India Passport — online upload (630×810 px) photo requirements

A quick summary of the published size rules for this passport photo, and a free tool that crops your own photo to that size and checks the measurable rules — privately on your device.

ℹ For applications through Passport Seva (GPSP 2.0), e.g. at Indian missions abroad. Official guideline: colour, 630×810 px, white background, face 80–85% of the photo, no glasses reflections. The guideline does not state a file-size limit — follow the portal's upload message. Applicants in India are photographed at the PSK.

Make my India Passport — online upload (630×810 px) photo

Size at a glance

Photo size	35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in) proportions
Head height (chin to top of head)	36–38.2 mm (80–85% of photo height)
Background	White
Digital file	630 × 810 px, JPEG
Digitally edited photos	Not accepted — Passport Seva ICAO photo guidelines: "Photos should be unaltered by computer software."
Photos per 4×6 print	8

Head (chin to top of hair) is placed at 80–85% of the photo height. Taken from about 1.5 m away, mouth closed, eyes open.

How to take it at home

Stand about 1–1.5 m in front of a plain, light wall in even light; avoid shadows on your face and behind you.
Have someone else take the photo at eye level (selfies at arm's length distort the face). Look straight at the camera.
Keep a neutral expression with your mouth closed. Both eyes open, hair away from the face.
Leave plenty of space above your head and around your shoulders. Don't use filters, beauty modes or portrait (background-blur) mode.
Open the photo tool: it crops to the exact size, places your head and eye line in range and checks the measurable rules. It does not change your background for documents that forbid edited photos — if the background isn't plain, retake the photo.
Download the digital file, or a 4×6 sheet and print it as a standard photo print ("fit / no crop").

The issuing authority makes the final decision on every photo; automatic checks can't guarantee acceptance.

Official source: mportal.passportindia.gov.in. This summary is provided for convenience and may be out of date.