What size is a US visa photo?

2 x 2 inches, which is 51 x 51 mm - the same spec as a US passport photo and a green card photo. Digital submissions to the DS-160 form and the Diversity Visa lottery want a square image between 600 x 600 and 1200 x 1200 pixels. This tool handles the printed side: it lays 2 x 2 in photos out on photo paper at 300 DPI so each cut-out is exactly 600 x 600 pixels of real print data.

How many 2 x 2 in visa photos fit on one sheet?

Six on a standard 4 x 6 in print with the default margin and gap, which is the usual order quantity for a visa application plus spares. A 5 x 7 in sheet takes six as well with more room around them, and A4 takes twenty. The exact count for your current settings is shown at the top right of the panel and updates as you change paper, margin, or gap.

Which visa sizes are supported?

2 x 2 in / 51 x 51 mm for US visas, green cards and passports; 35 x 45 mm for Schengen, UK, Indian and Australian visas; 33 x 48 mm for Chinese visas; 40 x 60 mm for Vietnamese, Indonesian and Cambodian visas; 50 x 70 mm for Canada; 30 x 40 mm for Japan and Korea; plus 25 x 35 mm and 35 x 35 mm. Anything else goes in the custom size box in millimetres or inches.

Does this tool meet the official US visa photo requirements?

It gets the dimensions exactly right, and dimensions are only part of the rules. The State Department also requires a photo taken in the last six months, a plain white or off-white background, a neutral expression with both eyes open, no glasses, no head covering except for religious reasons, and a head height between 1 and 1 3/8 inches (25-35 mm) from chin to crown. Frame your photo to meet those rules first - the zoom and position sliders help - then use this tool to print it.

How do I get the head height right?

For a 2 x 2 in photo, the head from chin to crown should measure between 1 and 1 3/8 inches, which is 50-69% of the frame height, and the eyes should sit 1 1/8 to 1 3/8 inches from the bottom. Use the Zoom slider to size the head and the up/down slider to place the eyes. Zoom in on the preview in your browser to check the proportions before you print - the preview is drawn from the same code as the final sheet.

Can I print visa photos for more than one person on the same sheet?

Yes. Upload one photo per person and the sheet is divided evenly between them, keeping each person's copies together so the cut stacks stay sorted. With 'Fill the sheet' turned off you can instead set an exact number of copies per person - two each for a family of three on a 4 x 6 sheet, for example.

Which paper size should I use?

4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm) if you are printing at a photo kiosk or ordering online - it is the cheapest and most widely stocked photo paper. A4 or Letter if you are printing at home on a sheet of photo paper and want a dozen or more copies. All the standard sizes are available: 3.5x5, 4x6, 5x7, 6x8, 8x10, 8x12, 11x14, A6, A5, A4, A3, Letter, Legal, and Tabloid.

What resolution do I need for a visa photo?

Print at 300 DPI, the default here. At 300 DPI a 2 x 2 in photo carries 600 x 600 pixels, which matches the minimum the US online forms accept for digital uploads too. Your source photo needs at least that much genuine detail in the cropped area - any recent phone camera has far more, but a small avatar-sized image scaled up will look soft when printed.

Should I download the PDF or the JPG?

PDF if you are printing yourself: the page is built at the exact millimetre dimensions of the paper, so printing at 100% scaling gives you photos at their true size. JPG if you are uploading to a photo kiosk or an online print service, since those systems want an image file - choose a 4 x 6 print with 'no crop' or 'full frame' selected so the machine does not zoom in and change the dimensions.

Why does the sheet turn some photos sideways?

Auto-rotate packs more copies onto the paper by turning rectangular photos on their side when that adds a row. Square 2 x 2 in visa photos are never rotated because there is nothing to gain. For rectangular sizes like 35 x 45 mm the cut-out is still the correct size with an upright face once you turn the piece the right way up; switch the toggle off if you prefer every photo upright on the sheet.

Can I use an iPhone HEIC photo?

Yes. Drop a .heic or .heif file straight from your Camera Roll and ImgShifter decodes it locally in your browser with a WebAssembly module before laying out the sheet. JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF, and GIF all work too. Nothing is converted on a server.

Is my photo uploaded to a server?

No. Decoding, cropping, tiling, and encoding all happen in your browser - a visa photo is sensitive personal data and it never leaves your device here. There is no account, no watermark, and no upload. Check the DevTools Network tab while you build a sheet, or disconnect from the internet after the page loads and build one anyway.

