PassportPhoto is a small, single-purpose website: it turns a phone photo into a compliant passport, visa or ID photo — cropped to the exact published dimensions, with a head-size guide band and a technical validation report — entirely inside your browser.

Why this site exists

Two frustrations drove it. First, most online passport-photo tools start by uploading your photo to a server — a strange thing to do with a document photo. Second, the crop-and-print flow is usually split across three apps: something to crop, something to check, something to tile a print sheet. PassportPhoto does the whole chain in one page — crop with a head-size guide, run five measurable checks, download both the single photo file and the print-ready 4×6 sheet — with no upload anywhere, because there is no server-side processing at all.

The head-size guide is the honest example of the approach: instead of promising “AI compliance”, the tool draws the band the published rule actually requires (say, 71–80% of photo height for a Schengen photo) and lets you see the geometry while you crop. For a measured number, two clicks mark crown and chin.

What the site covers

• The maker: eight document presets — US (2×2 in), India passport (ICAO 630×810 px, mandatory since Sept 2025), India e-visa, UK (35×45 mm), Schengen/EU (35×45 mm), China (COVA pixel spec), Canada (50×70 mm) and Australia (35×45 mm) — with guided crop, validation and both downloads.
• Requirements by country: the published specs side by side — print size, head size, pixel and file limits — dated so you can judge freshness.
• Taking the photo at home: lighting, distance and posture for a compliant shot with a phone.
• Printing guide: turning the file into correctly-sized prints for the price of one 4×6 lab photo.
• Baby passport photos: the relaxed infant rules per country and the white-sheet method.

How it’s built and maintained

The site is a static set of pages on Cloudflare’s edge network — there is no image-processing backend. The maker is dependency-free JavaScript; spec numbers are cross-checked against official sources at the time of writing, and the requirements page is dated so you can see how fresh the figures are. PassportPhoto is maintained by a small independent team that builds focused utility sites — and is not affiliated with any government or passport authority.

A spec that changed, a preset that misbehaves? Contact us — correction reports get answered first.