Will your passport photo pass the measurements?

Upload a photo and IDPhotoCheck measures it against the official published rules for your document: head height, eye line, centring, background, pixel dimensions and file size — then makes the correctly sized file if you need one. Everything runs in your browser; your photo is never uploaded.

We measure, we don’t certify. IDPhotoCheck checks your photo against the published measurements — the issuing authority makes the final decision, and no tool can promise approval.

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Passport & visa photo checkers

One checker per document, each measuring against that document’s own published rules.

Passport photo checkerAll documents in one tool US passport2×2 in · head 25–35 mm UK passport600×750 px · 50 KB–10 MB Schengen visa35×45 mm · face 32–36 mm Indiae-Visa verified · passport manual mode China visa33×48 mm · COVA 40–120 KB DV Lottery600×600 px · ≤240 KB Baby photosThe infant rules, applied gently

Photo file tools

Single-job tools for the backdrop and the file itself.

Background checkerPlain, light, shadow-free? Compliant file makerExact pixels, exact KB window

Print tools

Exact-size copies on standard photo paper, at 300 DPI.

Print photo sheet4×6, 5×7 or A4, with cut guides

Guides

The rules, the refusal reasons, and how the measuring works.

How we checkMethod, sources and limits US photo requirementsEvery published rule, sourced UK photo requirements600×750 px · 50 KB–10 MB Schengen photo requirements35×45 mm · face 32–36 mm China photo requirements33×48 mm · COVA 40–120 KB DV Lottery photo requirements600×600 px · ≤240 KB Why photos are rejectedThe real refusal reasons Why we don’t edit photosThe original-photo rule

What gets measured

Head size & position — chin-to-crown height against the published band for your document, face centring, eye line, head tilt.
Background — plainness, lightness and shadows behind the head, measured from the pixels themselves.
File rules — pixel dimensions and kilobyte windows, including the tricky two-sided ones (UK: at least 50 KB; China COVA: 40–120 KB; US visa & DV: at most 240 KB).
The compliant file — guided crop plus exact-size export, free to download. No email gate, no queue, no watermark.

What this tool refuses to do

Photo rules for US documents require your original, unedited photo, and GOV.UK says digital photos must be “unaltered by computer software”. So IDPhotoCheck measures, crops and compresses — and refuses background replacement and beauty editing. If your background fails, we tell you how to retake it, not repaint it. Why we refuse to edit your photo →

Every rule on this site names its official source and the date it was checked — see how we check.