Check your photo, then decide
The passport photo checker crops your photo to the exact size of the document you pick and measures it against the published rules: head height and position, tilt, background, sharpness and lighting.
- Free check. $4.99 to download the file, or $6.99 with a 4 × 6 in print sheet. Pricing
- The check runs on your device. A file you don't buy is deleted after 24 hours.
- Full refund within 14 days, for any reason. Rejected later for something we measure? Still refunded. Refund terms
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What the passport photo checker measures
Pick the document you are applying for and the checker loads its published specification: the print size or pixel dimensions, how much of the frame the head must fill, and the background the authority asks for. It then crops your photo to that frame and measures head size and position, head tilt, the background, sharpness and lighting, and tells you which checks pass and which need a new photo. The documents page lists every specification it supports.
Checking is free. You pay only to download the finished file: $4.99 for the digital file, $6.99 with a print sheet.
What it can't decide for you
Some rules no software can confirm, such as whether the photo was taken recently, and some documents must be photographed by a commercial studio. Each document page says where that applies. Only the authority that issues your document decides whether a photo is accepted. Our methodology explains how every specification is sourced, and the guides cover each rule in detail.
Taking the photo yourself? Keep the printable checklist next to you.
Questions about the checker
Yes. Checking a photo costs nothing and needs no account. You pay only if you want to download the finished file: $4.99 for the digital file, or $6.99 with a 4 × 6 in print sheet.
The size or pixel dimensions of your document, head height and position, head tilt, the background, sharpness and lighting, each against the published specification of the document you pick.
Your photo is checked in your browser. Only when you click “Make my file” does a cropped copy go to our server, which builds your file from it without storing the copy. A file you don't buy is deleted after 24 hours. A file you buy stays available to download again for one year, then it is deleted.
Yes. Only the authority that issues your document decides, and some rules, like how recent the photo is, can't be measured by software. Full refund within 14 days, for any reason. Rejected later for something we measure? Still refunded.