Schengen visa — 35×45 mm photo maker
35×45 mm at 600 dpi, head 70–80% of the frame, light grey or cream, uniform 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
- Light grey or cream, uniform
Also required
- Head height (chin to crown) 32–36 mm
- Taken within the last 6 months
- No head covering except for religious reasons
Source: EU Council — visa photo standards (ICAO 9303). Requirements change — check the source before you submit.
A visa application is not a renewal. The photograph goes into a file for one consulate and is read once, by someone deciding whether to admit a stranger — and readers land here rather than on a national page because this standard is shared across the whole area.
How much of the frame the head has to fill
Seventy to eighty per cent of a 45 mm frame is 31.5 to 36 mm of head; the published 32–36 mm band is that arithmetic rounded, not a second rule. The whole tolerance is 4.5 mm, too fine to judge by dragging a crop. The lineage is ICAO Doc 9303, the specification behind machine-readable travel documents, which is why neighbouring countries publish numbers this close.
What gets this one sent back
- Light grey and cream both pass; the tone must hold across the frame. A wall lit from one side fails on evenness, not colour.
- A hat or hood ends it. The only exception written into these rules is a covering worn for religious reasons.
- Reusing an old application photo is a poor bet: under six months is the limit, and the previous one sits in the visa database.
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
- 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 70–80% of the frame height, matching the dashed guide.
- 03Check the warningsThe border area is measured against "light grey or cream, uniform" 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.