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Visa photo sizes, checked

Every rule below was read off the issuing authority’s own page, and every figure is quoted with the body that published it. Where an authority publishes nothing, this page says so rather than repeating a number somebody invented.

Pixel and file sizes are for an online upload. “None published” means the authority specifies a printed photograph only.
DocumentPixelsFilePrintedChecked
Australia visa photothe Department of Home Affairs1200×160070 KB – 3 MB35 × 45 mm2026-09-10
Canada passport photoImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada1200×1800 to 3000×4500200 KB – 5 MB50 × 70 mm2026-09-10
China visa photothe Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC354×472 to 420×56040 KB – 120 KB33 × 48 mm2026-09-10
India visa photothe Indian visa portal350×350 to 1000×100010 KB – 300 KB2026-09-10
Indonesia visa photothe Directorate General of Immigration400×600 or largerunder 200 KB2026-09-10
Japan visa photothe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japannone published35 × 45 mm2026-09-10
Malaysia visa photothe Immigration Department of Malaysia413×591under 2 MB35 × 50 mm2026-09-10
New Zealand visa photoImmigration New Zealand900×1200 to 2250×3000512 KB – 3 MB35 × 45 mm2026-09-10
Saudi Arabia visa photothe Saudi eVisa portal200×2005 KB – 100 KB2026-09-10
Singapore visa photothe Immigration & Checkpoints Authority400×514 to 400×514under 60 KB2026-09-10
Thailand visa photothe Thai e-Visa system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs600×800under 3 MB2026-09-10
Philippines visa photothe Department of Foreign Affairsnone published51 × 51 mm2026-09-10
Schengen visa photothe European Commission and the member statesnone published35 × 45 mm2026-09-10
UAE visa photothe Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship600×600 to 1200×1200under 2 MB2026-09-10
UK visa photothe Home Office600×750 or larger50 KB – 6 MB2026-09-10
US visa photothe US Department of State600×600 to 1200×1200under 240 KB51 × 51 mm2026-09-10
US passport photothe US Department of State600×60055 KB – 10 MB51 × 51 mm2026-09-10
Vietnam visa photothe Vietnam National Electronic Visa system472×709under 2 MB40 × 60 mm2026-09-10

Three things almost every other page gets wrong

600×600 under 240 KB is the US visa rule, not the passport’s. The State Department publishes no pixel size for a passport photograph at all; online renewal takes a JPG, PNG, HEIC or HEIF between 54 kilobytes and 10 megabytes. People searching for a 600×600 passport photo are, almost always, filling in a visa form.

Several countries publish no digital specification whatsoever. A Schengen application takes a printed photograph and the consulate captures the biometrics; Japan names file formats and a recommended ceiling and stops; a Canadian visa states millimetres and nothing else. Any site quoting kilobytes for those invented the number.

One country can have two official answers. India’s regular visa portal allows up to 300 KB and its e-Visa portal up to 1 MB, both on the same domain and both correct. A UK visa allows a 6 MB file and a UK passport 10 MB. Japan’s size differs by which mission you apply to.

Where the answer is that there is no answer

Some authorities publish no photograph rules, and we would rather say so than make a page that sounds certain. These were all checked on 10 September 2026.

  • Türkiye — the e-Visa needs no photograph at all. The application asks for a passport valid at least 60 days beyond the stay, and nothing else. The word “photo” appears nowhere in its information pages.
  • Qatar — the application accepts a .jpg or .jpeg under 2 MB and publishes nothing else. Its own FAQ declines to give dimensions. The 30 × 40 mm “Hayya photo guideline” that circulates widely sits on no Qatari government domain, and never has.
  • A Canadian visa — millimetres only, nothing digital, while a Canadian passport has a full specification. Two documents, one government.
  • The Schengen states — no pixels, no format, no kilobytes anywhere, because the consulate captures your biometrics in person.

Do it once, not on every form

A form that wants a square JPEG under 240 KB says so on the page. The Fylane extension reads that, fits your photo to it, and puts it in the field — without you working out what 240 KB looks like.

And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.

Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.

Filmed from the extension: a phone portrait against a form that takes only a square JPEG under 240 KB.

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