CapyPassport · tool no. 15
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Passport and visa photos, checked against the published specs, in your browser. Nothing uploaded.
CapyPassport crops a portrait to the published size and head position for a US passport, UK passport or Schengen visa photo and lays out a 4×6 print sheet, in your browser.
Updated · by Unfolding Dimensions
01 · The shot
One person, facing the camera, in even light — the rules every document writes down.
02 · The fit
EstimateA demo — drop a photo to see your own fit.
Sliders can leave the published range on purpose — the readout tells you when they do.
03 · The sheet
DemoThe single file for the online portal, and a print sheet to cut at home — both drawn from the same fit.
Drop a photo to enable the downloads.
Specs last checked 2026-09-21 · travel.state.gov — passport photos
Always confirm on the official site before you file — this authority blocks automated checks, so its figures are corroborated from published summaries.
This tool checks the geometry against the published rules. it cannot judge expression, glasses, headwear, print quality, or whether a photo is unaltered — and it will never claim to.
The guide
How to make a passport or visa photo at home
- Step 1
Drop, paste or shoot a portrait photo, then pick the document — US passport, UK passport or a Schengen visa.
- Step 2
Read the fit: head height, top margin and eye line against the numbers that document's guidance publishes, with sliders to fine-tune until every row reads "within the range".
- Step 3
Download the single photo for the online portal, or a print sheet of copies sized exactly to the document, and cut them at home.
CapyPassport crops and positions a portrait against the published geometry of a passport or visa photo — the head-height band, the top margin, the eye line — and lays out a print sheet at the exact physical size, all in your browser tab.
It is honest about what it can and cannot judge. Head height runs from the chin to an ESTIMATED crown, because no detector can see where hair ends; the readouts say "estimated" and the sliders exist for exactly that. It checks geometry only — never expression, glasses, headwear or print quality — and it will not promise an application's outcome.
The background is left exactly as shot by default. Filling it is opt-in, runs the same people-cutting model CapyBg uses, and carries a warning: several authorities require the photo unaltered by software, so only fill if your official guidance allows it.
Questions
Is my photo uploaded?
No. There is no upload route in the code. The photo is read, framed and exported inside this tab; the only download is the face-detection model, from this site, once per browser.
Will the passport office accept this photo?
No tool can promise that, and this one does not try. It checks the geometry your document's guidance publishes — head height, margins, size — and shows its sources and the date they were checked. Expression, glasses, headwear and print quality are yours to confirm on the official site.
How big is the printed sheet?
Exactly 4 × 6 inches — 1200 × 1800 pixels at 300 dpi — the size a photo kiosk prints. The single photo ships at the pixel size each document's digital rules ask for: 600 × 600 for the US, 600 × 772 for the UK (its 35 × 45 mm crop above the 600 × 750 minimum), 413 × 531 for a Schengen visa.
Why does the background warning say photos must be unaltered?
Because that is what the guidance says: gov.uk asks for a photo "unaltered by computer software", and the US rules forbid digital enhancement. Replacing a background is an alteration. CapyPassport leaves your background as shot unless you turn the fill on yourself.
Why is head height an estimate?
The rules measure the chin to the crown of the head, and a face detector cannot see where hair or a headpiece ends. CapyPassport estimates the crown from the detected landmarks, labels the readout as an estimate, and gives you sliders so the final call is yours.