UK Passport Photo
Check a digital photo against HM Passport Office's rules without cropping it — because they ask you not to.
Rule set by HM Passport Office · source · checked 2026-08-09
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About the Pathine UK Passport Photo
HM Passport Office asks for a digital photo at least 600 pixels wide and 750 tall, between 50 KB and 10 MB, in colour — and then says two things most photo tools quietly ignore: do not crop it, and do not alter it with software. The cropping is done for you during the application.
So this page checks rather than edits. If your photo already meets the requirements you get it back exactly as it was, and the report says so. Nothing is cropped, ever. A file that breaks the size limits is the only case where anything changes, and the report tells you what changed and why.
When you'd reach for it
A photo the application says is too small
Photos saved from a messaging app or pulled off social media are routinely under 600 × 750 or under 50 KB.
A camera file that is too large to upload
A raw-quality JPEG from a modern camera can pass 10 MB comfortably, which is the one thing worth fixing here.
Confirming a photo before you pay
The application fee is not refunded because a photo was rejected. Checking the file limits first is free.
How to use it
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Drop the image in
Drag a file onto the page, choose one, or paste a screenshot. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens on your device.
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Read the report
Every requirement is listed with a tick or a cross against what your file actually is. Anything the rule asks for that software cannot check is listed too, unticked.
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Download it
The file you get is the one that passed. If nothing could pass, you are told the closest achievable size instead of being handed something that will be rejected.
Common questions
Why won't it crop my photo to the right shape?
Because the Passport Office explicitly asks you not to — "do not crop your photo, it will be done for you". Their application does the cropping during submission. A tool that cropped it for you here would be working against you, however helpful it looked.
Doesn't re-saving the photo count as altering it?
It would, which is why this page returns your original file untouched whenever it already meets the requirements. It only re-encodes a photo that is outside the 50 KB to 10 MB window, where the alternative is an upload that cannot be accepted at all.
What if my photo is under 600 × 750?
You need a better photo — enlarging a small one invents pixels rather than detail, and the Passport Office's checks look at image quality as well as dimensions. The report tells you the size you actually have so you know where you stand.
Does this check the background and my expression?
No. A plain light background, a plain expression with your mouth closed, no hair across your eyes, no shadows — all real requirements, none of them checkable by software. They are listed in the report as unchecked rather than ticked off.