United Kingdom passport photo: size and requirements

Requirements at a glance

Photo size	35 × 45 mm
Pixels at 300 dpi	413 × 531 px
Head size	29–34 mm chin to crown
Background	Plain cream or light grey
Digital upload	At least 600 × 750 px, not edited with filters
Glasses	Not allowed unless medically required
Recency	No more than 1 month old

Official source: gov.uk — photos for passports. Rules change — always confirm on the official page before you submit.

Things people get wrong

• Background must be plain cream or light grey — not pure white.
• No glasses unless you have a medical reason (and then no glare).
• Head 29–34 mm from chin to crown; nothing covering the face.
• Digital photos must be at least 600 × 750 px. Filters or retouching that change your appearance cause rejection; plain background cleanup is the safest kind of edit.

Make one from a photo you take at home

1. Stand about 1–1.5 m from a plain wall, facing a window so light falls evenly on your face.
2. Have someone else take the photo at eye level (selfies distort the face and are often rejected).
3. Upload it to the StageZap studio, choose the ID photo tab, this size and background.
4. Check the result against the table above, then print at 300 dpi or upload the digital file.

StageZap retouches your own photo (background, framing, lighting). It does not change your face, and we cannot guarantee acceptance by any government or embassy.

Other sizes

Compare every country in our free passport photo size lookup, or read how to take a passport photo at home and common rejection reasons.