Compress a PDF for a Government Form
Government e-forms often demand tiny PDFs — 100 KB or 200 KB — which is tough for scanned documents. The pre-armed compressor tunes quality to land under the cap while keeping pages legible, all in your browser, so your ID or certificate scan is never uploaded.
The requirement
- Common limits
- 100 KB or 200 KB
- Best for
- Scanned IDs, certificates, forms
- Tip
- Scan in greyscale to start smaller
- Format
These are typical published values and can change from year to year and from one portal to another. Always confirm the exact requirement in the official notification or upload portal before you submit — the official source takes precedence over anything here.
Step by step
- 1Note the portal's limit (often 100 KB or 200 KB).
- 2Open the pre-armed compressor at that target and add your PDF.
- 3Download the file and upload it to the form.
The free tools you need
Need something else? Try our free PDF compressor or merge PDF files. You can also browse all free PDF tools — everything runs in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Open the 100 KB compressor and drop in your PDF; it renders pages as compressed images to hit the target while keeping them legible.
Scans store each page as a high-resolution image. Compressing (or scanning in greyscale) shrinks them dramatically.
Yes — compression runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.