Make a US Visa Photo (2×2 inch, 600×600 px)
US visa and passport photos must be a 2 × 2 inch square (600 × 600 px to 1200 × 1200 px) with a plain white or off-white background and your head at the right size. Crop to a square and resize to hit it — all in your browser.
The requirement
- Size
- 2 × 2 inch (51 × 51 mm), square
- Pixels
- 600 × 600 px (up to 1200 × 1200)
- Head height
- ≈ 50–69% of the photo height
- Background
- Plain white / off-white
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
- 1Crop your photo to a 1:1 square with your head centred and correctly sized.
- 2Resize the square to 600 × 600 px.
- 3If the portal needs a smaller file, compress it, then upload.
The free tools you need
Need something else? Try our passport photo maker or passport photo sizes by country. You can also browse all free image tools — everything runs in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), square, at 600 × 600 px up to 1200 × 1200 px, with a plain white background.
The same 2 × 2 inch / 600 × 600 px square. Head height should be about 50–69% of the image.
No — cropping, resizing and compression run in your browser, so your photo stays private.