Schengen / UK Visa Photo Checker

UK profile. This follows the GOV.UK guidance "How to take a photo for a visa application or permission" (updated 12 February 2026): a digital photo of at least 600 pixels wide and 750 pixels tall, at least 50 KB and no more than 6 MB, a JPG or JPEG file, vertically oriented, not mirrored or flipped, in colour, taken against a plain light-coloured background in clear contrast with you, showing head, shoulders and upper body, not altered by software. The tool measures pixel size, file type, orientation and file size; mirroring, background and face position are not measured in this profile and are on the checklist you confirm yourself, together with: expression, mouth closed, eyes open and visible, no shadows, no red eye, no glasses unless medically necessary, no head covering unless religious or medical, no other people or objects. GOV.UK states no head-size figure for this service, so none is applied.

Schengen-style profile. This is a profile for a 35 × 45 mm printed portrait with the head (crown to chin) measuring 32 to 36 mm, about 71 to 80 per cent of the height; the crop is locked to 35 : 45. These figures are the widely published ICAO-style values. No single official EU text carrying them was verified while building the tool, so it presents them as a profile, not as the law, and many consulates apply their own specification. The tool checks the proportions, the number of pixels for a 300 dpi print, the head height from two markers you set on the preview (optionally estimated with the face detector), whether the face is centred when it was detected, and a rough estimate of whether the background looks light and even. Orientation is fixed to portrait by the locked crop. Mirroring cannot be detected and is on the checklist. File format is always JPEG for the download, and no file-size rule is applied because none was verified for this profile.

Crop and print sheet. You move and resize the crop frame, see the result, and download a JPEG. In Schengen mode you can also generate a print sheet (10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, A6 or A4) with the photos tiled at 300 dpi and thin cut lines, as a PNG or as a PDF with the exact page size. Print at 100 per cent and measure a printed photo with a ruler.

JPEG, PNG and WebP photos up to 30 MB, 12,000 px on a side and 40 megapixels (decided by the file content). Output is a JPEG. UK mode output is within 50 KB to 6 MB when the photo allows it; Schengen output is 413 × 531 px (300 dpi) or 827 × 1063 px (600 dpi).

1. Choose the profile: Schengen-style 35 × 45 mm, or UK digital photo. The page shows which one is active.
2. Drop in your photo, then move and resize the crop until the head is positioned as the guidance describes.
3. Schengen: set the crown and chin lines (or use the face estimate and correct it). UK: pick the crop shape.
4. Read the checks and the checklist, fix what fails, and download the cropped JPEG.
5. Schengen: choose a sheet size and download the print sheet. Always check the requirements of your own consulate or visa centre.

• Preparing a UK visa or permission application photo that meets the digital requirements
• Cropping a phone photo to a 35 × 45 mm portrait for a Schengen visa appointment
• Checking the size, type and file size of a photo before you upload it
• Printing several copies on one sheet at home or at a photo shop
• Seeing which requirements of each mode are measurable and which you must judge

No acceptance is promised. The tool measures a few things. It cannot see expression, shadows, glasses, a head covering, blur, colour accuracy or retouching, and the face detector only estimates the head position. A photo that passes every check here can still be rejected.

Different countries, consulates and visa centres can require additional or different specifications, including photo age, background colour and printing. The Schengen mode is a profile and not an official EU text; the UK mode follows GOV.UK as updated on 12 February 2026 and can change.