By the PixBulk team · 2026-05-12 · 7 min read
Exact pixel dimensions, background colors and DPI for US, Schengen, UK, India and China passport & visa photos — with a free workflow.
Almost every authority wants: recent photo (under 6 months), neutral expression, even lighting, no glasses glare, plain light background, head centered with clear headroom. What changes per country is the geometry — and geometry is where applications get rejected.
2×2 inches, head between 1 and 1⅜ inches from chin to crown. Digital submissions expect 600×600 to 1200×1200 pixels at 300 DPI quality. Our Passport Photo Cropper has a US preset that outputs exactly 600×600 at 300 DPI; the 2x2 Photo Cropper offers 1200×1200 for high-res uploads.
35×45 mm with head height 30–36mm. At 300 DPI that's roughly 413×531 pixels. Print labs care about the mm figure; online portals care about pixels and DPI — the tool handles both interpretations.
India (OCI/visa) uses 2×2 inch photos; Chinese visa applications want 33×48 mm. Both presets are built in. When a portal demands a specific file size too (often 20KB–500KB), chain the crop with Compress to 100KB or Compress to 500KB.
US: white or off-white. Schengen: light grey preferred by several members. China: plain white or light blue. If your background doesn't match, use Background Remover with color replacement — it runs locally, so your biometric photo never uploads anywhere.
1) Background Remover → white. 2) Passport Photo Cropper → your country preset. 3) Compress to target size if the portal demands one. Three tools, zero uploads, submission-ready output.