US passport photo, 2x2 inches
600x600 pixels, head measured to the inch the rules ask for, without uploading your photo.
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Example
Example: a 2 × 2 photo for a first US passport, taken at home on a phone
Megan (fictitious) is applying for her first passport and needs a 2 × 2 inch photo. Her brother takes it with a phone held upright, from about five feet, in front of a cream-coloured door: megan.jpg, 3024 × 4032 pixels, no glasses. In that photo her head measures 1,020 pixels from the chin to the top of the hair. Background: White.
- The US allows a head of 1 to 1 3/8 inches (25.4 to 34.9 mm); the tool aims for the middle, 30.15 mm, which is 356 of the 600 pixels.
- To make 1,020 pixels into 356, a square of 1,719 × 1,719 pixels is cut around her face and scaled down to 600 × 600.
- The height left over is split 30% above the hair, about 6.2 mm, and 70% below the chin, about 14.5 mm, where the neck and shoulders go.
- With White chosen, she is cut out of the photo and the cream door becomes plain white; her hair and clothes stay as they were.
| Phone photo (3024 × 4032) | Head | Square cut out | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| From about five feet, shoulders showing | 1,020 px | 1,719 × 1,719 | cut from inside the photo, 600 × 600 |
| Selfie at arm’s length | 2,000 px | 3,370 × 3,370 | wider than the photo: a 5.1% strip at each side is filled with white |
| Chin 332 px above the bottom edge | 2,200 px | 3,707 × 3,707 | not made: it asks for a photo that shows the shoulders |
megan-us-photo.jpg: 600 × 600 pixels marked 300 dpi, exactly 2 × 2 inches when printed. For the paper application she puts it on the 4×6 passport photo template, six photos on one 4 × 6 print. The tool does not check the eye height: print at 100% and check the eyes are 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from the bottom.
How it works
- Drop a portrait taken from the front, in even light, with space above the head and around the shoulders.
- Choose White if the wall behind you will not do. US rules ask for a plain white or off-white background.
- Press Make photo. The face is found, the top of the hair located, and the picture scaled so the head measures about 1 3/16 inches, in the middle of the 1 to 1 3/8 inch range.
- Download the JPG: 600x600 pixels at 300 dpi, which is 2x2 inches printed and also what the online DS-11 and DS-160 forms accept.
Frequently asked questions
- What exactly does the US ask for?
- A square photo, 2x2 inches (51x51 mm), taken within the last six months, in colour, against a plain white or off-white background, with a neutral expression and both eyes open. The head, measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the hair, must be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches (25 to 35 mm), and the eyes between 1 1/8 and 1 3/8 inches from the bottom. This tool handles the size and the head measurement; the rest is down to the photo you start with.
- Is 600x600 the right size for the online form?
- Yes. The DS-160 visa form and the online passport photo tool both want a square JPEG of at least 600x600 pixels, and the file here is exactly that at 300 dpi, so the same file prints at 2x2 inches. If a form asks for a file under a certain size, run it through Compress an image afterwards; at 600x600 it is usually well inside any limit.
- Can I wear glasses?
- No. Since 2016 glasses are not allowed in US passport photos, apart from rare documented medical cases. Take the photo without them; this tool cannot detect glasses and will not warn you.
- Does it work for a US visa photo too?
- Yes, the visa photo has the same 2x2 inch format and the same head range, so the same file works for the DS-160. Requirements for other countries’ visas differ; the main passport photo page on this site offers the Schengen 35x45 mm size and nine more countries’ sizes.
- Will a photo I took at home be accepted?
- It can be, and millions are. What gets photos rejected is usually the measurable part — wrong size, head too large or too small, or a shadow on the background — and the measurements are what this fixes. Stand a metre or two from a plain white wall, in daylight, facing the camera, and have someone else take it: a selfie held at arm's length distorts the face.
- Does it check where the eyes are?
- No. It measures the head from the chin to the top of the hair and places it with about 6.2 mm above the hair and 14.5 mm below the chin, but it does not measure the eyes. The rule wants them 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches (28.6 to 34.9 mm) above the bottom edge: print the file at 100% and check with a ruler, especially if your hair is very high or very flat.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. The face detector and the cut-out model run in your browser and the photo stays on your device.
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