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Any photo.
Passport-ready
in one drop.

It finds your face, frames it to the head-size and eye-line rules your document actually publishes, hits the exact pixel and file-size window, then audits the result and tells you what it could not fix.

Fix my photo — freeYour photo never leaves your device
49
documents
30
countries
17
compliance checks
What you have
An ordinary photo taken at a desk, with a cluttered office behind and the subject off centre
What you get
The same photo framed to United States passport specification on a plain white background
  • Head size60% · needs 50–69%
  • Eye line63% · needs 56–69%
  • File size118 KB · max 240 KB
  • Neutral expressionSmiling

A real run. It fixed the framing and flagged the smile it could not fix.

Read this before you rely on an edited photo

Many immigration and passport authorities require a photograph that has not been digitally altered. Replacing a background, smoothing skin, enhancing with AI, or applying a camera filter can all be treated as manipulation and can get an application refused or disqualified — regardless of whether the file passes an automated size check. Reframing, rotating and resizing are not alteration; changing the content of the picture is.

Background replacement is switched onhere so the result is usable straight away, and you can turn it off in Auto-fix if your authority requires an unaltered photograph — for a US passport, DS-160, DS-260 or DV entry, we would. Exposure correction stays off. Whatever you choose, look at your own photo for filters or “portrait” beautification your phone may have applied on its own — the safest fix for a bad background or bad lighting is always to retake it.

What do you want to do?

Your photo is reframed to the document’s tolerances, then audited.

Choose your document

Add your photo

Take one now, or pick an existing photo. Any framing works — a full-length shot is fine, the face is found and cropped for you. Nothing is uploaded.

Compliance audit

Upload or capture a photo and every published tolerance for this document gets checked and reported here.

Why it is different

Most photo tools resize. This one measures.

It finds the face

Measures chin to crown, the eye line and head tilt on your device, then crops and levels to the tolerance your document publishes. A full-length photo works.

It audits itself

Twelve checks — head size, eye line, tilt, background, exposure, shadow, focus, resolution and the four mechanical ones — each with the requirement, your value and how to fix it.

It never uploads

The face model and every pixel operation run inside your browser. Your photograph is biometric data and it does not leave the device it is already on.

It hits the spec exactly

Exact ratio, inside the pixel range, inside the file-size window — including tight ceilings like the 240 KB cap on every US document.

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Pick your document

Choose from 49 documents across 30 countries. Each one shows its full published spec and how firm the source is.

02

Drop in any photo

JPG or PNG, any size, any framing. Nothing is uploaded — processing starts the moment the file is read.

03

Check the audit, download

Every tolerance is measured and reported. Fix what is flagged, or download straight away if it all passes.

What gets rejected

Six photos that fail, and exactly why

Each of these went through the tool. The verdict under every photo is what the audit actually measured — not a description written to fit.

A portrait taken with the eyes closed mid-blinkEyes open

Caught mid-blink

Eyes open: Closed or blinking

One of the most common rejections, and invisible to a size checker. Take several frames and pick one with the eyes fully open.

A portrait with a broad smile and teeth visibleNeutral expression

Smiling with teeth

Neutral expression: Smiling

Most authorities require a neutral face with the mouth closed. Relax your jaw and look straight down the lens.

A portrait where camera flash has reflected off both spectacle lensesLens glare

Flash reflected off glasses

24.7% of the eye area blown out

Glare hides the iris, which fails a biometric check outright. Turn the flash off, or take the glasses off — several countries now require it.

A portrait lit strongly from one side, leaving the other side of the face in shadowEven lighting

Hard shadow across the face

Right side 87 levels brighter

A single side light leaves half the face in shadow. Face a window, or put the light source behind the camera, not beside you.

A portrait taken in a cluttered room with shelves and objects visible behind the subjectBackground

Busy room behind you

Background: Uneven, shadowed or patterned

Shelves, doorways and patterned walls all fail. Stand about a metre from a plain wall so no shadow falls behind your head.

A full-length photograph taken from across a room, with the head occupying a small part of the frameSource resolution

Photographed from too far away

Only 223px available across the framed area

The tool can crop in, but it cannot invent detail that was never captured. Fill more of the frame with your head when you take it.

