Free Philippines Visa Photo Online — Make a 2×2 in (51×51 mm) Photo

Need a Philippines visa photo? The photo for a Philippine visa is a 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square photograph on a plain white background — the format the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) missions use for the 13(A) immigrant visa, and the shape the national Online Visa Application System (OVAS / e-Visa) asks for as a square digital photo. Upload a recent portrait with the tool on this page and IDPhotoBy sizes and crops it to that standard. It is free — no payment required.

A foreign national who wants to enter the Philippines applies at a Philippine Embassy or Consulate of the DFA, or through the online visa system. The 9(A) tourist and 9(B) transit visa use a different, 35×45 mm photo — check the size note below so you prepare the right one.

Check your photo against this checklist before you print or upload. These requirements come from Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) missions and the national Online Visa Application System (OVAS / e-Visa):

• 2×2 inches (51×51 mm) — a colour photograph, square, with the height equal to the width.
• Plain white (or off-white) background — plain and even, with no shadows on your face or behind you and no borders.
• Full face, front view — look straight at the camera, directly facing it, with your whole face shown.
• Natural expression, no smiling — keep a natural facial expression with your mouth closed, and both eyes open.
• No eyeglasses — take your glasses off for the photo.
• No earrings, necklace, hat or head covering — nothing over your hair or hairline.
• Avoid sleeveless attire — wear ordinary clothing with your shoulders covered.
• Recent — the photograph should have been taken within the last six months.

The Philippines visa photo size is 2×2 inches — that is 51×51 mm, a square, with the height and width equal. For the 13(A) non-quota immigrant visa, four (4) identical 2×2 inch colour photographs with a plain white background are submitted (a Philippine Consulate asks for them signed across the bottom front). IDPhotoBy outputs a 1205×1205 px file at 600 dpi, which prints at exactly 51×51 mm, plus a printable sheet so you can print several identical copies at once.

Not every Philippine visa uses the 2×2 inch photo, so choose the right size. The 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square photo on this page is used for the 13(A) immigrant visa, and it matches the square digital photo the OVAS / e-Visa system accepts. The 9(A) temporary visitor (tourist) visa and 9(B) transit visa instead use a 35×45 mm (3.5×4.5 cm) photo — a separate size we handle as a different document, so don't use the 2×2 size for a tourist or transit visa.

If you apply through the national Online Visa Application System (OVAS) or the e-Visa system, the digital photograph must be in a square aspect ratio — the height must equal the width. A correctly prepared 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) photo is already square, so the same file works for the online upload. The official sources state the square shape and the plain white background but do not publish a fixed pixel size or file-size limit for the visa photo, so IDPhotoBy gives you a clean, high-resolution square file to upload or print.

Face the camera directly with a natural expression and your mouth closed — no smiling — and both eyes open. Take off your eyeglasses, and remove any earrings, necklace, hat or head covering so nothing sits over your hair or hairline. Wear ordinary clothing with your shoulders covered rather than sleeveless attire, in even light against a plain white wall so there are no shadows.

• Upload a recent, well-lit portrait with the tool on this page — the Philippines Visa document is already selected.
• IDPhotoBy resizes and crops your photo to 2×2 inches (51×51 mm), square, and sets the background to the plain white the specification requires.
• Preview the result — check the size, that your full face is shown front-on, your eyes are open and your expression is natural, and the background is plain white.
• Download the finished photo, free, and use the printable sheet to print the copies you submit with your application.

The free Philippines visa photo maker also works as a size checker for a 2×2 photo you already have — it runs online, with no app to install.

IDPhotoBy sizes and crops the photo you upload to the 2×2 inch (51×51 mm) square and sets the background to the plain white the requirements ask for. It does not retouch, beautify or AI-edit your face.

We also make no acceptance promise: no online tool can promise your photo will be accepted — the Philippine Embassy or Consulate and the OVAS / e-Visa system make the final decision. What you get here is a correctly sized, correctly shaped file — free, with no paid "studio" upsell.

• Using the wrong size. The immigrant-visa and OVAS photo is 2×2 inches (51×51 mm), square — the 9(A) tourist and 9(B) transit visa use 35×45 mm instead.
• Wearing glasses or jewellery. Remove eyeglasses, earrings and necklaces, and take off any hat or head covering over your hair.
• A busy or shadowed background. The background must be plain white, even, with no shadows and no borders.
• Smiling or using an old photo. Keep a natural expression with your mouth closed and your eyes open, in a photo taken within the last six months.

Requirements can change — check the official application portal (the OVAS / e-Visa system at visa.gov.ph and your Philippine Embassy or Consulate's instructions) before you submit; they are the final authority on whether a photo is accepted.