Need a passport size photo online for an Indian passport? Upload a recent portrait and IDPhotoBy resizes and crops it to the domestic Passport Seva print size — a 35×45 mm (4.5 cm × 3.5 cm) colour photo on a plain white background — with the India Passport Seva document already selected. It is free — no payment required.
This page is for the domestic India passport (Passport Seva, passportindia.gov.in), where the affixed photograph is 35×45 mm. The overseas route through an Indian mission or VFS centre uses a different, larger photo size — do not use this page for an overseas application.
According to the Government of India Passport Seva requirements, your photograph must:
- Be 35×45 mm (4.5 cm length × 3.5 cm width), portrait — not smaller than the box printed on the form.
- Be in colour — no black-and-white photographs.
- Have a plain white background, with your dress in a dark colour.
- Show the full face, front view, eyes open — both edges of the face and both ears visible, head centred, full head from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin.
- Have the face fill about 80–85% of the photo (Government of India ICAO photograph guidelines).
- Show a natural expression — no grinning, frowning or raised eyebrows.
- Avoid dark or coloured glasses; if you wear spectacles, avoid lens glare.
- Have no distracting shadows on the face or background.
- Use a head covering only for religious reasons, and only if the face and both edges stay visible.
- Be a recent photograph that looks like you today.
The printed passport size photo is 35×45 mm (4.5 cm × 3.5 cm), portrait, in colour. IDPhotoBy outputs a print-quality 35×45 mm image plus a printable A4 sheet for a photo lab. Some online Passport Seva steps also ask for a digital 630×810 px colour photo on white — that is the online-upload figure, while the 35×45 mm print is what you affix to a paper application.
- Upload a recent, well-lit portrait — the India Passport Seva document is already selected.
- IDPhotoBy resizes and crops it to the 35×45 mm passport size on the required plain white background.
- Preview: check the head position, that the face fills roughly 80–85% of the frame, both ears show, and the background is clean white.
- Download the finished photo, free, with a printable A4 sheet of copies.
The free passport size photo maker doubles as a resizer for the photo you already have.
Not every applicant needs a printed photo:
- At a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) or Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK), a photograph is not required — it is captured on-site.
- The affixed 35×45 mm print is required only at another collection centre: a District Passport Cell (DPC), an Authorized Speed Post Centre (SPC), or another Citizen Service Centre (CSC).
If your appointment is at a PSK/POPSK you can skip the print; for a DPC/SPC/CSC application, prepare the 35×45 mm photo here.
When a printed photo is required, print quality matters. Print it on good-quality photo paper with a continuous-tone finish — an ordinary computer print on plain paper will not be accepted, so use a photo lab. And do not sign the photograph. IDPhotoBy gives you a print-ready file and an A4 sheet to take to the lab.
IDPhotoBy sizes, crops and positions your uploaded photo to match the official 35×45 mm Passport Seva spec and places it on the required plain white background. It does not alter your face or change how you look — the Government of India requires the photograph to be unaltered by computer software, and a changed face can get an application rejected.
We make no acceptance promise — no online tool can. The file is prepared to the published requirements, and Passport Seva makes the final decision.
A baby or infant passport photo follows the same rules: 35×45 mm, plain white background, full face with both eyes open, natural expression and no shadows. Photograph the child against a plain white backdrop from directly in front, then let the tool crop it to size.
Requirements can change. Check the official Passport Seva application portal (passportindia.gov.in) before submitting, and follow its instructions and photo examples as the final authority on size, background and print quality.