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Visa Photo Maker

Print 2 x 2 in US visa photos and other visa sizes tiled on one sheet, with cutting guides and exact-size PDF output.

Before/after preview Privacy-first No signup

Drag, drop, paste, or browse

JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, AVIF, and HEIC up to 50 MB. Paste from clipboard with Ctrl+V.

Batch upload supported

Visa photo sheet

No photo selected

1 x 2 = 2 per sheet

Upload one or more photos to lay out a print sheet.

Paper size

Photo size

Margin

3 mm

Gap between photos

2 mm

White border

0 mm

Fill the sheet

Repeats the photo until the sheet is full

Auto-rotate to fit more

Turns photos sideways on the sheet when that fits extra copies

Cutting guides

Thin grey lines around every photo

Print resolution

1200 x 1800 px sheet. 300 DPI is the photo-lab standard.

Print the PDF at 100% / "Actual size" - never "Fit to page", which rescales the photos.

Useful to know

Getting the physical size right

Pick the photo size and the paper size, and the tool fits as many copies as physically will go, centred on the sheet. Sizes are held in millimetres, so 2 x 2 in is a true 50.8 mm square rather than a rounded approximation. The count at the top right of the panel updates live as you change paper, margin, or gap - eight 35 x 45 mm photos on a 4 x 6 print, six 2 x 2 in, thirty-six 35 x 45 mm on A4.

Printing at 100%

Always print at 100% - it may be labelled 'Actual size' or scaling 'None'. 'Fit to page' rescales the sheet and every photo comes out the wrong size. The PDF export builds its page at the paper's exact millimetre dimensions so 100% is a one-to-one print. The JPG and PNG exports carry a real DPI tag (300 by default) that Windows Photo Printing, macOS Preview, and photo labs read, but the print dialog's scaling setting still has to be 100%.

Margin, gap, and white border

Margin is the blank strip around the whole sheet - 3-5 mm suits home printers, which usually cannot print to the very edge, and zero suits borderless photo paper. Gap is the space between neighbouring photos and gives you room for the scissors. White border draws a frame inside each individual photo, the classic bordered-print look. All three are in millimetres and redraw the preview instantly.

Why photos turn sideways

Auto-rotate turns the cells on their side when that fits an extra row - the reason eight 35 x 45 mm passport photos land on a 4 x 6 print instead of six. Each cut-out piece is still the correct size with an upright subject once you turn it the right way up; it only lies sideways on the sheet. Turn the toggle off if you would rather keep every photo upright on the paper. Square sizes are never rotated.

Several photos on one sheet

Upload more than one photo and the cells are divided evenly between them, with each photo's copies kept adjacent so the sheet cuts into sorted stacks. Turn 'Fill the sheet' off to set an exact number of copies per photo instead. Each photo keeps its own zoom and position, so a portrait and a landscape source can share a sheet and both fill their cells without distortion.

Privacy (no upload)

Photos are decoded, cropped, tiled onto a canvas, and encoded as JPG, PNG, or PDF entirely in your browser - iPhone HEIC included, via a local WebAssembly decoder. ID and visa photos are sensitive personal data and none of it reaches a server here. No account, no watermark. Verify in the DevTools Network tab while you build a sheet, or go offline after the page loads.

Visa Photo online with ImgShifter

A US visa photo is 2 x 2 inches - 51 x 51 mm - and applications usually want two of them. This tool arranges that size, and every other common visa spec, across a sheet of photo paper so one print gives you the copies you need plus spares. Six 2 x 2 in photos fit a standard 4 x 6 print; A4 takes twenty. Thin cutting guides mark every edge, and the whole sheet is centred so the margins stay even when you trim.

Sizes are the part that has to be exact, so they are treated that way. The 2 x 2 in cell is a true 50.8 mm square, not a rounded approximation, and at the default 300 DPI each cut-out carries 600 x 600 pixels - the same minimum the DS-160 and Diversity Visa uploads ask for. The PDF export builds its page at the paper's real millimetre size, and the JPG and PNG are stamped with a DPI tag so print dialogs and photo kiosks read them at the intended scale.

Framing controls sit next to the preview because a visa photo is judged on head placement as much as size: zoom to bring the chin-to-crown height into the required 1 to 1 3/8 inch band, then nudge up or down to put the eyes where the rules want them. Upload one photo per traveller and the sheet splits evenly between them. It all runs on your device - a visa photo is sensitive data, and here it never leaves the browser.

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Frequently asked questions

Short answers for image workflows, privacy, and supported formats.