Is this a visa photo cropping tool, or does it check the requirements too?

It holds the requirements and applies the ones that belong to the file. Pick the destination and the tool crops your selfie to that country’s exact pixel size and compresses it under the KB cap — the visa photo size and requirements published by the embassy or portal, last re-read on 24 September 2026. For the head size it draws a guide oval from the destination’s rule and you line your head up with it; the tool does not measure the face.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. This conversion runs inside your browser using your own device’s processing power, and the file is not uploaded. Once a tool has been used once (video, text recognition and background removal download their engine from this site the first time), it keeps working when your connection drops.

What size does the Green Card (DV) lottery photo need to be?

A square JPEG, at least 600×600 pixels, at most 240 KB, in colour, on a white or off-white background, with the head between 50% and 69% of the image height. Pick “USA” and the tool produces the 600×600 JPEG under 240 KB, with a guide oval for the head; the background and the head size come from your photo and how you line it up.

Will this photo definitely be accepted?

The tool guarantees the technical side: exact pixels, file size under the cap, JPEG format. Acceptance also depends on things only you control — a neutral expression, even lighting, no glasses where forbidden, and a plain background. The requirement card lists the pixel size, print size, file-size limits and background your chosen portal asks for.

My embassy is not in the list — can I still use it?

Yes. Choose “Custom size”, type the width, height and size limit from your portal’s instructions, and the same crop-and-compress pipeline produces it.

What does “commonly required” mean, versus a confirmed spec?

It means the number came from portals or third-party sources we could not directly confirm on an official government page during our research, or that the government page states the requirement informally rather than with an exact figure. It is still the best available number — just double-check it against the portal before you submit, since these are the ones most likely to change without notice.

Why isn’t Turkey or my country’s own passport renewal in the list?

Turkey’s e-Visa is a data-entry document with no photo field at all, and several countries’ passport portals (Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia) capture the applicant’s photo in person rather than accepting an upload — building a photo tool for a step that does not exist would only mislead, so those were left out on purpose.

Make a visa or passport photo from your phone

Runs on your device · Your file never leaves your device.

Every embassy asks for a different photo, and most of those numbers are published online for free — a photo studio just charges you to hit them. The US Diversity Visa (Green Card) lottery wants a square JPEG, 600×600 pixels and under 240 KB. Saudi Arabia’s e-visa portal wants exactly 200×200 pixels between 5 and 100 KB. Schengen and South Korea both use the 35×45 mm print standard. Seventeen destinations are built in. Nine of them were confirmed on the embassy, consulate or government page that publishes the numbers (last read on 24 September 2026); for the other eight, including Japan and Pakistan, that page could not be read or does not state the numbers, so the tool marks them “commonly required — verify before submitting”.

This tool holds those requirements so you do not have to search for them. Pick the destination, add a photo from your gallery or take a selfie, drag your face into the guide, and download a JPEG at exactly the pixels the portal demands — compressed just under its size cap, with the print density written into the file so it prints at the stated millimetres (300 DPI for most formats). If your background is cluttered, the built-in background tool can cut it to plain white on your device, with a brush to restore any hair the automatic cut takes. Do not use it for the US, the UK, Canada or Australia: those authorities refuse edited photos, so take the photo against a plain light wall and use the tool only to crop and size it.

Everything runs in your browser: the photo of your face never touches a server. Requirements shown as fact were confirmed on an official government page during our research pass; sizes a portal states only informally, or that we could only find repeated on third-party sites, are marked “commonly required — verify before submitting” rather than presented as official. A few countries were deliberately left out: Turkey’s e-Visa needs no photo at all, and several passport portals (Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia) capture the photo in person rather than accepting an upload — a tool for a step that does not exist would only mislead.

How to make a visa or passport photo from your phone

Choose the destination — 17 built-in destinations, a standard passport photo, everyday ID sizes, or custom numbers.
Take a selfie or pick a photo from your gallery.
Drag and zoom until your head fills the guide oval; optionally make the background plain white (not for the US, the UK, Canada or Australia, which refuse edited photos).
Press create — the photo is cropped to the exact pixels and compressed under the size cap on your device.

