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Mexico passport — 25×35 mm (infantil) photo maker

25×35 mm at 600 dpi, head 70–80% of the frame, plain white behind you. Guides and a print sheet, on your device.

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25×35 mm · 591×827 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
25×35 mm
Pixels
591 × 827
Resolution
600 dpi
Head height
70–80% of image height
Background
Plain white

Also required

  • Front view, forehead visible
  • No glasses

Source: Gobierno de México — SRE. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.

At 25 by 35 mm this is the smallest frame on the site, about the footprint of a postage stamp, listed as infantil. Into it goes a head filling 70 to 80 per cent of the height, the tightest crop of any preset here.

How much of the frame the head has to fill

The maximum head height, 28 mm, is taller than the photograph is wide. Eighty per cent of a 35 mm frame does that, and at the 24.5 mm minimum you still have only 10.5 mm for clearance above the hair and below the chin. At 600 dpi the head runs 579 to 662 pixels in an 827-pixel frame. Think head and a sliver of shoulder.

What gets this one sent back

  • The forehead must be visible, so a fringe resting on the eyebrows costs more at this crop than in a roomier frame.
  • Glasses are out, including the clear lenses and thin metal frames people assume are fine because they hide nothing.
  • Printed at 300 dpi instead of 600, the 591 by 827 pixel file comes out at 50 by 70 mm — right shape, twice the size.

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

25×35 mm is a physical instruction; 591×827 pixels is what it becomes at 600 dpi. The head band follows the same conversion — 70–80% of 35 mm is 24.5–28.0 mm, or 579–662 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

  1. 01Add a recent photoFacing the camera, plain wall behind. HEIC from an iPhone works directly.
  2. 02Frame it to 25×35 mmDrag and zoom until your head fills 70–80% of the frame height, matching the dashed guide.
  3. 03Check the warningsThe border area is measured against "plain white" and flagged if it is uneven.
  4. 04Download or printSave the 591×827 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.

Questions people actually ask

Can I cut a 35×45 mm photo down to 25×35 mm?
The scissors work; the proportions do not. A UK-format photograph puts 29 to 34 mm of head into a 45 mm height. Trim that print to 35 mm tall and the same head occupies 83 to 97 per cent of the frame, well past the 70 to 80 Mexico wants. A specification is a ratio, and cutting paper alters it.
How do I print something this small without it looking soft?
Resolution is the whole answer. At 25 by 35 mm the file is only 591 by 827 pixels even at 600 dpi, and every pixel does visible work because a print this small gets examined close up. Start from the largest original you have — one that has been through a messaging app has usually been reduced, and upscaling will not bring the detail back.
What size does a Mexico photo have to be?
25×35 mm, which is 591×827 pixels at 600 dpi. The head, measured from the bottom of the chin to the top of the hair, must fill 70–80% of the photo height.
What background colour is required?
Plain white. The border area is measured and flagged if it is uneven. The background is never replaced digitally — a cut-out edge is visible and gets photos rejected.
Is my Mexico photo uploaded anywhere?
No — the crop and the JPEG encode both run in this browser tab. A biometric image of your face is not a file to hand to a web service.
How do I print 25×35 mm at the right size?
Use the print sheet — several copies laid out at true 25×35 mm with faint cut lines — and set the printer to 100% rather than "fit to page". At 600 dpi the file is 591×827 px, and a driver that shrinks by 3% turns 25 mm into something a ruler catches.

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