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Photo sizes

1.5 × 1.5 in photo

Pixel sizes, print layout and the 1 document in 1 country that use a 1.5 × 1.5 in (38 × 38 mm) photo.

At a glance

A 1.5 × 1.5 in (38 × 38 mm) photo is printed 1.5 × 1.5 in and holds 450 × 450 pixels at 300 dpi. It is the official size for 1 document in 1 country, listed below. Head height, background and other rules still differ from document to document.

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A 1.5 × 1.5 in photo drawn to scale, 450 × 450 pixels at 300 dpi.

Documents that use a 1.5 × 1.5 in photo

Documents with 1.5 × 1.5 in photos
CountryDocumentCategoryDigital sizeBackground
United StatesNew york pistol licenceLicence1200 × 1200 pxNot specified by the NYPD rules or the state…

How to make a 1.5 × 1.5 in photo

  1. Check your document's own rules. Open the document in the table below: head height, background and recency differ between countries even when the print size is the same.
  2. Take the photo. Photograph the person against a plain background in even light, facing the camera, with space around the head and shoulders.
  3. Crop to the ratio. Crop the image to 1 : 1 (1.5 × 1.5 in), keeping the head height the document asks for.
  4. Print at the right resolution. Print at 1.5 × 1.5 in on photo paper; at 300 dpi the crop needs 450 × 450 pixels.

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