Free Australia Citizenship Photo Online — Make a 35×45 mm Photo

Need an Australia citizenship photo — a photo for your Australian citizenship application, sometimes also searched as an Australian citizenship application photo? Upload a recent photo and IDPhotoBy sizes and crops it to the Department of Home Affairs standard for citizenship applications — your head measuring 32–36 mm from chin to crown on a neutral or light grey background — with the Australia Citizenship document already selected. The same file works both as a print for a paper application and as the digital photo you upload for an online application. It is free — no payment required.

The Australian Department of Home Affairs (immi.homeaffairs.gov.au) sets the rules for a citizenship application photo, and IDPhotoBy prepares your photo to match them. According to the published requirements, the photo must:

• Head size 32–36 mm — measured from the bottom of your chin to the top of your head (your crown, not the top of your hair).
• Neutral or light grey background — good quality, in colour, contrasting with your face, with no shadows or reflections.
• Neutral expression, mouth closed — eyes open, not smiling, laughing or frowning, full face visible with hair off your face.
• Be no more than 6 months old — a recent, colour photo that still looks like you.
• Have uniform lighting — no shadows or reflections, with natural skin tone.

For infants under 3 years of age, a photo with an open mouth is acceptable; every other requirement still applies. No other person or object can be visible in the photo.

Also called an Australian citizenship picture size in some searches: for a paper application, Home Affairs states a size range: 35 mm to 40 mm wide and 45 mm to 50 mm high. IDPhotoBy outputs a 35×45 mm photo — the smallest size within that range — so your print is valid and easy to reuse.

Whichever print size you use within the range, your head — measured chin to crown — must still be 32–36 mm. IDPhotoBy frames your head to this size automatically.

If you're applying online, the photo requirement is different from the printed one: a digital JPEG file, preferred resolution 1200×1600 pixels, with a file size between 70 Kb and 3.5 Mb. A scan of a printed photo, or a photograph of a photo, is not acceptable — only an original digital photo file can be uploaded.

IDPhotoBy outputs your photo at 1200×1600 px JPEG — the exact preferred online resolution — which also prints correctly at the 35×45 mm citizenship photo size. One file, both channels.

• Upload a recent, well-lit photo with the tool on this page — the Australia Citizenship document is already selected.
• IDPhotoBy resizes and crops your photo to the required head size and places it on a neutral light grey background.
• Preview the result — check the head size and position, the background, and that your eyes are open and your mouth is closed.
• Download the finished photo free, then print it at 35×45 mm or upload the digital file for your online application.

This free Australia citizenship photo maker doubles as a size checker and resizer for a photo you already have — there is no app to download, it runs online in your browser.

IDPhotoBy sizes and crops the photo you upload to the citizenship photo standard and places it on a neutral light grey background. It does not retouch, beautify or otherwise edit your face — your face is left exactly as it is, only the framing, size and background are prepared.

Home Affairs recommends using a professional photo provider for your citizenship photo — that recommendation still stands, and taking your own photo is allowed as long as it meets the requirements above. What we do not do is promise acceptance — no online tool can. Your file is prepared to the published requirements, and Home Affairs makes the final decision. And it stays free: no paid plan, no per-photo charge.

Glasses must be removed for a citizenship photo. The only exception is when you cannot remove them for medical reasons — in that case they must be untinted, the frames must not obscure your eyes, and there must be no reflection from the lenses. Vision impairment alone is not an acceptable reason to keep your glasses on.

Religious head coverings are allowed. They must be worn so your whole face is visible from the bottom of your chin to the top of your forehead, with both edges of your face — including the outer corners of your eyes — visible, and the covering must be plain material without any patterns.