Australian Passport Photo Maker — 35x45mm
An Australian passport photo has to clear one requirement that trips up more applicants than the size itself: the background. The Australian Passport Office requires a plain white or light grey background that contrasts with your face — so a plain, evenly-lit white or light grey wall both qualify, but a busy, patterned, dark, or strongly coloured backdrop does not. What matters is that the background is plain and your face stands out clearly against it, so the background is worth as much attention as the dimensions.
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What this tool gives you
| Output size | 413 × 531px |
|---|---|
| File format | JPEG |
Official requirement published by Australian Passport Office. Requirements change — confirm against that page before you submit.
Australian Passport Photo Maker — 35x45mm
An Australian passport photo has to clear one requirement that trips up more applicants than the size itself: the background. The Australian Passport Office requires a plain white or light grey background that contrasts with your face — so a plain, evenly-lit white or light grey wall both qualify, but a busy, patterned, dark, or strongly coloured backdrop does not. What matters is that the background is plain and your face stands out clearly against it, so the background is worth as much attention as the dimensions.
The size itself is the widely-used 35 x 45mm portrait format. This tool crops your photo to that exact 35:45 aspect ratio and resizes it to 413 x 531 pixels — 35 x 45mm at 300 DPI — with the head intended to fall within Australia's 32 to 36mm chin-to-crown range. You frame the shot with a ratio-locked crop box, so position your face to fill a similar proportion of the frame as a normal passport photo.
Everything is processed locally in your browser; your photo is never uploaded to any server. Because this tool controls the crop and pixel dimensions but can't judge your background colour, lighting, or expression, photograph yourself against a genuinely plain white or light grey backdrop and confirm the current Australian Passport Office photo requirements before you lodge your application.
Common questions
35 x 45mm in portrait orientation, which this tool outputs as 413 x 531 pixels — the exact pixel count for 35 x 45mm at 300 DPI — with the head sized for DFAT's 32–36mm chin-to-crown range.
The Australian Passport Office requires a plain white or light grey background that contrasts with your face — both white and light grey are accepted. What gets a photo rejected is a background that isn't plain: patterned, textured, dark, strongly coloured, or one your face doesn't stand out against. Shoot against an evenly-lit plain white or light grey wall or backdrop, with no shadow behind you.
No — it crops and resizes to the correct spec but does not replace or recolour your background. You need to take the photo against a genuinely plain white or light grey surface. If your background is patterned or your face doesn't clearly stand out against it, retake it rather than risk a rejection.
The 35 x 45mm dimensions are the same as the UK and much of Europe, but the rules around background, expression, and how recent the photo must be are set separately by DFAT — don't assume a photo accepted elsewhere meets every Australian rule.
No — all cropping and resizing happen in your browser using the Canvas API, so your photo never leaves your device.