2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), with your head 1 to 1⅜ inches (25 to 35 mm) from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head. In centimeters that's 5.1 × 5.1 cm. Printed at 300 dots per inch, 2 inches is 600 pixels, so a 600×600 image fills it exactly. For online renewal and the DS-160 you upload a digital file instead; their sizes are below.
You pay $9.99 only after your photo passes, and we never edit it.
On a 600×600 photo, a head of 1 to 1⅜ inches is 300 to 412 pixels tall, chin to top of head: half to just over two thirds of the height. On a 1200×1200 photo it's 600 to 825 pixels. The DS-160 page puts the same rule as 50% to 69% of the image height.
Cropping and scaling a photo to the right size doesn't change you. Editing does: the State Department's unacceptable examples include a photo stretched to alter the person's appearance and one with the background removed. If your head comes out too small or too big, take the photo again from a different distance, about 4 feet away.
No. A U.S. passport photo is 2 × 2 inches. A 4×6 print can hold two 2×2 photos side by side, which is why our print sheet is 4×6: you cut the photos out.
Yes: our print sheet is one. It is a 4 × 6 inch image at 300 dpi with two 2 × 2 inch photos side by side and lines to cut along. Order it as an ordinary 4×6 photo print, choose "actual size" so nothing is scaled, then cut out the two photos.
5.1 × 5.1 cm (51 × 51 mm). The head is 2.5 to 3.5 cm from chin to top.
A printed photo has no fixed pixel size; at 300 dots per inch, 2 inches is 600×600 pixels. Digital uploads have their own rules: the DS-160 takes 600×600 to 1200×1200 pixels.
Resizing is allowed: cropping and scaling a photo to 2 × 2 inches doesn't change how you look. A resizer alone can't tell you whether your head size, light or background pass, though. PicPassed checks your phone photo against the official rules first, then crops and resizes it into a 2 × 2 inch print sheet and the digital file your form asks for. It never edits your face or the background.
The State Department has a free photo tool, but its page says it is for cropping only, doesn't check the quality of your image, and shouldn't be used if you renew online. PicPassed checks the photo itself (size, head position, eyes, expression, light, sharpness and background) before you pay.
No. That rectangular size is used by many other countries. U.S. passport, visa and green card photos are square, 2 × 2 inches.
The head is measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head. Your hair may go past the edges of the photo, as long as your whole head is shown and is the right size.
Sources: Passport photos (U.S. Department of State, updated March 24, 2026); Upload a digital photo for online renewal (U.S. Department of State, updated May 4, 2026); Digital image requirements (U.S. Department of State, read November 6, 2026); Form I-765 instructions (USCIS, read October 21, 2026). Official rules can change; check them before you apply.
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