Resize a photo for an Indian passport or visa

A JPEG of exactly 630 by 810 pixels - a 35 by 45 mm photograph - with a file size between 10 and 250 KB, on a plain white background. This replaced the old 2 by 2 inch format on 16 February 2026, and the portal checks the pixel dimensions strictly, so a photo made to the previous specification is rejected automatically. If your application shows different numbers, use those: this page lets you see exactly what it produced.

It makes the technical requirements correct, which is a smaller claim and an honest one. The pixels, the file size, the format and the proportions are met and measured from the finished file. Whether your face fills the right share of the frame, whether the background is plain white, whether your expression is neutral and whether the photograph is recent enough are all things no software here can judge - they are listed on the page so you can check them yourself. A tool that calls a photo compliant is making a promise about the outcome of your application on the strength of four checks out of eight.

Because India does not have one photograph size. A passport, a visa and an exam or job form each ask for different pixels and a different file-size band, and a photo made for one is rejected by the others. Choosing the wrong one is the most common reason these uploads fail.

No. The resizing and compression run in your browser, so the photograph never leaves your device - which matters more here than on most pages, because a passport photograph is a photograph of your face attached to an identity document.