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Philippines passport — 35×45 mm photo maker

35×45 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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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
70–80% of image height
Background
Plain white

Also required

  • Front view, no smiling
  • Collared shirt recommended

Source: DFA Philippines. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.

The Department of Foreign Affairs captures your photo and biometrics digitally at the Consular Office; its FAQ says you need not bring a passport-sized photo. This frame is therefore most useful as a rehearsal, since a 70 to 80 per cent head ratio is a tight crop.

How much of the frame the head has to fill

At 600 dpi the 35×45 mm card is 827 × 1063 pixels, and 70–80% places the head between 744 and 850 of them, or 31.5 to 36.0 mm in print. Read the upper figure twice: 36 mm of head in a 45 mm frame leaves 9 mm for everything else. The collar ends up near the bottom edge, and hair volume is the first thing to push the crown outside.

What gets this one sent back

  • Consular guidance asks for business attire with a collar and sleeves, and eyeglasses, contact lenses and facial piercings removed.
  • No smiling: neutral, mouth closed. A smile shortens the face and moves the chin, enough to shift the measurement.
  • Fringes must not cover the forehead or touch the eyebrows, and ears should be visible. Easier at home than at the counter.

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 — 70–80% of 45 mm is 31.5–36.0 mm, or 744–850 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

  1. 01Add a recent photoFacing the camera, plain wall behind. HEIC from an iPhone works directly.
  2. 02Frame it to 35×45 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 827×1063 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.

Questions people actually ask

Do I need to bring my own photo to a DFA appointment?
According to the DFA passport FAQ, no: the Consular Office captures your photo and biometrics digitally on the day. That does not make the appearance rules irrelevant, it makes them urgent, because there is one attempt, in whatever you happened to wear. Consular guidance covers attire, glasses, contact lenses, piercings, make-up and hair, and none of it is adjustable afterwards.
Why is a collared shirt recommended?
Consular guidance asks for proper business attire with a collar and sleeves. A collar helps practically as well: against plain white, a white or very pale top merges into the wall, leaving a floating head and a shoulder line the eye has to guess at. Any mid tone gives the bottom of the frame a defined edge. Busy patterns do the reverse.
Do I need the same photo for a passport and for a DFA appointment slip?
They are separate steps and it is worth keeping the file rather than the print. An appointment is booked and confirmed before the biometric capture happens, and having the compliant image already sized and stored means the second request costs you nothing. Keep the full-resolution original too — every re-crop from a compressed copy loses a little more, and a photo that passed once should not have to be retaken because the only surviving version has been through three exports.
What size does a Philippines photo have to be?
35×45 mm, which is 827×1063 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 Philippines 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 35×45 mm at the right size?
Use the print sheet — several copies laid out at true 35×45 mm with faint cut lines — and set the printer to 100% rather than "fit to page". At 600 dpi the file is 827×1063 px, and a driver that shrinks by 3% turns 35 mm into something a ruler catches.

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