Passport photo guides
Short, practical guides for taking, checking and printing passport and visa photos yourself.
- How to take a passport photo at home
Take a passport photo at home with a phone: the right wall, light and distance, then crop it to size for free. Works for most countries. - How to take a passport photo on an iPhone
Take a passport photo with your iPhone: which camera settings to use, how to handle HEIC photos, and how to crop and print it for free. - How to take a passport photo on Android
Take and make a passport photo with an Android phone: turn off beauty mode, use the right distance, crop to size and print at 4×6. - What to wear for a passport photo
What to wear for a passport photo: the best colours against a white background, what to avoid, and rules for glasses, hats and head coverings. - Glasses, smiling and head coverings in passport photos
Rules for glasses, smiling and head coverings in passport photos for the US, UK, Schengen, Canada, Australia and India, in one table. - Why passport photos get rejected (and how to fix it)
The most common reasons passport and visa photos are rejected, from head size and shadows to file size, with a quick fix for each. - How to print passport photos at the right size
Print passport photos cheaply on a 4×6 photo print or at home at actual size. Settings to use, mistakes to avoid and how to check the size.