35 × 45 mm prints — two columns of three. Ask the shop for a 4R print of the single photo and cut it with a paper trimmer rather than scissors; a torn edge is visible on a physical application. If the form wants a digital upload only, skip printing entirely and send the JPEG.
Glasses are the other common rejection: most biometric specifications now refuse them outright because of glare, so take them off rather than trying to edit the frames out. Religious head coverings are accepted as long as the face is visible from the bottom of the chin to the top of the forehead, with no shadow across it.
The resizer above runs entirely in your browser, so the picture of your face never leaves the device — which is the main reason not to use a free online photo editor that uploads it to someone else’s server.
- Choose the preset — Passport 35×45 mm is already selected — 413×531 px at 300 dpi, which is what Pakistan, UK and Schengen forms expect.
- Add your photo — Use the crop-to-fill mode so the face stays centred while the frame is forced to the exact ratio.
- Check the head height — Zoom to 100% and confirm the head runs from the hairline to the chin with a small gap above the hair.
- Export as JPEG — Keep quality around 85–90. If the portal also caps the weight, run the file through the compressor next.
- Ten ready frames: 35×45 mm passport, UK visa 600×750, US visa 2×2 inch, 20×25 mm stamp, plus social sizes.
- Crop-to-fill keeps the face centred instead of stretching the photo sideways, which is the usual reason a photo gets rejected.
- The dpi field sets the print size label; the pixel dimensions are what the portal checks.
- Runs offline once the page loads, and the photo never leaves your device.
Passport Photo Size 35×45 mm — questions
What is the passport photo size for Pakistan?
35 mm wide by 45 mm high, which prints at 413 × 531 pixels at 300 dpi. The face should occupy most of the frame height with a plain light background and no shadow behind the head.
How many pixels is a 35×45 mm photo?
413 × 531 px at 300 dpi, or 600 × 750 px at the lower density the UK upload accepts. Both print at the same physical size — 300 dpi is simply more pixels in the same 35 × 45 mm.
Can I use a selfie for a passport or visa photo?
Only if it was taken at eye level from about a metre back, against a plain wall, with no arm distortion in the frame. A wide-angle selfie held at arm’s length stretches the nose and narrows the face, and that is a common rejection reason on biometric checks.
Do I remove my glasses?
Yes for almost every current specification — glare and frame shadow are the top causes of digital photo rejections. Prescription lenses count too. Religious head coverings are fine as long as the whole face is visible and unshadowed.
What background colour works?
Plain light grey, cream or off-white with even lighting. A white wall lit from one side photographs as a gradient, which reads as a shadow behind the head — face the wall, put the light behind you, and keep your distance from the wall.
The portal says my photo file is too big. Same problem again?
That is a weight limit, not a size limit. A 600 × 750 px JPEG should be under 150 KB at quality 85; if yours is bigger, re-export it with the compressor set to a 200 KB or 100 KB target.