Kenya Passport photo requirements
The exact size, ratio, file-size window and head tolerance set by Directorate of Immigration Services (eCitizen) — and a free tool below that frames your photo to match, entirely in your browser.
- Ratio
- 35:45
- Print size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Pixels
- 413×531 – 826×1062
- File size
- max 2.00 MB
- Head height
- 71–80%
- The digital figures here are derived, not an eCitizen-published upload spec. Check the limit shown on the portal at the point of upload.
- Some eCitizen forms ask for a much smaller profile image than the passport photo itself — do not confuse the two.
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.
Your photo is reframed to the document’s tolerances, then audited.
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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.JPG or PNG, any size or framing — a full-length shot is fine, the face is found and cropped for you. Nothing is uploaded.
Upload or capture a photo and every published tolerance for this document gets checked and reported here.
Kenya Passport photo questions
What size photo is needed for a Kenya Passport?+
A Kenya Passport photo is 35:45, printed at 35 × 45 mm. Digitally it must be between 413×531 and 826×1062 pixels, in JPEG format, no larger than 2.00 MB.
How large should the head be in a Kenya Passport photo?+
The head must measure 71% to 80% of the total image height, from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head including hair. The background must be plain white or off-white.
Where do these Kenya Passport figures come from?+
Derived. Kenya publishes the 35×45 mm print size and white background, but eCitizen upload limits are cited inconsistently across sources (207×207, 500×500 under 200 KB, and 413×531 all appear). The digital figures here are our 300 DPI derivation of the print size.