Supported formats and limits

Output: JPEG at the portal’s exact pixels, under its KB cap
Confirmed on an official page (read 24 September 2026): US, Schengen, UK, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, China, South Korea, Australia
Commonly required (verify before submitting): UAE, Qatar, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt
Also included: 35×45 mm standard passport photo; everyday ID sizes (Brazil 3×4, Argentina 4×4, Chinese 1-inch and 2-inch, Russian 3×4); and a custom size for anything else
Print formats: 25×35 mm to 40×60 mm, plus the 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square, stamped at 300 DPI (305 DPI for Canada’s 420 × 540 pixels, so it prints at 35 × 45 mm)
Where it runs: In your browser; the photo is never uploaded

Not for: Judging compliance of the face itself — expression, glasses and lighting rules are checked by the embassy, not by software.

How the frame and the head guide work

The finished photo is drawn at exactly the destination's pixel size. Your picture is scaled so that it always covers that frame, and dragging stops before its edge can enter the frame, so the result never has an empty border.

The dashed oval is a guide, not a measurement. Its height is the middle of the destination's head range: for the US, where the head must be 50% to 69% of the image height, the oval is about 60% of it. The tool does not detect your face. The head ends up the size you set by zooming and dragging, so line up the top of the head and the chin with the oval.

Zoom goes from 1× to 3× and cannot go lower, so a selfie in which the face already fills the picture cannot be made smaller in the frame. Take it from further away, with the shoulders and some space above the head in the picture, and zoom in here instead.

How the file size is set

Where the destination sets a maximum, the JPEG is encoded at quality 95 first and then lower, down to 28 if needed, and the largest version under the maximum is kept. Without a maximum it is saved at quality 92. Where there is also a minimum, such as 50 KB for the UK or 60 KB for Canada, a photo that comes out smaller is encoded again at quality 98 and then 100.

For print formats, a density of 300 DPI is written into the file, so a 413 × 531 pixel photo prints at 35 × 45 mm when printed at actual size. The result card shows the final size and warns if it missed the maximum or the minimum. A note warns when the framed area had to be enlarged, which can make the photo look soft.

When your destination is not listed

Custom size takes a width and a height from 50 to 4,000 pixels and an optional maximum in KB. It writes no print density and sets no minimum, so if your form states either, compare the result card with it. A maximum too small for the pixel size cannot be met: the file is saved at the lowest quality and marked as over the limit, so lower the pixel size or raise the limit.

Making the background plain white

The background button opens the same cutter as /remove-background, where the automatic cut and the Restore and Erase brushes are explained. Here the background is fixed to white, and Use this photo puts the cleaned picture back into the frame without changing your position or zoom.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a visa photo cropping tool, or does it check the requirements too?: It holds the requirements and applies the ones that belong to the file. Pick the destination and the tool crops your selfie to that country’s exact pixel size and compresses it under the KB cap — the visa photo size and requirements published by the embassy or portal, last re-read on 24 September 2026. For the head size it draws a guide oval from the destination’s rule and you line your head up with it; the tool does not measure the face.
Are my files uploaded to a server?: No. This conversion runs inside your browser using your own device’s processing power, and the file is not uploaded. Once a tool has been used once (video, text recognition and background removal download their engine from this site the first time), it keeps working when your connection drops.
What size does the Green Card (DV) lottery photo need to be?: A square JPEG, at least 600×600 pixels, at most 240 KB, in colour, on a white or off-white background, with the head between 50% and 69% of the image height. Pick “USA” and the tool produces the 600×600 JPEG under 240 KB, with a guide oval for the head; the background and the head size come from your photo and how you line it up.
Will this photo definitely be accepted?: The tool guarantees the technical side: exact pixels, file size under the cap, JPEG format. Acceptance also depends on things only you control — a neutral expression, even lighting, no glasses where forbidden, and a plain background. The requirement card lists the pixel size, print size, file-size limits and background your chosen portal asks for.
My embassy is not in the list — can I still use it?: Yes. Choose “Custom size”, type the width, height and size limit from your portal’s instructions, and the same crop-and-compress pipeline produces it.
What does “commonly required” mean, versus a confirmed spec?: It means the number came from portals or third-party sources we could not directly confirm on an official government page during our research, or that the government page states the requirement informally rather than with an exact figure. It is still the best available number — just double-check it against the portal before you submit, since these are the ones most likely to change without notice.
Why isn’t Turkey or my country’s own passport renewal in the list?: Turkey’s e-Visa is a data-entry document with no photo field at all, and several countries’ passport portals (Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia) capture the applicant’s photo in person rather than accepting an upload — building a photo tool for a step that does not exist would only mislead, so those were left out on purpose.