Sample Passport Photos

Before uploading, check whether your photo is suitable. Unlike most competitors who only crop your photo, we manually fix every photo — background issues, red-eye, shadows, exposure, and tilted heads.

What We Do That Others Don't

Most passport photo websites (and automated tools) just crop your photo to size. Having processed thousands of photos, we've found that around 95% of home-taken photos have at least one issue:

• Non-white or shadowed background
• Red-eye from flash
• Over- or under-exposure
• Slight head tilt
• Flash reflections on glasses

We fix all of these manually. Result: a 99%+ acceptance rate on our photos.

Photos That Will Work

• Eyes open, mouth closed, neutral expression
• Plain white, off-white, or light background (shadows OK — we fix them)
• Camera at eye level, not angled up or down
• Head not tilted significantly (slight tilt OK — we can straighten)
• Shoulders and chest visible
• Enough room above the head

Photos That Won't Work

• Very dark — face not clearly lit
• Patterned or textured background (e.g. wood paneling, curtains)
• Face cut off at top or sides
• Extremely blurry or very low resolution
• Sunglasses or heavily tinted lenses
• Outdoor photos with busy backgrounds