Need a police clearance certificate photo for your India PCC? An India Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) photo is a 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) colour photograph, square, on a plain white background. Upload a recent portrait with the tool on this page and IDPhotoBy sizes and crops it to that standard, with the India PCC document already selected. It is free — no payment required.
These requirements come from the official Indian-mission PCC instructions — the Police Clearance Certificate checklists published by Indian consulates and high commissions (for example the Consulate General of India, Vancouver and the Embassy of India, Santiago) and by VFS Global, together with the Indian mission Photo Specification. This page prepares the printed 2×2 inch photo those instructions describe.
A Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) is a police-record certificate issued through Passport Seva or your Indian mission (High Commission or Consulate) — most people need one for immigration, employment, a long-term visa or permanent residence abroad (for example when applying to Australia, Canada or a Gulf country). The application asks for a recent colour photo for the police clearance certificate, and that photo is the same 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square standard the overseas Indian passport photo uses. IDPhotoBy formats that photo for you.
Check your photo against this checklist before you print. These are the PCC photo requirements stated across the official Indian-mission instructions:
- 2×2 inches (51×51 mm) — a recent colour photograph, square.
- Plain white background — no borders and no distracting shadows on your face or behind you.
- Taken within the last 6 months — the photograph must be recent.
- Head about 35 mm — roughly 33–37 mm, measured from the top of your hair to the bottom of your chin, with your head centred in the frame.
- Full face, front view, eyes open — look straight at the camera with a natural expression.
- Glasses — no tinted or dark glasses, and avoid glare on the lenses so your eyes stay clearly visible.
- Head coverings — permitted only for religious reasons, and your face from the bottom of the chin to the top of the forehead and both edges of the face must stay clearly shown.
- Dark clothing — wear dark-coloured attire so you contrast with the white background.
- Unaltered — the photograph must not be retouched, enhanced or softened.
The PCC photo size is 2×2 inches — that is 51×51 mm, a square, the same size as a US passport photo and the overseas Indian passport photo. IDPhotoBy formats your photo so it prints at exactly 51×51 mm at print quality (600 dpi), with your head about 35 mm from the top of your hair to the bottom of your chin. That is the printed police clearance certificate photo size the mission instructions describe. Do not use a 35×45 mm domestic passport-size photo for the overseas PCC — the PCC print is the 2×2 inch square.
- Upload a recent, well-lit portrait with the tool on this page — the India PCC document is already selected.
- IDPhotoBy resizes and crops your photo to 2×2 inches (51×51 mm) with your head about 35 mm from chin to crown, and places it on the plain white background the instructions require.
- Preview the result — check the size, the head position, the plain white background, that your eyes are clearly visible and your expression is natural.
- Download the finished photo, free, and use the printable sheet to print the copies you paste on the application form.
The tool also works as a size checker and resizer for a 2×2 photo you already have — it runs online in your browser, with no app to download.
The PCC is applied for through Passport Seva or your Indian mission, and the printed 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) photograph is pasted on the application form — that is what IDPhotoBy prepares. If you apply online through the overseas Passport Seva portal, that portal asks you to upload a separate ICAO-compliant digital photo on screen — a different file, with its own on-screen size set by the portal, that the print instructions do not state. So use this page for the 2×2 inch print photo, and check the portal for the current digital-upload size if your form asks for one. We deliberately do not publish an online-upload pixel figure we cannot confirm from the official source.
IDPhotoBy sizes and crops the photo you upload to the 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) standard and places it on the plain white background the requirements ask for. It does not retouch, beautify or AI-generate your face — the instructions say the photograph must be unaltered, so your features are left exactly as they are.
We also make no acceptance promise — no online tool can promise a PCC photo will be accepted. Your file is prepared to the published 2×2 inch requirements, and Passport Seva and your Indian mission make the final decision.
Requirements can change — check the official application portal (Passport Seva) and your Indian mission's PCC instructions before you submit; they are the final authority on whether a photo is accepted.
