Passport Size Photo Maker for India (3.5 × 4.5 cm)

हिंदी में: पासपोर्ट साइज फोटो मेकर

What “passport size” means in India

In India, “passport size photo” is the everyday name for the small portrait that application forms, offices and photo studios ask for, and the size usually meant is 3.5 × 4.5 cm (35×45 mm, often written 4.5 × 3.5 cm) in portrait orientation. Passport Seva’s own instruction booklet asks for a “passport size photograph (4.5 cm length x 3.5 cm width)”. In the US the same words mean a 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square, which is why a US “2x2 photo” template gives the wrong shape for India.

Do you need a photo for an Indian passport?

It depends on where you apply:

• At a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) or Post Office PSK in India: no photo needed. The Passport Seva instruction booklet says a photograph is not required there; it is taken during your visit.
• Paper application at a District Passport Cell, Speed Post centre or Citizen Service Centre: one recent colour photo, 4.5 × 3.5 cm, on a plain white background, printed on good-quality photo paper. The booklet adds that a computer print will not be accepted and asks for dark-coloured clothes.
• Through an Indian mission abroad: missions have moved from 2×2 inch prints to ICAO-compliant photos. The Embassy of India in Vienna accepts only ICAO-compliant photographs for passport applications from 1 September 2025; the one in Bern asks for an ICAO upload of 630×810 px from 1 December 2025. Dates and details vary, and a few mission pages still list 2×2 inches, so follow your mission’s notice.

The ICAO photo spec for missions abroad

Passport Seva’s ICAO photo guidelines, written for photos captured or uploaded for passport services, and the Bern notice set these rules:

• Pixels: Passport Seva asks for 630×810 px, the same 7:9 shape as a 3.5 × 4.5 cm print (about 457 dpi). The tool exports exactly that size.
• File: no more than 250 KB, according to the Bern notice. The guidance cited here sets no minimum file size.
• Face: 80–85% of the photo. We read that as top of hair to bottom of chin, because the guideline asks for the full head from top of hair to bottom of chin.
• Background: white.
• Also: recent (the booklet’s word), glasses taken off to avoid reflections, and a natural expression with the mouth closed.

VisaSpecs’ India passport photo size page covers the pixel, file and e-visa details. Sources checked 1 October 2026.

What the maker does with the India preset

The India passport preset is already selected above. It converts a phone photo to passport size online, free and without sign-up, and the photo never leaves your device. Drop in a photo and the crop box locks to the 630×810 shape, with dashed crown and chin lines marking where an 80–85% face should sit. You get two downloads: the photo file, exactly 630×810 px and JPEG by default, and the 4×6 print sheet. Five checks run on every crop: output size, print resolution, head size (click Mark crown & chin to measure), background, and file size and format.

Two limits, stated plainly:

• It does not compress. The file-size check compares the saved JPEG with the preset’s 250 KB limit and marks it as failed if it is larger, but the tool never shrinks a file or aims for a KB target. It saves at one fixed JPEG quality, so the size depends on the photo. Keep the format on JPEG; the PNG option makes a much larger file.
• It does not change the background. The background check samples the top corners and the upper side edges of your crop, above the shoulders: a plain, light, neutral tone passes, a tinted or uneven one gets a warning, and a dark or patterned one fails. It cannot whiten a wall or see a shadow behind your head, so start from a photo taken against a plain white wall — see taking the photo at home.

Exam, job and bank forms

Many online forms ask for a “passport size photo” and then set their own pixel dimensions and KB range, which vary from form to form. The notice for the form you are filling is the only reliable source, so follow it even where it differs from the passport spec above. This maker exports fixed preset sizes (630×810 px for the India passport preset) and has no custom-size option. If a form wants other pixels or a smaller file, resize or compress the download with another tool and check the result against the notice.

Printing 8 copies on a 4×6 sheet

Download 4×6 sheet saves an 1800×1200 px PNG, a landscape 4×6 inch print at 300 dpi, with eight 35×45 mm photos in a 4×2 grid and dashed cutting lines. At a photo shop, order one 4×6 inch print (often listed as 4R) on photo paper at actual size, with no “fit to page” and no auto-enhance. For a paper passport application, the booklet wants good-quality photo paper and says a computer print will not be accepted, so a photo-lab print is the safe choice. Measure one photo before cutting: it should be 35 mm wide and 45 mm tall. Then cut along the dashed lines without leaving a white border. Where a form wants a digital photo, upload the single 630×810 px file, not the sheet. The printing guide covers paper choice and home printers.

When to use the e-visa preset instead

Foreign nationals applying online for an Indian e-Visa to visit India need a different photo: a square JPEG of 10 KB to 1 MB, at least 350×350 px according to the official sample form. Pick India e-visa in the preset list: it exports a 600×600 px square, checks the 10 KB–1 MB window, and its print sheet holds six 2×2 inch photos. Don’t mix the two. The 630×810 px passport file fails the e-visa portal’s shape check, and a square e-visa photo fails the passport’s pixel spec. Sources: the e-Visa FAQ and the official sample application form.