Guide • Updated: 2026-11-11 • Free, in your browser — your photos are never uploaded
A standard passport photo is a 2×2 inch square — 600×600 pixels at 300 DPI. You do not need a studio to get one. With a phone camera, a white wall and a few minutes, you can make a photo that meets the official rules, right at home.
This guide walks you through the exact requirements and the steps, so your photo is accepted the first time.
Stand about one to two feet in front of a flat, plain white or off-white wall. The wall is your background, so it must be empty — no pictures, no switches, no shadows. Daylight from a window in front of you gives the most even light.
Ask someone to hold the phone, or prop it up on a shelf about four to five feet away, exactly at your eye level. Do not hold the phone yourself at arm’s length — the angle makes your face look distorted. Look straight into the lens with a neutral expression and both eyes open.
Take a few shots and pick the sharpest one. Then open ResizeHub’s Passport Photo Maker and upload it. Crop it to a square, with your head centred and taking up roughly half to two-thirds of the frame. Your ears should be visible and your shoulders should just appear at the bottom edge.
Use the white-background option so the wall behind you becomes clean white. Then set the output to 600×600 px at 300 DPI. The tool compresses the file to under 240 KB automatically — if your photo is larger, it will shrink the file without making your face blurry.
Before you upload the photo to your application, zoom in and check four things: the background is plain white, your face is sharp and front-facing, there are no shadows on the wall, and the file is under 240 KB. If anything looks off, retake the photo — it is faster than getting the application sent back.
Once your 600×600 px photo is ready, you can use the same steps for most visa and ID forms too — only the exact size changes. Your photo is processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded anywhere.