India UK Canada Passport & Visa Size

Passport photo sizes differ by country. Reusing an India 35×45 mm file for a Canada print, or a UK digital upload with the wrong KB cap, is a common rejection.

Quick comparison

Country	Common print / prep	Typical notes
India	35 × 45 mm	Light background; digital often ~10–200 KB
UK	35 × 45 mm	Light / cream-grey acceptable in many cases; digital caps vary
Canada	Often 50 × 70 mm print	White background; confirm IRCC / passport office guidance
US (bonus)	2 × 2 inches	See US passport pipeline

Cheat sheet hub: Passport photo size & KB.

Dedicated TryQuickImg tools

• India passport photo
• UK passport photo
• Canada passport photo

Each guides framing, then exports a JPG sized for that country’s common prep target. Confirm the official application text before you submit.

Practical pipeline (any country)

1. Sharp, recent photo on a plain light background.
2. Open the country tool above; frame the face.
3. Check print mm/inches and digital KB.
4. Compress further only if the portal’s max KB is tighter (Compress Image).
5. Keep masters; upload/print only the processed copy.

Related: Resize then compress and 50KB visa-style limits.

DV Lottery and US 2×2 rules are different again (square digital specs). Do not mix those pipelines with 35×45 mm India/UK exports — see DV Lottery 600×600.

Why the head-height rule matters more than the paper size

Most rejections are not about the photo’s outer dimensions — those are easy to hit with any crop tool. They are about how much of the frame the face occupies, which is specified separately and differs by country. Two photos can both be exactly 35×45 mm and only one passes.

That is also why cropping a casual photo down to the right rectangle often fails: if the original was taken at arm’s length, the head is simply too small in frame, and cropping tighter to fix it either cuts the chin or destroys resolution. Retaking from closer beats cropping harder.

Print size and digital size are two different requirements

It helps to separate the two things a notice is asking for:

• Physical dimensions (35×45 mm, 2×2 in) matter when a photo will be printed and pasted or posted.
• Pixel dimensions and a KB cap matter when a portal accepts an upload.

Some applications want both, and they are not automatically compatible: a file sized correctly in millimetres at 300 dpi can still be far over an upload’s KB limit. Resize to the required pixels first, then compress to the cap — doing it the other way round throws away detail you then have to stretch back.

Background and lighting travel badly

A background that reads as “white” to your eye often photographs as pale grey or picks up a colour cast from indoor lighting. Reviewers assess the file, not the wall. Shooting in indirect daylight against a plain surface, standing far enough from it to avoid a hard shadow behind the head, avoids most of it — and if the background still is not clean, Remove Background will replace it in your browser rather than requiring a reshoot.

The official notice always wins

Requirements change between application cycles and differ between the passport authority, a visa centre, and a third-party portal handling the same country. Sizes collected here are for preparation, not authority — confirm against the notice for your specific application before submitting, especially where a fee is at stake.

Privacy

Passport photos are identity documents. TryQuickImg crops and compresses in the browser so files are not uploaded to our servers for processing during prep.

FAQ

Is 35×45 mm OK for Canada?

Usually no for the final print size — Canada commonly uses a larger print. Follow the Canada tool / IRCC checklist.

Same photo for UK visa and UK passport?

Often similar 35×45 mm rules, but each route’s background and digital limits can differ — verify both.

Do I need a studio?

A correct DIY photo can work; studios fail less on print quality. Digital-only uploads care more about pixels, KB, and composition.

Are my photos uploaded to TryQuickImg?

No. Processing stays local.