Free Passport Photo Maker
This tool turns a normal front-facing photo into a compliant passport or visa photo: correct dimensions, head size scaled into the official range, eyes at the required height, background swapped for the colour the rules demand. It supports US, UK, Schengen, Canadian, Indian and Australian formats, shows you a measurement checklist instead of asking you to eyeball it, and gives you both the digital file and a printable 4 x 6 sheet. It is free, and the photo of your face never leaves your device, which for an ID photo is exactly how it should be.
The first run loads the AI model into your browser, a one-time download of about 209 MB, and stashes it away like an acorn. One-time setup: every later visit starts instantly.
How to use it
Drop in a front-facing photo
Stand facing the camera against any background, with your head and shoulders in frame and some space above your hair. A phone photo taken by someone else, at eye level, in daylight, is ideal. The photo is processed on your device and never uploaded.
The layout is measured, not guessed
The tool finds your eyes and chin, estimates the top of your hair, swaps the background for the required colour, and scales and crops so the head size and position land inside the official ranges. A checklist shows each measurement and whether it passes.
Download the photo or a print sheet
You get the single digital photo at the required pixel size, and a 4 x 6 inch sheet with several copies and cut guides, which any photo kiosk or drugstore prints for well under a dollar. That is the part photo booths charge fifteen dollars for.
How this runs without a server
Every other tool in this category works the same way: you upload your image, a GPU in a data centre somewhere runs the model, and the result comes back. That architecture is why they all have credits, watermarks and sign-up walls. Someone has to pay for that GPU, and it is metered by the second.
This page does it differently. When you drop in an image, your browser loads the AI model itself and runs it locally. If your browser supports WebGPU, the model runs on your own graphics hardware, which is typically five to sixty times faster than the CPU fallback. If it does not, we fall back to WebAssembly, which is slower but works everywhere.
Two things follow from that, and they are the entire reason this site exists. First, your photo never goes anywhere: it is read into a canvas in your tab and stays in your device's memory until you close it. There is no upload endpoint on this domain to send it to. Second, our cost per image is zero, so the free tier is not a loss-leader with a trapdoor in it. It is just what the thing costs to run, which is nothing.
The model file is cached by your browser after the first download. That is the one wait you have to sit through, and it only happens once per browser. After that the tool works with your network disconnected, which is a decent way to prove to yourself that nothing is being sent.
Checking that for yourself
You do not have to take our word for it, and you should not. Open your browser's developer tools, go to the Network tab, and use the tool. You will see the model coming down. You will not see your image going up, because it never does. Then turn your wifi off: once the model is loaded, the tool keeps working with no network at all, which is not something we could fake. We walk you through both checks here.
Your photo stays on your device.
Not "deleted after 24 hours". Not "encrypted in transit". Never sent. Here is how we prove it.
Frequently asked questions
Is my photo uploaded to make this?
No. Both models involved, the one that removes the background and the one that finds your facial features, are downloaded into your browser and run there. For a photo of your face destined for an official document, that is not a small point: nothing about your face ever reaches us or anyone else.
Will my photo definitely be accepted?
No tool can promise that, and you should distrust any that does. This produces a photo with the correct dimensions, head size, eye position and background, which covers the reasons photos usually bounce. Acceptance is still the issuing authority's call, and rules like expression, glasses and head coverings are yours to meet when the photo is taken.
How should the original photo be taken?
Face the camera square-on with a neutral expression, mouth closed, eyes open. Have someone else take it from about two metres away at eye level, which avoids the wide-angle distortion a selfie at arm's length produces. Even, shadow-free light. Leave room above your head; the tool crops, it cannot invent hair the frame cut off.
Why is the printable sheet 4 x 6 inches?
Because it is the one print size every kiosk, drugstore and online photo service on earth handles, usually for less than a dollar. Passport photo booths charge ten to twenty dollars for two prints. A 4 x 6 sheet from this page holds several, with cut lines.
Which countries and documents does it cover?
US passport and visa (2 x 2 inch), UK passport (35 x 45 mm), Schengen visa (35 x 45 mm ICAO), Canadian passport (50 x 70 mm), Indian passport (35 x 45 mm, tight framing, white background) and Australian passport (35 x 45 mm). Each has its own page with the exact requirements, and you can switch country inside the tool without re-doing anything.
Why do paid passport photo sites charge for this?
Their costs are real: they run the background removal and the compliance checks on their servers, often with human review on top. Ours run in your browser, so our cost per photo is zero and the free tier has no catch. The one thing we do not offer is a human double-check, which is worth paying for if your application is unusual.