IDSPEC — Passport photo rules, taken from the government source.

Passport photo rules, taken from the government source

Crop to the official specification and measure head height against the published rule — here, in your browser. Every figure is read off the issuing authority's own page.

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13 verified standards·government sources only·nothing uploaded, ever
The first thing to know: in most of these countries you never hand over a photo.

Of the 13 passport routes below, 6 photograph you at the counter or take an upload instead. The tool above only carries the standards where you actually supply the file.

Countries

One rule, compared across countries

Measurements are not what most applications fail on. These pages take a single rule and show what each authority actually writes about it — the answers do not agree.