Photo reference guide
UK Passport Photo Requirements
Read the official photo instructions before editing an image.
GOV.UK requires an unaltered digital photo and says not to crop a photo taken with your own device. Use the official application’s photo process.
Official sources · Checked
GOV.UK: digital passport photos ↗What to check
- File size
- 50 KB–10 MB
- Dimensions
- At least 600 × 750 px
- Format
- Original photograph; follow the official route
Actual size and quality depend on your image. Settings do not certify acceptance by another service.
How to use this guidance
- 01
Read the source
Confirm the rules apply to your application route.
- 02
Obtain a suitable original
Follow capture and photographer requirements.
- 03
Use the official process
Submit through the authority and follow its feedback.
GOV.UK requires an unaltered digital photo and says not to crop a photo taken with your own device. Use the official application’s photo process.
Keep the original. If it fails the authority’s checks, follow instructions for a new photograph rather than assuming a resizer can certify it. This page is a reference guide, not a compliant-photo export.
Common questions
Does this page offer a compliant-photo export?
No. Use the original and the authority’s own process. A resized file cannot certify all photo requirements.