Passport and visa photo guides
Short answers to the questions people ask most about document photos, based on the official rules we track for every document.
- Passport photo size by country Every photo size we track, with the countries and documents that use it.
- How to take a passport photo at home Wall, light, distance and printing, and which documents accept a home photo.
- Can you smile in a passport photo? Usually no. What each country allows, and the exceptions for babies.
- Can you wear glasses in a passport photo? Banned in some countries, allowed in others: the rule for each document.
- Baby and newborn passport photos at home Sheet or car seat, eyes, mouth and hands: what the rules allow for babies.
- Where to print passport photos, and what it costs Home, photo counter or photo service: how to print, and store prices.