Visa Photo Maker
Schengen, US, India and China visa photos, each with its own head-height rule.
- Free
- No signup
- Nothing uploaded
- No watermark
Drop a file here
Your photo · read on your device, never uploaded
How to Use the Visa Photo Maker Online
Visa Photo Maker crops a picture to the visa size of the country you are applying to, and each has a different head-height rule. Schengen wants 35×45 mm with the face filling 70–80% of the height; the US wants a 51×51 mm square with the head at 50–69%; India visa is also 2×2 inches at 60–75%; China asks for 33×48 mm. Red chin and crown lines show where the head must sit.
Schengen, US, India and China visa photos, each with its own head-height rule — and they genuinely differ. The US wants 1×1 inch square with the head 50–69% of the height; Schengen wants 35×45mm with 70–80%. Submitting one country’s photo to another is a common and avoidable rejection.
No software to install Free Works on any device
Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Visa Photo Maker
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1. Drop in a straight-on photo against a plain wall
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2. Choose the country, then zoom and slide until the chin and crown sit on the guide lines
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3. Download the single photo, or tick the print sheet to get several on one piece of paper
No .png file to hand? Download a sample Image file (253.4 KB) and try it.
What is the Visa Photo Maker?
Schengen, US, India and China visa photos, each with its own head-height rule — and they genuinely differ. The US wants 1×1 inch square with the head 50–69% of the height; Schengen wants 35×45mm with 70–80%. Submitting one country’s photo to another is a common and avoidable rejection.
JPG files
.JPG .PNG .WEBPSchengen, US, India and China visa photos, each with its own head-height rule.
At a glance
- Takes: JPG, PNG or WEBP
- Presets: Schengen/EU, US, India visa, China, plus passport sizes for UK, Japan, Canada, Australia
- Head guides: Chin and crown lines drawn from each country's own rule; can be switched off
- Gives: 300 dpi PNG at the exact millimetre size, or a sheet of copies for printing
- Runs: On your device — a visa applicant's photo is never uploaded
- Price: Free, no signup
Why Use Online Image Tools?
Every website, exam form and social app wants pictures in its own size, shape and format. Resizing, compressing, cropping and converting on your own device gets a photo accepted the first time, without sending it anywhere.
“The right photo in the wrong size still gets rejected.”
- Photos that meet size limits
- Crops that fit each platform
- Faster loading web pages
- Text and watermarks added
- Any format to any format
- Private details stripped from photos
- Exam photos made to rule
- Colours picked straight from pictures
Popular Uses for Photo Editing Tools
These are the picture jobs people bring here most often.
- Exam application photos Resize a photo and signature to the exact size and KB limit an exam form asks.
- iPhone HEIC photos Convert HEIC pictures to JPG so they open on Windows and upload to any site.
- Faster websites Convert product images to WebP and compress them so pages load quicker on mobile.
- Social media posts Crop and resize a picture to fit Instagram, Facebook or a Discord profile.
- Passport-style photos Make a passport-size ID photo, cropped to the size a form or office asks for.
- Removing location data Strip GPS and camera details from a photo before posting it publicly.
- Favicons for websites Turn a logo into the small icon that shows in a browser tab.
- Collages and GIFs Put several photos into one collage or join frames into a short animated GIF.
What You Can Do with the Visa Photo Maker
Accepts JPG, PNG, WEBP
Generation happens on your own machine, at your machine's speed
Transparency is either preserved or flattened to a colour you pick, never dropped silently
Re-encoding uses the browser’s own image engine, so the result matches what it displays
Why Use ToolXkit for Visa Photo Maker?
Your files stay with you
Everything runs inside your browser. Nothing you open or type is uploaded to a server.
Free, with no catch
No signup, no watermark and no daily limit on how often you use it.
Fast
Results appear in seconds, because nothing has to travel over the internet and back.
Works on any device
Use it on a computer, tablet or phone, in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
Nothing to install
No app, no extension and no desktop program. Open the page and start.
Made for real people
Plain words and clear buttons, built by one developer who wanted tools like this to exist.
Picture Tools for Different Users
Students and job applicants
Get photos and signatures accepted by admission and recruitment forms first time.
Online sellers
Prepare product photos that look sharp and load quickly on shop pages.
Web developers
Convert images to WebP or AVIF and make favicons for new sites.
Social media users
Resize pictures for each platform and add text or borders to posts.
Bloggers
Compress and watermark images so articles stay quick and credit stays with you.
Designers
Pull colour palettes from photos and check image sizes and resolution.
Best Times to Resize or Convert an Image
Image tools help most when you are:
- Filling in an online application
- Uploading a photo that is too large
- Opening iPhone pictures on Windows
- Posting to different social apps
- Speeding up a slow web page
- Sharing a photo taken at home
- Adding a watermark to your work
- Making a favicon for a new site
Tips and Good to Know
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One photo does not serve two applications. A Schengen crop submitted for a US visa fails on head size, so make a separate file per country.
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Online visa portals often add a pixel or KB rule on top. Run the PNG through Resize Image or Compress Image to 50 KB before uploading.
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Backgrounds, glasses and shadows are not fixed here. Photograph yourself against a plain white wall in even light first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about this tool.
Do I need to install anything to use the Visa Photo Maker?
No. Visa Photo Maker runs entirely in your browser — there is nothing to download, no extension and no desktop program. It works the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPhone.
Is it safe to use the Visa Photo Maker online?
Safer than the usual alternative, yes. Most online tools upload your file to a server you know nothing about, where it sits until someone deletes it. Here the file never leaves your device — the processing happens in the page itself, so there is no server copy to leak, retain or sell.
Does Visa Photo Maker reduce my photo’s quality?
Converting and cropping keep quality close to the original. Compressing trades a little detail for a much smaller file, and a lighter setting keeps more of it. Compare the preview with your original before saving.
Will my photo be accepted by the exam form?
The exam photo tools follow the size, dimensions and file weight given in the official notice. Always read the latest notice too, because boards sometimes change their rules between years.
Can I edit pictures with Visa Photo Maker straight from my gallery?
Yes. Pick a photo from your gallery or take one with the camera, then save the result back to your phone. Everything works in the browser, so there is no app to install.
Is Visa Photo Maker free with no watermark?
Yes. Use it for as many pictures as you need without an account, and each image comes back without any logo or mark from the site.
Further reading
- Image file type and format guide (MDN) A guide to image formats such as JPEG, PNG, WebP and AVIF, and when each suits best.
- Exif (Wikipedia) What camera and location details a photo can carry, and why that matters for privacy.
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