UK visa and ETA photo size
A UK ETA or visa photo you upload must be a JPEG at least 600 pixels wide and 750 tall, between 50KB and 6MB, showing your head, shoulders and upper body. Drop a photo here and it comes out at 600 by 750, in range. At a visa centre, the photo is taken there instead.
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What the authority specifies
- Photo size
- 600 x 750 pixels
- Background
- plain light-coloured
- File size
- 50 KB to 6 MB
- Source
- www.gov.uk
- Read at the source on
Each size on this page was read at the issuing authority's own website, not copied from another converter or from a search result.
The page it came from and the date it was read are printed above, so you can check the same source in one click.
Why this size?
UKVI's rules are close to those for a digital UK passport photo, with two differences that catch people out. The photo must not be the one in your passport or identity card, and the file can be 6MB at most, not 10MB.
A printed passport photo, a close-up of the head, is the wrong starting point. Take a new photo from further back, showing your head, shoulders and upper body.
Where the pixel figure comes from
Passport offices publish millimetres, not pixels, because the photograph is printed. Turning millimetres into pixels needs a resolution, and most authorities do not name one.
This one publishes pixels directly, because the photo is uploaded rather than printed, so no resolution was needed and the pixel figure above is the authority's own.
That matters if you are uploading rather than printing.
An online form usually states its own pixel size or file size limit, and where an authority publishes one this page uses that instead of converting anything.
Check before you submit
Requirements change, and the only version that counts is the one on the authority's own page on the day you apply.
Every size here links to the page it came from and shows the date it was read. If that date looks old, spend a minute at the source before you print anything.
What happens to your photo?
Your selected photo is processed in your browser, without an image upload to a server. The page may download code and codecs needed for editing.
Save your result before closing the tab; unsaved edits are kept in memory rather than in an online account.
Common questions
Do I need a photo for a UK visa application?
Not if you give your biometrics at a visa application centre or a UKVCAS service point. GOV.UK says your fingerprints and photograph are taken there.
You upload a photo for an ETA applied for online, and wherever the form asks for a digital photo of your face.
Can I use my passport photo for the ETA?
No. UKVI's rules say the photo must not be the same photo of you that is in your passport or identity card, and must not be a scan or photo of another photo.
The ETA also asks for a photo of your passport, which is a separate upload.
How is this different from a UK passport photo?
The digital rules share 600 by 750 pixels, 50KB and a photo of your head, shoulders and upper body. A passport photo can be up to 10MB, a visa photo up to 6MB.
The bigger difference is that the visa photo must be new: never the one printed in your passport.
Can I wear glasses in a UK visa photo?
Only if you have to. They cannot be sunglasses or tinted, and your eyes must not be covered by the frames or by glare, reflection or shadow.
A head covering is allowed only for religious or medical reasons.
Does resizing count as altering the photo?
UKVI forbids altering the photo with software, and gives adding a filter as the example. This tool crops to the 600 by 750 shape, resizes and saves a JPEG.
It adds no filter and does not retouch the face.
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