Japan · Visa
Japan visa photo
There is no single Japan visa photo size: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' form says 45 x 35 mm, while embassies publish their own — 45 x 45 mm in India, 35 x 45 mm in New Zealand, 2 x 2 in accepted in Chicago. We render the MOFA form size and flag clearly that the head-size window is ours, not a published rule. Your embassy's page always wins.
The check is free and runs on your device. You pay only if you download the finished file — $4.99, or $6.99 with a 4 × 6 in print sheet.
The exact specification
The same numbers the checker applies.
- Printed size
- 1 × 45 × 35 mm
- Print rules
- Glued to the application form — no staples or tape, and not a scan printed on plain paper. This is the MOFA form size; some embassies publish a different one, and their page wins.
- Digital file
- No online upload spec published
- Head size
- 70%–80% of the photo height
- Background
- White, or plain and untextured, no shadows — embassies differ
- Glasses
- The pages we read disagree: Chicago says take eyeglasses off, Serbia rules out thick frames and sunglasses, others say nothing. Removing them satisfies all of them.
- Taken within
- the last 6 months
Not fully verified. There is no single Japan visa photo size: the MOFA form says 45 x 35 mm, and embassies publish 45 x 45 mm, 35 x 45 mm and 2 x 2 in variants with no head-size figure anywhere. We render the MOFA form size with a generic framing window — the embassy or consulate handling your application decides.
About background editing. Embassy pages ask for unedited photos with no filters, and the eVISA route refuses photos retaken from a document. Background replacement is off by default; leave it off.
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.