🇮🇪 Ireland passport photo size
35 × 45 mm, head 29–34 mm from chin to crown, on a plain light grey, white or cream background.
- Photo size
- 35 × 45 mm 1.38 × 1.77 in
- Head height
- 29–34 mm 64–76% of the height
- Background
- Plain light grey, white or cream
- 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 | 29–34 mm chin to crown, 64–76% of the photo height |
| Background | Plain light grey, white or cream |
| 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 | Taken within the last 6 months |
| How many | 4 identical photos |
| Digital upload | Passport Online takes a JPEG at least 715 x 951 px, up to 9 MB, in colour, not a scan and not digitally enhanced. |
| Edited photos | Not accepted. |
| Home-printed photos | Accepted, if printed at the right physical size on photo paper. |
Ireland accepts selfies for online applications, which most authorities do not. Uniforms - civil or military - and clothing bearing insignia are banned outright. Paper applications need four identical prints.
Where the published rules run out
Ireland publishes no chin-to-crown measurement at all - only that the photo runs from the head to mid-torso with visible space around the head. The 29-34 mm the tool crops to is the neighbouring UK rule, used here as a sensible default. Ireland also accepts any print between 35 x 45 mm and 38 x 50 mm.
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 |
Ireland rejects photos altered with software
This authority states that photos changed with software are not accepted.