Compress a PDF for a Visa Application
Visa portals often limit each supporting document (bank statements, itineraries, letters) to 1–2 MB. Compress them to fit without losing readability. Because it runs in your browser, sensitive financial documents are never uploaded to a third party.
The requirement
- Common per-file limit
- 1 MB – 2 MB
- Best for
- Bank statements, letters, itineraries
- Privacy
- Financial docs stay on your device
- 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
- 1Check the visa portal's per-document size limit.
- 2Compress each PDF to fit — 1 MB is a safe target for most portals.
- 3Download and upload each document to the application.
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 1 MB compressor and drop in the PDF; it shrinks the file to fit while keeping the figures legible — and never uploads it.
Yes. Everything runs in your browser, so your statements are never sent to any server.
Yes — at 1 MB, statements and letters remain clear.