🇫🇷 France passport photo size
35 × 45 mm, head 32–36 mm from chin to crown, on a plain light grey or light blue - white is forbidden background.
- Photo size
- 35 × 45 mm 1.38 × 1.77 in
- Head height
- 32–36 mm 71–80% of the height
- Background
- Plain light grey or light blue - white is forbidden
- At 300 DPI
- 413 × 531 px 827 × 1063 at 600 DPI
Open a photo
It stays on this device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account, watermark or limit.
JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC. Drag a file here if you prefer.
Drag the blue line to the top of your hair, the red line to the bottom of your chin, and the green line to the centre of your face. The crop follows.
Every file carries its real print size, so a photo lab lays it out at the right dimensions instead of guessing 72 DPI.
The requirements in full
| Photo size | 35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in) |
|---|---|
| Head height | 32–36 mm chin to crown, 71–80% of the photo height |
| Background | Plain light grey or light blue - white is forbidden |
| Pixels | 413 × 531 at 300 DPI · 827 × 1063 at 600 DPI |
| Expression | Neutral, mouth closed |
| Glasses | Allowed if there is no glare and the frames do not cover your eyes |
| How recent | Less than 6 months old |
| How many | 1 photo |
| Edited photos | No explicit prohibition found, but the photo must be a true likeness. |
| Home-printed photos | Not accepted. France requires the photo to come from a qualified professional or an approved Ministry of the Interior booth (the ePhoto system), so a photo made at home is not accepted for a French passport. |
France is the one to watch: "Le fond blanc est interdit" - a white background is forbidden. Use light grey or light blue. The 32-36 mm face height is measured to the top of the skull excluding hair, unlike most other countries. The head must be bare, with no hat, scarf or headband.
This tool cannot make the photo you hand in for France
France requires the photo to come from a qualified professional or an approved Ministry of the Interior booth (the ePhoto system), so a photo made at home is not accepted for a French passport.
It is still useful: crop to the exact format and run the checks to see whether a studio's photo actually meets the rules before you pay for it or submit it.
Printing it
How many 35 × 45 mm photos fit on each paper size, at true size.
| Paper | Photos | Layout | Edge to edge? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 6 in | 8 | 4 × 2 (turned) | 0.17 in margin |
| 3.5 × 5 in | 4 | 2 × 2 | 0.35 in margin |
| 5 × 7 in | 10 | 5 × 2 (turned) | 0.06 in margin |
| A4 | 32 | 8 × 4 (turned) | 0.12 in margin |
| US Letter | 36 | 6 × 6 | 0.12 in margin |
Replace the background only if you have to
No explicit ban was found for this document, but every authority wants a true likeness. A photo taken against a plain wall is always the safer submission.