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Photo sizes

45 × 35 mm photo

Pixel sizes, print layout and the 3 documents in 2 countries that use a 45 × 35 mm (1.77 × 1.38 in) photo.

At a glance

A 45 × 35 mm (1.77 × 1.38 in) photo is printed 45 × 35 mm and holds 531 × 413 pixels at 300 dpi. It is the official size for 3 documents in 2 countries, listed below. Head height, background and other rules still differ from document to document.

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A 45 × 35 mm photo drawn to scale, 531 × 413 pixels at 300 dpi.

Documents that use a 45 × 35 mm photo

Documents with 45 × 35 mm photos
CountryDocumentCategoryDigital sizeBackground
GuyanaPassportPassport—Plain white, without colour or shadows
United KingdomBritish citizenship (naturalisation)Citizenship600 × 750 pxFirst passport: plain and light-coloured for…
United KingdomPASS proof-of-age cardOther document720 × 1280 px—

How to make a 45 × 35 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 1.29 : 1 (45 × 35 mm), keeping the head height the document asks for.
  4. Print at the right resolution. Print at 45 × 35 mm on photo paper; at 300 dpi the crop needs 531 × 413 pixels.

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