Illustrative examples, not photographs of real applicants. Note that the tool corrects framing, size and background — it cannot fix a closed eye, a smile, glare on a lens, or a shadow across the face. Those it reports, so you can retake before you submit rather than find out from a refusal.

Green card lottery

One bad photo ends a DV entry. There is no second chance.

The Diversity Visa entry is free and you submit it yourself — but the photo rule is unforgiving. A non-compliant image disqualifies the entry outright, and you are not told until the results. Every person on the entry needs their own photo: you, a spouse, and each child.

Check a DV photo free
Shape
Square, 1:1
Pixels
600×600 – 1200×1200
File size
240 KB maximum
Head height
50–69% of frame
Background
Plain white or off-white
Taken within
Last 6 months

Opaige does not submit Diversity Visa entries — the entry is free and only you can file it. This tool is here so the photo is not the reason it fails. Note that natives of some countries are ineligible for the programme because their country has passed the immigration threshold; the excluded list is revised each year, so check the current instructions before you enter.

Coverage

49 documents, 30 countries

Questions

Passport and visa photos, answered

Is this passport photo tool free?+

Yes. The tool is free and needs no account. It runs entirely inside your web browser, so there is no upload, no queue and no watermark on the result. You can process as many photos as you like and download each one.

Is my photo uploaded to a server?+

No. Every step — face measurement, framing, background handling and JPEG encoding — happens on your own device using code and models served to your browser. Your photograph is never transmitted to Opaige or to any third party, which matters because a passport photo is biometric data.

Can a digitally edited passport photo be rejected?+

Yes. Many authorities require a photograph that has not been digitally altered, and treat background replacement, skin smoothing, AI enhancement or camera filters as manipulation — grounds for refusal or disqualification even when the file passes an automated size check. Reframing, rotating and resizing are not alteration; changing the content of the picture is. This tool replaces the background by default so the result is usable immediately, and you can switch that off in the Auto-fix panel. For a US passport, DS-160, DS-260 or Diversity Visa entry we would switch it off, because the U.S. Department of State treats a digitally replaced background as manipulation.

Do you upload a photo when applying for a green card?+

It depends on the route. Applying from abroad through consular processing, you upload a photo inside the DS-260 at ceac.state.gov/iv — square JPEG, 600×600 to 1200×1200 pixels, 240 KB maximum — and bring two printed copies to the interview. Adjusting status inside the United States on Form I-485 is different: since 12 December 2025 USCIS no longer accepts self-submitted photographs, and your photo is taken at an Application Support Center during biometrics. The Diversity Visa lottery entry is a separate upload again.

What are the DV lottery photo requirements?+

A Diversity Visa entry photo must be square, 600×600 to 1200×1200 pixels, JPEG, 240 KB or smaller, on a plain white or off-white background, taken within the last six months, with the head between 50% and 69% of the image height. Everyone on the entry needs their own photo, including a spouse and each child. A non-compliant photo disqualifies the entry outright with no chance to correct it, which is why the DV photo is worth getting exactly right.

How big should a passport photo head be in the frame?+

It depends on the document. A US passport, DS-160, DS-260 or DV lottery photo needs the head between 50% and 69% of the image height, measured chin to crown, with the eyes 1⅛ to 1⅜ inches from the bottom. Most 35×45mm documents want the head at 32–36mm of the 45mm height, roughly 71–80%. India asks for a tighter 36–38mm. The tool frames to whichever applies.

Which documents does the tool cover?+

49 documents across 30 countries, including US passport, DS-160 visa, green card DS-260 and the Diversity Visa lottery; UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Schengen and Ireland; India passport, e-Visa and OCI; and passports, visas and national ID cards for Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Pakistan, Bangladesh and more.

Why does the tool say some figures are derived rather than official?+

Because some authorities publish a physical photo size but no digital upload spec, and third-party sources contradict each other. Where that happens we derive the pixel figures from the published print size at 300 DPI and label the document as derived, so you know to check the limit shown on your own application portal. Every document shows its source confidence.

Specifications are taken from each authority’s published guidance and kept current on a best-effort basis, and each document shows how firm its source is. Requirements are revised without notice and individual consulates, visa centres and portals apply their own limits on top. Confirm the numbers against the instructions for your specific document and application route before you submit. This tool measures and adjusts a photograph’s technical and geometric properties; it does not decide whether a photograph will be accepted, and it is not a guarantee of acceptance.

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