The eye line starts halfway from the top of the head to the chin. Switching between Adult and Baby moves the three lines and leaves the crop and edits in place.

Crown

Eyes

Chin

Drop a headshot

JPEG or PNG. It stays on this device.

Choose a photo

The square is the printed 2×2 inch photo. Drag the photo to move it. Scroll, pinch, or use the slider to zoom. Set Crown on the top of the head, Eyes across the pupils, and Chin at the bottom of the chin. Drag a line if it does not sit on the face. Hair may cross the edge of the square. The lines are guides and are not printed. With the square focused, arrow keys move the photo, and + or − zooms.

Swipe to scroll this page, including over the photo. Tap Move when you want to drag the picture with one finger. Two fingers pinch and slide it too.

Crown, top of the head
Eyes, on the pupils
Chin
Eye zone, 1⅛–1⅜ in from the bottom

Head, chin to crown

1.250 in

62.5% of the 2 in height

In range · 1.000–1.375 in

Eyes, from the bottom

1.250 in

62.5% of the height

In range · 1.125–1.375 in

Photo

Choose a photo

Samples

The page opens on a drawn sample. Choose a photo to replace it. Samples stay on this device, like any photo you add.

Zoom 1.0×

FitClose

Drag inside the square to pan. The square is the final print.

The arrows nudge the photo without blocking the page scroll.

Adjust

A retouched passport photo can be rejected. The State Department says not to change a photo with software, filters, or retouching. Use these only for a small brightness, contrast, saturation, or warmth fix, or to straighten a tilted camera. Do not smooth skin, recolor the face, or erase shadows.

Brightness0 Contrast0 Saturation0 Warmth0 Straighten0°

Straighten turns the photo in the square. A gap at a corner means the picture no longer covers the frame.

Lightens pixels that are already pale and nearly neutral. It does not remove a colored wall or shadows on the face. Turn it off to restore the original.

Save a 2×2 photo

1200 × 1200 px, a 2 × 2 in print at 600 DPI. Use this for a sharp print.

The file is never stretched past the crop. A tight zoom stays at the photo’s own pixels, so it is not blown up into a blur.

4×6 print sheet

Six copies appear here.

2400 × 3600 px, a 4 × 6 in print at 600 DPI. Six edge-to-edge 2×2 photos. Short gray marks at the corners show where to cut. The file is not enlarged past the crop.

Upload this as a regular 4×6 print (not the passport photo service). Turn off any auto-crop or fit-to-page options.

US passport photo rules

The print is a color photo, 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), on matte or glossy photo paper.
From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head, the head must be 1 inch to 1⅜ inches (25–35 mm). That is 50% to 69% of the photo height.
On the State Department’s 2×2 photo composition template, the eyes sit 1⅛ inches to 1⅜ inches from the bottom of the photo, about 56% to 69% of the height.
Use a plain white or off-white background, with no shadows, texture, or lines.
Stand several feet from the camera. Center the head and shoulders, keep the whole head visible, and face the camera without tilting.
Keep a neutral expression, both eyes open, and the mouth closed. A baby’s eyes are the exception in the section below.
Take off eyeglasses. A rare medical exception needs a signed note from a doctor.
Do not wear a uniform or camouflage. Hats and head coverings are not allowed unless worn daily for a religious or medical reason, and the full face must stay visible.
Hair may leave the frame if the whole head is still visible and the head is the right size.
Use a photo from the last 6 months that looks like you now. It should be sharp, not blurry or pixelated.
Do not retouch the photo with filters, an app, or AI. Cropping to the required size is what this tool is for.
A passport application needs one photo. The 4×6 sheet is a set of spare prints.

Babies and toddlers

The print is still 2 × 2 inches. From the bottom of the chin to the top of the head, the head is still 1 to 1⅜ inches.
For the background, place the child on a plain white or off-white sheet. You can also cover a car seat with the sheet, then place the child in the car seat.
Make sure there are no shadows on the child’s face.
No other person can be in the photo.
The child must face the camera.
The child’s expression must be neutral, and the full face must be visible. The State Department’s examples mark a photo unacceptable when hands block the face.
It is okay if a baby’s eyes are not entirely open. All other children must have their eyes open.

Summarized from U.S. Department of State passport photo guidance, including the Babies and toddlers section, and the 2×2 photo composition template. Check travel.state.gov before you apply, because the wording can change. This page does not submit a photo to anyone. Baby mode moves the starting guide lines for an infant head. You still place each line on the face.