Canada · PR card
Canada PR card photo
IRCC's PR card photo looks like the passport one — 50 x 70 mm, face 31 to 36 mm — but the background must be plain, untextured white, the photo can be up to 12 months old, and online renewals upload a 715 x 1000 to 2000 x 2800 pixel JPEG under 4 MB. A commercial photographer has to take it either way, so what we offer is a free check on the studio's photo.
Free, on-device check. This document's rules mean there is nothing to buy.
The exact specification
The same numbers the checker applies.
- Printed size
- 2 × 50 × 70 mm
- Print rules
- Two identical prints taken by a commercial photographer or photo studio. The back of each carries your name and date of birth plus the studio's name, complete address and the capture date.
- Digital file
- JPEG/JPG · 715 × 1000 to 2000 × 2800 px · 4 MB max
- Head size
- 31–36 mm chin to crown
- Background
- Plain, untextured white
- Glasses
- Allowed as long as your eyes are clearly visible behind the lenses with no glare.
- Taken within
- the last 12 months
Free check only. IRCC requires a commercial photographer or photo studio to take the photo and, for an online application, to confirm that (for example with a receipt); paper prints carry the studio's name, address and date on the back. No software can supply that. What we offer is a free pre-submission check of framing, tilt, background and lighting on the photo your studio gave you.
About background editing. IRCC rejects photos altered in any way and counts a changed background as an alteration. Off by default; leave it off for this document.
What the free check covers
We measure
- Head size against the published window
- Eye position, where the authority sets one
- Head tilt and rotation
- Background brightness and evenness
- Sharpness and exposure
Only you can confirm
- Glasses — we can't reliably detect them, so we flag rather than pass
- Expression and mouth position
- Red eye
- Filters, retouching or AI edits made before upload
We are an independent service, not affiliated with any government. The issuing authority always makes the final decision — a pass here means your photo meets the published measurements we can check.