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Passport photo resizer
Pick the size your country's form asks for. The photo is scaled to fill the frame, centred, placed on white, tagged at 300 DPI and optionally squeezed under a file size limit for online submission.
Result
What this tool does and does not do
It handles the mechanical part: exact physical dimensions, correct pixel count for the DPI you choose, a white background where the source did not fill the frame, and the density tag written into the file so a print shop reproduces it at the right size.
It does not judge your photograph. Passport authorities have rules about head height within the frame, expression, glasses, headwear, shadows and background evenness, and those rules differ by country and change over time. Read the specification your form links to. A photo can be exactly 35 × 45 mm and still be rejected because the head occupies the wrong proportion of it.
The head height rule, roughly
Most standards want the head, from chin to the top of the hair, to fill somewhere between 70% and 80% of the frame height, with a little space above the hair. If your source photo is a full-length shot, crop it close first with the crop tool, then bring it back here. Scaling a full-length picture into a passport frame gives you a tiny head and an automatic rejection.
Common questions
How many pixels is a 35 x 45 mm photo?
At 300 DPI it is 413 × 531 pixels. At 600 DPI, 827 × 1063. The tool shows the exact figure it used after you press the button.
My application wants the photo under 20 KB.
Set the file size limit and the tool will search for the highest quality that fits, after sizing the photo. At passport dimensions 20 KB is comfortable, so the result should still look clean.
Does it remove the background?
No. It fills any area the photo does not cover with white, but it will not cut you out of a busy background. Take the photo against a plain light wall, which is what the standards ask for anyway.
Can I print several copies on one sheet?
Not from this page. Download the single photo, then place it repeatedly in a document at its natural size, or use JPG to PDF to build a sheet you can take to a print shop.
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