Dernière mise à jour : 22 septembre 2026
Aucune promesse d’acceptation
Cette page n’est pas un avis juridique. C’est l’administration qui décide d’accepter ou non une photo.
Comment nous traitons les exigences
Un jeu d’exigences par document et par mode de dépôt
Une photo de passeport américain déposée sur papier et une photo téléversée pour un renouvellement en ligne relèvent de deux pages officielles différentes. Nous tenons deux jeux d’exigences distincts et ne reportons aucune valeur de l’un à l’autre.
Chaque valeur a sa source officielle
Chaque valeur est enregistrée avec l’adresse de la page officielle où nous l’avons lue. Dans votre rapport, ce lien figure à côté de la règle. La date de lecture de chaque page est indiquée plus bas.
Sans chiffre de l’administration, une norme nommée tranche
Le chiffre de l’administration l’emporte toujours. Quand elle n’en publie pas pour l’inclinaison de la tête, le centrage, la position des yeux, la hauteur de la tête ou, pour une photo numérique, le nombre de pixels entre les yeux, nous jugeons la photo finale d’après le rapport technique de l’OACI « Portrait Quality ». L’OACI mesure la tête sans les cheveux, nous jusqu’au sommet des cheveux : une tête au-dessus de la plage de l’OACI vous est donc signalée pour que vous jugiez, sans que la photo soit refusée. Quand l’administration ne publie aucun chiffre pour la plage du sombre au clair de la naissance des cheveux au menton et d’une oreille à l’autre, nous la jugeons d’après ce même rapport de l’OACI, sur la photo envoyée puis à nouveau sur la photo finale. Ce même rapport demande que les reflets et les points lumineux soient minimes sans donner de chiffre : nous signalons donc la brillance nette sur la peau du visage à partir d’un seuil qui est le nôtre. Une brillance plus faible, ou que nous n’avons pas pu lire, n’a pas de ligne, si bien qu’un rapport sans cette ligne ne dit rien de la brillance. Pour les photos américaines de 2 x 2 in, la position des yeux suit le Photo Composition Template du State Department. Le rapport nomme la norme qui a tranché et ne la présente jamais comme une exigence de l’administration. Une règle que nous n’avons pas pu juger sur une photo porte le résultat Non vérifié avec la raison.
Une modification est bloquée tant que les exigences ne l’autorisent pas
Nous recadrons et redimensionnons avec les pixels que votre photo contient déjà. Nous n’ajoutons pas de marge, nous n’agrandissons pas et nous ne modifions ni les traits ni la forme du visage. Toute autre modification exige une autorisation assortie d’une source dans les exigences du document. Une modification marquée « Sur demande », comme l’atténuation de la brillance de la peau, n’est faite que si vous la demandez dans votre rapport et confirmez que l’administration peut refuser une telle photo. Les tableaux ci-dessous donnent la décision pour chaque document.
Les quatre résultats
| Résultat | Ce que cela signifie | Ce que cela ne signifie pas |
|---|---|---|
| Semble correct | Nous l’avons mesuré et c’est conforme à l’exigence publiée. | Que la photo sera acceptée. |
| À corriger | Nous l’avons mesuré et ce n’est pas conforme. Le rapport indique quoi corriger. | Que c’est le seul problème. |
| À vérifier de près | La mesure est proche d’une limite, ou le fichier seul ne permet pas de trancher. Regardez ce point avant de payer. L’ancienneté d’une photo sans date de prise de vue, le couvre-chef et la tenue, c’est vous qui les confirmez en cochant une case avant le paiement. | Que quelque chose ne va pas. |
| Non vérifié | Nous ne l’avons pas vérifié et la raison est indiquée : la mesure a échoué sur cette photo, ou le modèle d’image n’a pas donné de réponse pour les lunettes, les yeux ou l’expression. Regardez ce point vous-même. | Que c’est conforme. |
Le résultat « À corriger » empêche de payer, tout comme une confirmation que nous vous demandons et qui manque encore.
Des chiffres du visa américain sur les pages passeport
Beaucoup de pages sur la photo de passeport américain citent ces chiffres : de 600 × 600 à 1200 × 1200 pixels, image carrée, sRGB en 24 bits par pixel, 240 kB au maximum, 300 ppi et des yeux situés entre 28 et 35 mm du bord inférieur.
Ce sont les exigences du visa américain, publiées dans une autre partie du même site gouvernemental :
- Exigences pour la photo numérique du visa américain(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) (dimensions en pixels, format carré, sRGB, 240 kB, 300 ppi)
- Gabarit de composition de la photo de visa américain(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) (hauteur des yeux de 28 à 35 mm)
Nous n’appliquons les valeurs de fichier qu’au visa américain. Seule exception, la hauteur des yeux : la page des passeports n’en publie aucune, nous jugeons donc la position des yeux des photos de 2 x 2 in d’après ce gabarit, et le rapport le nomme.
