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Photo sizes

38 × 45 mm photo

Pixel sizes, print layout and the 1 document in 1 country that use a 38 × 45 mm (1.5 × 1.77 in) photo.

At a glance

A 38 × 45 mm (1.5 × 1.77 in) photo is printed 38 × 45 mm and holds 449 × 531 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 38 × 45 mm photo drawn to scale, 449 × 531 pixels at 300 dpi.

Among the documents below that publish a head size, the required head height (chin to crown) ranges from 28 mm to 32 mm.

Documents that use a 38 × 45 mm photo

Documents with 38 × 45 mm photos
CountryDocumentCategoryDigital sizeBackground
DominicaPassportPassport—White, light grey, light blue, light brown or…

How to make a 38 × 45 mm 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 0.84 : 1 (38 × 45 mm), keeping the head height the document asks for.
  4. Print at the right resolution. Print at 38 × 45 mm on photo paper; at 300 dpi the crop needs 449 × 531 pixels.

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