Australia passport — 35×45 mm photo maker
35×45 mm at 600 dpi, head 72–80% of the frame, plain, light grey or white behind you. Guides and a print sheet, on your device.
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35×45 mm · 827×1063 px · 600 dpi
Filestay is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any government or visa authority, including the U.S. Department of State. We make the file match the published technical requirements — acceptance is always the issuing authority's decision.
The official requirement
- Photo size
- 35×45 mm
- Pixels
- 827 × 1063
- Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Head height
- 72–80% of image height
- Background
- Plain, light grey or white
Also required
- Head height 32–36 mm
- Neutral expression, mouth closed
- No glasses
Source: Australian Passport Office. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.
The Australian Passport Office wants two identical colour prints and allows a range of sizes: 35 to 40 mm wide by 45 to 50 mm high. This preset takes the smallest. What is not flexible is the face, specified as a measurement in millimetres rather than a proportion, and glasses are effectively out.
How much of the frame the head has to fill
The published rule is 32 mm minimum and 36 mm maximum, chin to crown. On a 45 mm print that works out at 72–80% of the height, or 765 to 850 of the 1063 pixels available at 600 dpi. Under 4 mm of tolerance makes it the tightest window in this group, about 8% of the picture — and it stops behaving like a percentage the moment you choose a 50 mm print.
What gets this one sent back
- Inkjet output falls outside the guidance, which names dye sublimation, so the final prints come from a shop rather than a desk.
- Glasses come off unless a registered practitioner certifies you cannot remove them, and even then no reflection may appear on the lenses.
- White or light grey behind you, contrasting with your face — which a pale complexion against bright white will not reliably do.
Half a metre clear of the wall so your shadow falls behind you, camera at about 1.5 metres so the lens does not widen your nose, soft light from the front. Take several.
Getting the print right
35×45 mm is a physical instruction; 827×1063 pixels is what it becomes at 600 dpi. The head band follows the same conversion — 72–80% of 45 mm is 32.4–36.0 mm, or 765–850 pixels in the exported file.
No digital ceiling is published for this one, which means the print is the binding version and the file only has to survive being printed. Use the sheet rather than sending a single image to a shop — several copies at true size on one page costs the same and covers the spare everyone ends up needing.
Print at 100%, not "fit to page" — the default shrink is invisible to you and measurable to whoever checks it.
How it works
- 01Add a recent photoFacing the camera, plain wall behind. HEIC from an iPhone works directly.
- 02Frame it to 35×45 mmDrag and zoom until your head fills 72–80% of the frame height, matching the dashed guide.
- 03Check the warningsThe border area is measured against "plain, light grey or white" and flagged if it is uneven.
- 04Download or printSave the 827×1063 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.