Passport Photo Maker: 35×45mm, 2×2 Inch, 600×600 Digital & Print Ready 300 DPI

The formula

• 35×45mm at 300 DPI = 413×531 px · 2×2in at 300 DPI = 600×600 px · 35×40mm at 300 DPI = 413×472 px · 50×70mm = 591×827 px · 33×48mm = 390×567 px · 43×55mm = 508×650 px · India digital = 630×810 px · NADRA = 350×467 px · PAN 25×35mm = 295×413 px · NZ online 3:4 = 1200×1600 px · DS-160 = 600×600 px
• Crop: cover-crop to the preset ratio, positioned with the on-screen face guide
• Print sheet: copies tiled on a 4×6in (1200×1800 px at 300 DPI) sheet with cut margins
• Background option: white or light-blue fill behind a pre-cut transparent subject (bring a cutout from the Background Remover)

A worked example

A selfie against a bedroom wall becomes a 413×531 px, 300 DPI 35×45mm photo for an online form, and the same crop tiled eight times on a 4×6 sheet costs one print at the photo shop instead of eight.

More about the Passport Photo Maker

35×45mm or 2×2 inch? Picking the right passport photo size

The two sizes that cover most of the world: 35×45mm is the standard across much of Asia and Europe (including Pakistan and the UK), while 2×2 inches, 51×51mm, is required by the United States and India. A smaller group of countries uses 35×40mm. All three are presets here, exported at 300 DPI: 413×531, 600×600 and 413×472 pixels respectively. The picker also carries the sizes other authorities insist on. Canada 50×70mm, China 33×48mm, UAE 43×55mm, India’s digital 630×810 px, NADRA 350×467 px, NZ online 3:4 and the US DS-160 600×600 px.

Always check the official specification for the document you are applying for before you print, a wrong size is the single most common reason photos are rejected, and requirements do change. This maker guarantees the dimensions and print resolution; only your issuing authority can guarantee acceptance.

The face guide: head size and eye line done for you

Official photos are measured, not vibes: the head must fill roughly 70 to 80% of the frame height, centred, with the eyes on a consistent line. The on screen guide draws that target directly on your photo, drag to move, zoom to scale, and line the face up with the oval before you export.

Shoot the source photo like the guide expects: face the camera squarely, neutral expression, eyes open, even light with no shadow crossing the face, and nothing covering the head unless it is religious dress. A plain wall behind you makes everything easier, including the optional background step below.

Backgrounds, printing and the 4×6 sheet trick

Most authorities want a plain white (some accept light blue) background. If your photo already has one, you are done. If not, run it through the Background Remover first to get a transparent cutout, then bring it here and pick the white or light blue fill, the maker composites it behind your subject at the correct size. Simple chroma tricks were deliberately not used: they eat hair edges and fail on real world walls.

For printing, the 4×6 sheet is the money saver: the maker tiles multiple copies of your finished photo onto one standard 4×6 inch print at 300 DPI. One cheap print at any photo shop, cut along the guides, gives you a full set of identical official photos.

One correct file, ruined only by print scaling

A 35 by 45 millimetre photo exported at 300 DPI is 413 by 531 pixels, and that pairing of pixels and DPI is what makes the print come out at exactly 35 by 45 millimetres. Print the same file with the printer set to 150 DPI and every dimension doubles, giving you a useless 70 by 90 millimetre portrait. The pixels did not change at all; the instruction about how densely to place them did, which is why DPI settings deserve the same care as the crop itself.

The second scaling trap is the innocent looking fit to page option in print dialogs. Fit to page stretches your carefully sized photo to fill whatever paper is loaded, and even a few percent of stretch breaks an official size check. For passport photos, print at actual size, or 100 percent, on a 4 by 6 inch sheet, then measure one finished photo with a ruler before cutting the rest. Thirty seconds with a ruler beats a rejected application every time.

One sitting, two crops: the rectangle and the square compared

Many people need both common sizes in the same month, a 35 by 45 millimetre photo for one application and a 2 by 2 inch square for another. Do not try to serve both from one crop. The rectangle and the square frame the head differently, and stretching or squeezing either one to match the other distorts the face and changes the head size relative to the frame, which is precisely what official checkers measure.

Instead, go back to the same original selfie twice and make each size fresh with its own preset and its own pass through the face guide. Sit a little further from the camera than feels natural when you take the original, leaving spare room on all four sides, because the square crop in particular needs material at the edges that a tight selfie simply does not contain. One generous original, two honest crops, zero distortion.

How good photos get damaged after the crop

The most common way a compliant photo becomes non compliant has nothing to do with cameras. Sending the finished file through a messaging app often recompresses it and strips it down to far fewer pixels, and taking a screenshot of your own photo does the same damage while adding screen borders besides. Email the file as an attachment, or transfer it by cable or cloud drive, and the 413 by 531 pixels you exported are the pixels that arrive.

Check the received file before you upload it anywhere official. Open its properties and confirm the pixel dimensions still match the preset you chose, then zoom in once: a proper export stays clean at full size, while a recompressed copy shows soft, blotchy edges around the hair and jaw. If the numbers shrank in transit, resend the original by a route that treats it as a document rather than a picture message, because forms check pixels, not intentions.

DV-2027 lottery photos: 600×600 pixels and under 240 KB

The Diversity Visa (green card) lottery asks for a digital photo, not a print: a square JPEG at 600×600 pixels, no larger than 240 KB, taken within the last six months, against a plain white or off white background, with your head centred and taking up roughly 50 to 69% of the frame height. DV-2027 entries are not open yet: on 29 October 2026 the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed the order that would have required registration to open by 1 November, so there is currently no official opening date, and the State Department says it will announce the start date as soon as practicable. Whenever entries do open, every person on the entry, you, your spouse and your children, needs their own compliant photo. A photo that misses the specification is the most common reason entries are thrown out.

Use the US DS-160 600×600 px preset above: it is the same digital specification, and the face guide puts your head in the range that gets measured. If your exported file comes out over 240 KB, run it through the Image Compressor in exact size mode at a 240 KB target. This cycle also asks entrants to upload a JPEG scan of their passport’s photo and signature pages, no larger than 5 MB, the Image Compressor handles that too, in exact size mode at 5 MB. This maker prepares your photo to the published specification; only the State Department’s own system can confirm acceptance.

How to use the Passport Photo Maker

1. Choose your preset: 35×45mm, 2×2 inch, 35×40mm, Canada 50×70mm, China 33×48mm, UAE 43×55mm, India digital 630×810 px, NADRA 350×467 px, NZ online 3:4 or US DS-160 600×600 px. Check your country’s official spec first, sizes differ.
2. Choose or drop a clear, front facing photo with even light and no shadows on the face.
3. Drag and zoom so your face sits inside the guide: head centred, eyes on the eye line, shoulders visible.
4. Download the single 300 DPI photo for forms, or the printable 4×6 sheet for the print shop. No signup, nothing uploaded.