Singapore passport — 35×45 mm photo maker
35×45 mm at 600 dpi, head 55–70% of the frame, plain white behind you. Guides and a print sheet, on your device.
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- No limits
- No signup
- Works offline
35×45 mm · 400×514 px · ≤ 60 KB JPEG
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
- 400 × 514
- Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Head height
- 55–70% of image height
- Background
- Plain white
- Digital file
- 400×514 px, JPG, ≤ 60 KB
Also required
- Head height 25–35 mm
- Digital: 400×514 px, under 60 KB
Source: ICA Singapore. Requirements change — check the source before you submit.
Singapore is generous about the head and strict about the file: the band starts at 55 per cent, leaving real room around the face, while a digital submission must be 400 × 514 pixels and under 60 KB. ICA says its requirements follow ISO and ICAO specifications.
How much of the frame the head has to fill
On a 45 mm height, 55 to 70 per cent means 24.8 to 31.5 mm chin to crown. The published range is 25 to 35 mm, so the guide binds first at the top and staying inside it satisfies both. Against the 70 per cent floor some neighbouring specifications set, this is a relaxed frame: there is room for shoulders, and the head sits inside the card rather than filling it.
What gets this one sent back
- Sixty kilobytes over 400 × 514 pixels is about 0.3 bytes per pixel. Lower the quality; do not shrink the dimensions.
- ICA states the photograph must not be altered or enhanced in any way, and that includes skin smoothing and background replacement.
- Hardcopy prints must be matte or semi-matte, non-reflective. Glossy is the default at most print counters, so it has to be asked for.
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.
Print and upload are two different specs
35×45 mm is a physical instruction; 400×514 pixels is what it becomes at 600 dpi. The head band follows the same conversion — 55–70% of 45 mm is 24.8–31.5 mm, or 283–360 pixels in the exported file.
The upload adds a third constraint the print does not have: a byte budget. Singapore asks for 400×514 px as JPG, no larger than 60 KB. A file that satisfies the millimetres and fails the kilobytes is refused by the form before anyone reads the application, so the size search runs on every export here.
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 55–70% of the frame height, matching the dashed guide.
- 03Check the warningsThe border area is measured against "plain white" and flagged if it is uneven.
- 04Download or printSave the 400×514 JPG, or take a print sheet with several copies laid out at true size.