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Australian Photo Size Chart

Every Australian passport, visa and ID photo size in one place, in millimetres and pixels, with background, file limits and how recent the photo must be.

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What are the standard Australian photo sizes?

Australian passport and citizenship photos are 35–40 mm wide by 45–50 mm high, with the head 32–36 mm, on a white or light grey background. The Department of Home Affairs uses 1200 × 1600 pixels for digital uploads, Australian visa prints are 45 × 35 mm, and the states take most licence photos at the counter.

The standard Australian photo size for passports and citizenship applications is 35–40 mm wide by 45–50 mm high, on a white or light grey background. Home Affairs uses 1200 × 1600 pixels for digital uploads, the states take most licence and photo ID pictures at the counter, and foreign embassies use their own sizes, compared below.

Australian photo size chart

Document Print size Digital size Background File Taken within
Australian passport 35–40 × 45–50 mm Photo code (online renewal) White or light grey Dye-sub print, ≥ 200 gsm gloss 6 months
Australian citizenship 35–40 × 45–50 mm 1200 × 1600 px preferred Neutral or light grey JPEG, 70 KB–3.5 MB 6 months
Australian visa 45 × 35 mm 1200 × 1600 px preferred Plain JPEG, 70 KB–3.5 MB 6 months
ImmiCard — 1200 × 1600 px 18% grey JPEG, ≤ 500 KB 6 months
Australian ETA (601) — Live photo in the app Plain — —
Driver licence (QLD remote renewal) 35 × 45 mm, 2 photos — — — 6 months
Driver licence (WA E13 photo kit) 45 × 35 mm, 2 photos, matte — Plain white — —
QLD photo identification card (remote) 35 × 45 mm, 2 photos — — Printed at ≥ 600 dpi 6 months
Victorian Working with Children Check — ≥ 406 × 521 px Plain, light JPG, < 5 MB 12 months
NT Ochre Card 35–40 × 45–50 mm JPG upload Pale — 6 months
University student cards — Not published Plain, light Varies Recent
WA taxi driver identity document At least 30 × 30 mm, colour gloss — White or light grey — 5 years
VETASSESS skills assessment Passport-sized JPEG upload White or light grey JPEG, 500 KB 6 months
ANMAC skills assessment Passport-style Portal upload — — 6 months
CSCSE degree authentication — JPG upload Any colour JPG, ≤ 1 MB Recent
Canada visa 35 × 45 mm (minimum) Biometrics at a visa centre White or light — 6 months
China visa 33 × 48 mm Upload to the online visa form White or near-white JPEG, 40–120 KB 6 months
India visa Square, for paper forms Square JPEG upload White or light JPEG, 10 KB–1 MB Recent
Indonesia visa Not needed 4 × 6 cm, at least 400 × 600 px Not stated JPG or PNG, ≤ 2 MB 1 year
Japan visa 45 × 35 mm eVISA: face photo upload Plain, white — 6 months
New Zealand visa 35 × 45 mm (paper only) 3:4 portrait JPG Plain, neutral JPG, 512 KB–3.14 MB 6 months
Schengen (EU) visa 35–40 × 45 mm Printed biometric photo White — Recent
South Korea visa 35 × 45 mm K-ETA: face photo upload White K-ETA: up to 20 MB 6 months
Thailand visa Passport style e-Visa upload White JPG, ≤ 3 MB 6 months
United Kingdom visa Not needed At least 600 × 750 px Plain, light-coloured JPEG, 50 KB–6 MB New photo
United States visa 2 × 2 in (51 × 51 mm) 600–1200 px square White or off-white JPEG, ≤ 240 KB 6 months
Vietnam visa 4 × 6 cm e-Visa upload White JPG, < 2 MB Recent

"—" means the issuing agency does not publish that detail. Click a document for the full requirements and official sources.

Is 35 × 45 mm an Australian passport photo size?

Yes. The Australian Passport Office accepts photos from 35 to 40 mm wide and 45 to 50 mm high, so the common 35 × 45 mm passport size is inside the range. What matters just as much is the head size: 32–36 mm from chin to crown, which is larger than many other countries ask for.

What is a 1200 × 1600 pixel photo?

1200 × 1600 pixels is the digital size Home Affairs prefers for citizenship and visa uploads and requires for the ImmiCard. It is a 3:4 portrait, slightly wider than a 35 × 45 mm print, so crop a little from the top and bottom rather than stretching the image.

Converting between sizes

  • Passport photo → US visa or India e-Visa: both are square, so start from the original photo with space around your head, not from a 35 × 45 mm crop.
  • Passport photo → China visa (33 × 48 mm) or Vietnam e-Visa (4 × 6 cm): these are taller and narrower, so you need extra space above and below your head.
  • Passport photo → ImmiCard: the ImmiCard asks for an 18% grey backdrop and a file under 500 KB, so take a separate photo.

How to choose and crop the right photo size

  1. Find your document. Look it up in the chart above for its print size, digital size, background, file limit and how recent the photo must be.
  2. Start from the original photo. Keep space around your head, so you can crop to a square (US visa, India e-Visa) or a taller size (China visa, Vietnam e-Visa) without stretching.
  3. Crop to the exact size. For example, 35–40 × 45–50 mm with the head 32–36 mm for an Australian passport, or 1200 × 1600 pixels for Home Affairs uploads.
  4. Check the background and file. Use the background the chart lists, such as 18% grey for the ImmiCard, and keep the file within its limit, such as 500 KB for the ImmiCard.

Resize a photo for free

To resize a photo to a size in the chart, use the free 123PhotoTool photo resizer: choose By Size, set the unit to Pixels, or millimetres for a print, and enter the width and height, for example 1200 × 1600. Crop the photo to the right shape first so your face is not stretched. Cropping and resizing are fine; retouching is not.

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