Documents et sources
Dans la liste des documents, les noms des sources, les remarques et les justifications proviennent de nos données d’exigences et sont en anglais.
Passeport américain, demande papier (formulaire DS-11 ou DS-82)
U.S. Department of State, Passport Services. Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- U.S. Department of State: Passport Photos (paper application)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : 2 x 2 in (51 x 51 mm) print size, head height 1 to 1 3/8 in (25 to 35 mm), matte or glossy photo-quality paper, plain white or off-white background, 1 colour photo from the last 6 months, the ban on digital changes, who may take the photo. These values were compared on 2026-09-20. On 2026-09-24 only the sentences about digital changes were read again, in a browser, with the page still "Last Updated: March 24, 2026", and on 2026-09-28 only the sentence on focus under "Resolution and quality", in a browser, with the same date on the page. - U.S. Department of State: Photo Tool(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-16. Établit : That State provides a cropping tool for applications made in person or by mail, and tells online renewers not to use it. Not re-read in a browser on 2026-09-20. A fetch tool returned the banner only. - Form DS-82, rev. 04-2025 (renewal by mail)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : One colour photo 2x2 inches, head 1 to 1 3/8 inches, white or off-white background, matte or glossy photo quality paper, taken less than six months ago, no glasses, head coverings or uniforms apart from the stated exceptions. The form has no sentence on digital changes. - Form DS-11, rev. 04-2025 (application in person)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The same photo instructions as form DS-82, in Section D.3.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- State publishes no pixel dimensions, aspect ratio, file format, file size, colour space or numeric DPI for the paper application. The artefact you submit is a print.
- State publishes no eye line for passport photos. The 28 to 35 mm figure circulating online is from the US visa programme.
- State publishes no numeric sharpness, noise or exposure threshold. It describes the outcome ("not blurry, grainy, or pixelated"), so compare your photo against its examples before you pay.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | "Photo Tool is intended for cropping your photo only when you are applying in person or by mail." State runs its own cropping tool for the paper path, so cropping to the 2×2 inch frame is permitted. The crop must not change the outline of the head, face or neck. |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 2×2 inch print size. State says "Do not stretch or compress your image to resize it.", so both axes are always scaled by the same factor and the photo is never enlarged past its source pixels. The same page says "Submit the original, unchanged photo." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Rotating to level a tilted head changes the image. State asks for the head not to be tilted, so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied to the print output so it prints the right way up. State does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. State publishes no file format for the paper path, because the submitted artefact is a print. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. State does not mention it. The stored original is never re-encoded. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | State publishes no colour-space requirement, so there is nothing to convert towards. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "Submit the original, unchanged photo. Do not change your photo using computer software, phone apps or filters, or artificial intelligence." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "Submit the original, unchanged photo. Do not change your photo using computer software, phone apps or filters, or artificial intelligence." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Sur demande | "Do not enhance or change the photo using software or artificial intelligence tools. Fix your lighting and background and take a new photo." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Submit the original, unchanged photo. Do not change your photo using computer software, phone apps or filters, or artificial intelligence." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "We check all photos to ensure you are not using artificial intelligence tools." |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 2×2 inch photos on a 4×6 inch sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. State asks for a print on "matte or glossy photo-quality paper". Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- Print-ready 2×2 inch photo. Your photo cropped and scaled to 2×2 inches, ready to print on photo paper.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 2×2 inch photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet.
- Printing and submission checklist. What paper to use, what to check before you print, and the wording of the rules your photo was checked against.
We check your photo against the State Department’s published rules for paper applications, then crop and scale it to 2×2 inches and lay it out for printing. The State Department refuses edited photos, so we replace the background, correct the brightness or contrast, or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The State Department decides whether to accept the photo.
Passeport américain, photo pour le renouvellement en ligne
U.S. Department of State, Passport Services. Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 3 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- U.S. Department of State: Uploading a Digital Photo (online renewal)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Accepted file formats, the 54 KB to 10 MB size band, colour and 6-month recency, framing down to the edge of the shoulders, that the photo can be cropped inside the application, the ban on edited, filtered or AI-made photos. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-28 only the sentence on focus under "Resolution and Quality" was read again, in a browser ("Last Updated: May 04, 2026"). - U.S. Department of State: Renew Online(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-16. Établit : That online renewal is only available to applicants aged 25 or older, among other conditions. Not re-read on 2026-09-20.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- State publishes no pixel dimensions, aspect ratio, head size, colour space or DPI for the online renewal upload. We do not check against numbers it has not published.
- State does not say the photo must be square. It lets you crop the photo inside its application and tells you to leave a little extra room around your face.
