Sukat · Passport 35×45 mm

Passport photo at exactly 35 × 45 mm

35 × 45 mm is the standard passport-photo dimension for India’s Passport Seva, every Schengen-area country, the UK, Australia, the Philippines DFA, and most ICAO-compliant systems — 413 × 531 pixels at 300 DPI, usually under a 200–500 KB ceiling. Sukat sets the dimensions, hits the KB cap, and cleans the background in one in-browser workflow.

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Last reviewed: May 2026
A 3.8 MB photo cropped to 35 by 45 millimetres and compressed under 200 KB Animation: a portrait-aspect 35 millimetre by 45 millimetre passport frame draws in with dimension labels and a 413 by 531 pixel caption, while the file size on the right counts down through 3.8 MB, 1.0 MB, 380 KB, 220 KB and lands at 198 KB under a 200 KB ceiling. 35 mm 45 mm crown chin 413 × 531 px · 300 DPI portrait · white background YOUR LIMIT 200 KB · 35×45 mm ← the spec Sukat must hit CURRENT FILE SIZE 3.8 MB 1.0 MB 380 KB 220 KB 198 KB binary search · crop to 413 × 531, fit under 200 KB DONE 198 KB · 413 × 531 px
How to

Crop and compress to 35 × 45 mm

Three steps. Crop to the 7:9 portrait ratio, hit the KB ceiling, export as JPG.

Upload your photo

Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, or iPhone HEIC onto Sukat’s drop zone. HEIC is decoded directly — no separate conversion step.

Crop to 35 × 45 mm and clean the background

Click Crop, use the on-canvas dimension hint to frame the 35:45 portrait ratio (chin to crown should sit between 35–40 mm). If the background isn’t plain white, click Remove Background — Sukat segments you with a local AI model and offers a colour picker. Pick pure white.

Set 413 px width and the KB cap

Set Target Width to 413 (which yields 413 × 531 px at 300 DPI — exactly 35 × 45 mm), output format to JPEG, and Maximum File Size to your portal’s cap (200 KB for Indian Passport Seva, 500 KB for Schengen, etc.). Click Convert & Download.

When you need it

Which forms accept the 35 × 45 mm photo

35 × 45 mm is the ICAO biometric-document baseline — the size every country outside the US has converged on for passports, visas and most photo IDs.

  • Indian Passport Seva — fresh and re-issue applications via passportindia.gov.in. The portal accepts 413 × 531 px JPG between 20–300 KB.
  • Schengen visa applications — France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and all other Schengen-area embassies. The pixel target is the same; the KB cap is typically under 500 KB.
  • UK passport renewal — HM Passport Office accepts 35 × 45 mm at a minimum of 600 × 750 px (its own slightly larger pixel target), 50 KB to 10 MB.
  • Australia and New Zealand visa applications — Department of Home Affairs and INZ both use the 35 × 45 mm standard.
  • Philippines DFA passport — the appointment system requires a 35 × 45 mm JPG under 300 KB for online uploads.
  • Japan and Korea visa applications — consulate portals across most embassies converge on the same 35 × 45 mm spec, typically under 240 KB.
  • ICAO biometric documents broadly — the 35 × 45 mm portrait, face occupying 70–80% of frame height, plain light background, is the Document 9303 baseline most countries map to.
Why Sukat

Built for the 35 × 45 mm spec specifically

A passport photo isn’t just a KB target — it’s pixel dimensions, aspect ratio, background, and KB at the same time. Most compressors only solve one of those.

Hits 413 × 531 px and the KB cap together

Sukat resizes to exactly 413 × 531 px (35 × 45 mm at 300 DPI), then binary-searches the JPEG quality scale for the highest setting that fits under the ceiling. One pass, both constraints satisfied. Generic resizers force you to chain a crop tool, a resize tool, and a compressor across three different sites.

Portrait-aspect crop tool built in

The 7:9 portrait ratio is unusual — most editors only ship 1:1, 4:3 and 16:9 presets. Use Sukat’s Crop tool with the on-canvas dimension hint to frame the 35:45 portrait ratio before you compress, and the chin-to-crown marker keeps the face inside the 70–80% band most portals require.

HEIC input handled, JPG output guaranteed

iPhone selfies arrive as HEIC. Sukat decodes them in-browser and re-encodes to JPG — the only output format every passport portal accepts. No separate convert-to-JPG step, no silent failures.

Background replacement, white by default

Click Remove Background. Sukat segments you with a local AI model, opens a colour picker, and lets you drop pure white behind the subject — the colour every 35 × 45 mm portal wants.

Privacy-grade, like the document itself

A passport photo is identity-grade material. Sukat runs entirely in your browser via the Canvas API and the WebAssembly segmentation model. The photo never reaches a server — switch to airplane mode after the page loads to verify.

Questions

FAQ

What pixel dimensions correspond to 35 × 45 mm?

413 × 531 pixels at 300 DPI is the universal digital equivalent of 35 × 45 mm. A few portals accept 290 × 372 px at 200 DPI; the UK requires a higher 600 × 750 px minimum. Set Target Width to 413 in Sukat and the height resolves to 531 automatically when the source has a 7:9 crop.

What file format do these portals require?

JPG (JPEG), universally. Passport Seva, Schengen, UK Passport Office, the Philippines DFA — every 35 × 45 mm portal requires JPG. Sukat outputs JPG when you pick it; don’t submit a PNG or WebP even if the upload form accepts the file extension. Some portals re-process the upload and fail silently on non-JPG.

What background colour should the photo have?

Plain white or very light off-white. Indian Passport Seva, Schengen embassies and the UK Passport Office all reject coloured, patterned or shadowed backgrounds. If your source photo has a busy background, use Sukat’s Remove Background button and pick pure white from the colour picker before compressing.

How tall should my face be in the 35 × 45 mm frame?

Chin-to-crown should measure between 35 mm and 40 mm — about 70–80% of the frame height. The ICAO Document 9303 standard most portals follow specifies this range. Frame the head and shoulders, leave a few millimetres of clearance above the crown, and centre the eyes roughly at the 60% line from the bottom.

How do I crop a 35 × 45 mm photo at home?

In Sukat: click Crop, use the free-aspect option with the on-canvas dimension hint, and drag the crop box to a 7:9 portrait ratio (35:45 simplifies to 7:9). The chin and crown markers in the live preview help frame the face inside the 70–80% band. Then resize to 413 px wide and compress.

Can I use the same JPG for multiple countries?

The 35 × 45 mm aspect, white background, and head-position rules are the same across every ICAO-compliant country. The KB ceiling differs — 200–300 KB for India, under 500 KB for Schengen, 60–240 KB for Canada, under 240 KB for Japan. Keep the original high-resolution crop and run Sukat once per country at the matching KB cap.

35 × 45 mm, plain white, under the cap.

Free, browser-based, no upload, no watermark. Crop the portrait, replace the background, hit the KB ceiling — one tool.

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