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UK Passport Digital Photo (≥600×750 px, 50 KB–10 MB) in your browser

HM Passport Office requires online UK passport photos to measure at least 600×750 px and weigh between 50 KB and 10 MB as an unedited sRGB JPEG, and this tool formats your file in your browser. Keep head, shoulders, and upper chest in frame — HMPO crops the final passport portrait during your GOV.UK application. Drop a phone or camera portrait to scale proportionally without cropping, convert HEIC or PNG files to sRGB JPEG inside 50 KB–10 MB, and resolve sideways EXIF rotation tags. Nothing leaves your device.

Select or drop a JPEG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC photo. Processing runs 100% locally in your browser.
Target: ≥600×750px • 50 KB–10 MB

Drop your portrait photo here, or click to browse

Accepts JPEG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC. Your image stays in browser memory and is never uploaded to any server.

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Compliance Checklist

  • Dimensions

    Required: ≥ 600 × 750 px

    pending

  • File size

    Required: 50 KB – 10 MB

    pending

  • Format

    Required: JPEG

    pending

  • Color space

    Required: sRGB

    pending

  • Metadata stripped

    Required: EXIF & XMP removed

    pending

Upload a portrait photo first to enable cropping and automatic binary-search JPEG compression under 10 MB.

Official HM Passport Office Digital Photo Rules

Single source of truth rendered directly from verified portal rules (UK Digital Passport Photo).

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Parameter Official Requirement Compliance Notes
Target Output Dimensions ≥ 600 × 750 px Accepted range: 600 × 750 px to 2400 × 3000 px
Aspect Ratio 0.8:1 Proportional 600:750 frame
Maximum File Size <= 10 MB (10,485,760 bytes) Minimum floor: 50 KB (51,200 bytes) to prevent over-compression blur
File Format JPEG (.jpg / image/jpeg) Standard JFIF header with EXIF/XMP camera metadata stripped
Color Space sRGB 24-bit full-color sRGB (CMYK and grayscale profiles rejected)
Background Plain light-coloured Uniform lighting without harsh facial or wall shadows
Output Filename uk-passport-photo.jpg Clean ASCII filename safe for government upload portals
Official Portal Rules — HM Passport Office digital photo rules: "at least 600 pixels wide and 750 pixels tall" and "at least 50KB and no more than 10MB".
Official Portal Rules — Quality and framing: "clear and in focus", "in colour", "unaltered by computer software", and "be taken against a plain light-coloured background".
Official Portal Rules — HM Passport Office cropping rule: "Do not crop your photo - it will be done for you." Include head, shoulders and upper body.
Verified directly against the primary government specification bulletin.
View official GOV.UK digital passport photo guidance View official source bulletin

How to Prepare a Digital Photo for GOV.UK

  1. Take an uncropped upper-body portrait

    Stand in front of a plain light-coloured wall and keep head, shoulders, and upper chest in frame — HMPO crops the portrait on GOV.UK.

  2. Load the full portrait without pre-cropping

    Drop your original photo above; the tool preserves your full aspect ratio without cropping while checking the 600×750 px minimum.

  3. Generate and check the JPEG size

    Click Generate Compliant Photo to export a sRGB JPEG between 50 KB and 10 MB with EXIF rotation tags flattened.

Why Digital UK Passport Photos Fail the GOV.UK Checker

When you upload a portrait on GOV.UK, HM Passport Office runs an automated quality meter before submission. Rejections trace to tight cropping, HEIC or chat-compressed files, shadows, or eyeglasses.

Why Pre-Cropping Triggers Automated Failure on GOV.UK

GOV.UK instructs applicants: do not crop your photo — it will be done for you. When shoulders, upper chest, and wall margin are cut off beforehand, the auto-cropper cannot place your crown and chin inside its template. Keep head, shoulders, and upper chest in frame — HMPO crops on upload, so this tool scales proportionally without cropping.

HEIC Uploads, Messaging Compression, and Byte Limits

iPhones shoot in HEIC, while messaging apps often shrink photos below the 50 KB floor or 600×750 px. Raw camera files can exceed 10 MB or carry EXIF rotation flags that render sideways on GOV.UK. Re-encoding as sRGB JPEG keeps your uncropped portrait inside 50 KB–10 MB with upright pixels.

Triggers Behind a Poor Rating on the Checker

  • Eyeglasses and lens glare: Remove glasses unless medically required; frames and reflections trigger a poor rating.
  • Wall and chin shadows: Stand half a metre forward of a plain light-coloured wall facing even daylight rather than overhead bulbs.
  • Selfie lens distortion: Ask someone else to take the photo with the rear camera, eyes open and mouth closed.

UK Digital Passport Photo FAQs

Common GOV.UK automated checker warnings, uncropped framing rules, and privacy.

Should I crop my photo around my face before uploading to GOV.UK?

No. Keep head, shoulders, and upper chest in frame — HMPO crops the image automatically on GOV.UK. This tool preserves your full uncropped frame at or above 600×750 px.

What if the GOV.UK photo checker gives my upload a poor rating?

Although you can type a reason to submit anyway, human examiners routinely reject photos with shadows, glasses, or tight crops later, delaying your passport. Retake the portrait in even daylight first.

Why did my iPhone photo fail to upload on the passport website?

Recent iPhones save photos in HEIC format or rely on EXIF orientation tags instead of upright pixel rows. Converting to a standard sRGB JPEG between 50 KB and 10 MB fixes both errors.

Does this page upload my passport photo to a server?

No. Decoding, proportional scaling, JPEG encoding inside 50 KB–10 MB, and metadata stripping execute inside your browser.