🇺🇸 United States passport photo size
50.8 × 50.8 mm, head 25–35 mm from chin to crown, on a white or off-white background.
- Photo size
- 50.8 × 50.8 mm 2.00 × 2.00 in
- Head height
- 25–35 mm 49–69% of the height
- Background
- White or off-white
- At 300 DPI
- 600 × 600 px 1200 × 1200 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 | 50.8 × 50.8 mm (2.00 × 2.00 in) |
|---|---|
| Head height | 25–35 mm chin to crown, 49–69% of the photo height |
| Eye line | 28.6–34.9 mm above the bottom edge |
| Background | White or off-white |
| Pixels | 600 × 600 at 300 DPI · 1200 × 1200 at 600 DPI |
| Expression | A natural smile with the mouth closed is allowed |
| Glasses | Not accepted |
| How recent | Taken within the last 6 months |
| How many | 1 photo |
| Digital upload | JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC or HEIF between 54 KB and 10 MB for the online renewal upload. |
| Edited photos | Not accepted. The State Department rejects photos changed with "computer software, phone applications or filters, or artificial intelligence", and says it checks every photo for AI use. Crop and resize are fine; replacing the background or retouching the face is not. |
| Home-printed photos | Accepted, if printed at the right physical size on photo paper. |
2 x 2 inches square, head 25-35 mm from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head, eyes 28-35 mm up from the bottom edge. A natural smile with the mouth closed is allowed - the United States is the only authority here that permits one. Glasses must come off. Uniforms and camouflage are not allowed.
Printing it
How many 50.8 × 50.8 mm photos fit on each paper size, at true size.
| Paper | Photos | Layout | Edge to edge? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 6 in | 6 | 2 × 3 | yes — watch the trim |
| 3.5 × 5 in | 2 | 1 × 2 | 0.48 in margin |
| 5 × 7 in | 6 | 2 × 3 | 0.45 in margin |
| A4 | 20 | 4 × 5 | yes — watch the trim |
| US Letter | 20 | 4 × 5 | 0.16 in margin |
United States rejects photos altered with software
The State Department rejects photos changed with "computer software, phone applications or filters, or artificial intelligence", and says it checks every photo for AI use. Crop and resize are fine; replacing the background or retouching the face is not.