- The page does not say whether a plain crop before upload is permitted or forbidden. It does say "Submit the original, unedited photo without filters or digital changes."
- State’s separate Photo Tool enforces 600×600 JPEG, and its banner tells online renewers not to use it. Its numbers are not requirements for this path.
- The online renewal page does not repeat the paper page’s bans on uniforms, headphones or face coverings. We do not assume they apply, so they are reported as not checked.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | State says "You can reposition or crop your photo in the application." and "Submit the original, unedited photo without filters or digital changes." The page publishes no pixel size, aspect ratio or head size, and it neither permits nor forbids a plain crop before upload. The permission covers a crop to the frame only. No cropped file is produced for this profile yet, and the customer gets the untouched original. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling only, and never past the source pixels. The page does not mention resizing and publishes no pixel size to scale towards. It does say "Submit the original, unedited photo without filters or digital changes." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Rotating to level a tilted head changes the image. "Submit the original, unedited photo without filters or digital changes." |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied to the cropped copy so it displays the right way up. The page does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The cropped copy is written as JPEG, which is on the list State publishes: "The photo is a JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, or HEIF file." The page does not mention converting a file. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the cropped copy, at high quality. The page does not mention it. State says "The file size should be between 54 KB and 10 MB." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | State publishes no colour-space requirement, so there is nothing to convert towards. |
| Remplacer le fond | Bloquée | "The image is an original but the background is not plain white or off-white. Do not enhance or change the photo using software or artificial intelligence tools." |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "Do not use any kind of filter or retouching tools to change your appearance." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Bloquée | "Do not enhance or change the photo using software or artificial intelligence tools." |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "skinShineSoftening", so it is blocked. |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "If your photo is unnaturally edited or filtered, we will not accept it. Do not use a photo you created or edited using artificial intelligence or other digital tools." |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo, unchanged. The file you uploaded, byte for byte.
- Your checked report. Every rule we checked and what we found, with the State Department’s wording next to each one.
- Crop-and-upload walkthrough. How to position your photo in the State Department’s own crop step.
We check your photo against the State Department’s published rules for online renewal and hand back your original file with a report. We do not crop, change the background or retouch this photo. The State Department crops the photo inside its own application and decides whether to accept it. We do not submit anything for you.
Visa américain, photo numérique à téléverser
U.S. Department of State, Visa Services. Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 8 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- U.S. Department of State: Digital Image Requirements(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-24. Établit : JPEG, square, 600 x 600 to 1200 x 1200 pixels, sRGB at 24 bits per pixel, at most 240 kB, compression at most 20:1, scans of a 2 x 2 inch print at 300 pixels per inch, the free photo tool, and the alteration ban. Also: "While we recommend you use a professional photo service to ensure your photos meet all the requirements, you may take the photo yourself." These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-24 only the sentence about altered photos was read again, in a browser. - U.S. Department of State: Photo Composition Template(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Head 50% to 69% of image height, eye height 56% to 69% from the bottom, paper figures of 25 to 35 mm and 28 to 35 mm, no eyeglasses from 1 November 2016. - U.S. Department of State: Photo Requirements(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Colour, taken within the last 6 months, plain white or off-white background, full-face view, neutral expression with both eyes open, the uniform, head covering, headphone and eyeglass rules, and the kinds of photo that are not acceptable. - U.S. Department of State: Photo Examples (visa)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Read in a browser for the focus row only. Under "Resolution, Print Size, and Quality", a blurred example is captioned "Unacceptable - The photo is blurry." with the tip "Check that your camera is focused before taking the photo.", and a sharp one "Acceptable - The photo is sharp without any visible pixels or printer dots." The other visa photo pages have no words on focus. The page shows no last-updated date.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- None of the three visa photo pages shows a last-updated date.
- The pages do not say whether 240 kB means 240,000 or 245,760 bytes. We use 240,000.
- The Department of State publishes no tolerance on the square aspect ratio.
- The alteration ban does not define whether editing the background changes "your appearance", so we replace the background only if you ask for it.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | State offers its own free photo tool to "resize and rotate it if necessary" and "crop it to a square image of exactly 600 x 600 pixels". The upload has to be square. |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | State offers its own free photo tool to "resize and rotate it if necessary" and "crop it to a square image of exactly 600 x 600 pixels". We only scale down into the 600 x 600 to 1200 x 1200 pixel range and never enlarge past the source pixels. |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | State's photo tool can rotate an image, but we never level a tilted head (ADR 0012 point 3). The fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the JPEG is stored the right way up. The page does not mention EXIF orientation. It does say its own photo tool can "resize and rotate it if necessary". The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | "The image must be in JPEG file format". A HEIC or PNG upload has to become a JPEG before the form takes it. |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | "The image may need to be compressed in order for it to be under the maximum file size. The compression ratio should be less than or equal to 20:1." |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "Please remember that photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "Please remember that photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Sur demande | "Please remember that photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Please remember that photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "Please remember that photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way." Upscaling invents pixels. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- Photo file for the online application. Your photo framed on your face and saved as a JPEG within the size and file limits this application publishes, ready to upload.
