United Kingdom Visa (UKVI) photo requirements
The exact size, ratio, file-size window and head tolerance set by UK Visas and Immigration — and a free tool below that frames your photo to match, entirely in your browser.
- Ratio
- 4:5
- Print size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Pixels
- 600×750 – 1500×1875
- File size
- 50 KB – 6.00 MB
- Head height
- 64–76%
- Only a minimum pixel size is officially published. The upper bound we use is ours.
- Most UKVI routes now capture your photo again as biometrics at the visa centre. This upload is the application photo, not a replacement for that appointment.
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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Upload or capture a photo and every published tolerance for this document gets checked and reported here.
United Kingdom Visa (UKVI) photo questions
What size photo is needed for a United Kingdom Visa (UKVI)?+
A United Kingdom Visa (UKVI) photo is 4:5, printed at 35 × 45 mm. Digitally it must be between 600×750 and 1500×1875 pixels, in JPEG format, between 50 KB and 6.00 MB.
How large should the head be in a United Kingdom Visa (UKVI) photo?+
The head must measure 64% to 76% of the total image height, from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head including hair. The background must be plain light grey or cream.
Where do these United Kingdom Visa (UKVI) figures come from?+
GOV.UK requires at least 600×750 pixels. The UKVI visa upload accepts 50 KB–6 MB; the passport route allows up to 10 MB, so we target the tighter visa ceiling, which satisfies both.