About

We make passport and visa photos free, in your browser, without uploading your picture anywhere.

Why this exists

A passport photo is a photo print. The drugstore counter charges about $17 for two of them; the same store will print an ordinary 4×6 photo for around 39¢, and six passport photos fit on one 4×6. The only real work is the measuring — getting your head to the right size in the frame, on the right background. Software does that well, so we did it and gave it away.

Most online passport photo services charge between $9.95 and $16.95 for the file. Several of the biggest are the same company operating under different brand names at different prices. We think that is a strange thing to pay for, so our photo and print sheet are free, with no watermark and no account.

How we plan to make money

Honestly, and not by holding your photo hostage. The free photo and the free print sheet stay free permanently. Later we may add paid extras that genuinely cost us something — posting printed photos to you, or a human checking your photo before you submit it. You will always see the price before you start.

What we will not do

• We will not retouch your face.The US State Department rejects photos altered by AI or filters, so tools that "beautify" your passport photo are handing you something that can be refused.
• We will not upload your photo.The processing runs on your device. The one exception is if you ask us to email your photos to you, and we say so plainly at that point.
• We will not guarantee acceptance.No website can. The decision belongs to whoever reviews your application. We check everything software can measure and tell you exactly what we found.

Corrections

Every price and specification on this site carries the date we last checked it and a link to the source. Rules and prices change. If you find something out of date or wrong, tell us — accuracy is the point, and we would rather fix it than defend it.

We are not affiliated with the US Department of State or any government agency, and not affiliated with CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Costco or any retailer named on this site.