- Your checked report. Every rule we measured, what we found and which rules were not checked, with the Department of State’s wording next to each one.
We check your photo against the published US visa digital image rules and frame it on your face as a square JPEG within the published size and file limits, ready to upload. We replace the background, correct the brightness or contrast, or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, and we never change your features or the shape of your face. We do not submit anything for you, and the Department of State decides whether to accept the photo.
Passeport britannique, photo numérique dans la demande
UK Home Office, HM Passport Office (GOV.UK). Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 3 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- GOV.UK, Get a passport photo: Digital photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : At least 600 pixels wide and 750 pixels tall, file between 50KB and 10MB, taken in the last month, plain light-coloured background, head, shoulders and upper body in frame, unaltered by computer software, not cropped by the customer because the service crops it. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-28 only the words on focus under "The quality of your digital photo" were read again, in the page's HTML. - GOV.UK, Get a passport photo: Printed photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The printed-photo rules. Expression, eyes, glasses and head covering are worded the same as on the digital page. - HM Passport Office, Photo standards (caseworker guidance, version 51.0)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-24. Établit : Guidance for Home Office staff, version 51.0, published 19 January 2026. Section 3.15 lets an examiner accept a photo whose background was edited to remove shadows or marks, tells them to accept filters that change the brightness or contrast of a photo, and tells them to reject any edit of the face. It accepts any plain light background (3.1) and home prints of booth quality (4.1). It is not the rule the customer is given. Each point here was compared with the guidance as read on 2026-09-24. - HM Passport Office, Guidance for photographers(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Published 9 April 2014. Read for an upload file format. It states none.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- GOV.UK does not publish the accepted upload formats, a maximum pixel size, an aspect ratio or a colour space. The checks for them report not checked.
- GOV.UK does not publish a head size or an eye line for digital photos.
- GOV.UK does not say whether KB and MB are decimal or binary, and it has no sentence on uniforms.
- The staff guidance tolerates a background edited to remove shadows or marks. The customer pages do not repeat that, and say the photo must be unaltered by computer software.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | GOV.UK says "Do not crop your photo - it will be done for you." and asks that the photo "include your head, shoulders and upper body". GOV.UK therefore asks for an uncropped photo. ADR 0012 permits a crop anyway, to the shape of the published 600 x 750 pixel minimum with head, shoulders and upper body in the frame. No cropped file is produced for this profile yet, the customer gets the untouched original, and the profile carries an authorityCaveat with what GOV.UK says. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling that keeps the file at or above the published "at least 600 pixels wide and 750 pixels tall". GOV.UK does not mention resizing, and it says the photo must be "unaltered by computer software". No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image, so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the cropped copy is the right way up. GOV.UK does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The cropped copy is written as JPEG. GOV.UK publishes no upload file format on the pages we read. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the cropped copy, at high quality, inside the published "at least 50KB and no more than 10MB". GOV.UK does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Bloquée | GOV.UK says the photo must be "unaltered by computer software". The staff guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/photographic-standards/photo-standards-accessible, section 3.15) lets an examiner accept a photo where "the background has been edited to remove shadows or marks", and it does not mention replacing a background. The rule given to the customer is stricter and we follow it. |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "unaltered by computer software". The staff guidance says: "You must reject any photos if the customer has digitally enhanced their facial image". |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Bloquée | "unaltered by computer software". Changing brightness or contrast alters the photo. |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "skinShineSoftening", so it is blocked. |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "unaltered by computer software". Upscaling invents pixels. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo, unchanged. The file you uploaded, unchanged, which is what GOV.UK asks you to upload.
- Your checked report. Every rule we measured, what we found and which rules only a person can judge, with GOV.UK’s wording next to each one.
We check your photo against the digital passport photo rules GOV.UK publishes and hand back your original file with a report. We do not crop, change the background or retouch this photo. HM Passport Office crops the photo in its own service and decides whether to accept it.
Passeport britannique, photos imprimées
UK Home Office, HM Passport Office (GOV.UK). Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- GOV.UK, Get a passport photo: Printed photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : 45 mm high by 35 mm wide, image 29 to 34 mm crown to chin, 2 identical photos, plain cream or light grey background, taken in the last month, printed to a professional standard in colour on plain white photographic paper with no border, unaltered by computer software, not a cut down version of a larger picture. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-24 only "unaltered by computer software" was read again, and on 2026-09-28 only the words on focus under "The quality of your printed photos", in the page's HTML. - HM Passport Office, Photo standards (caseworker guidance, version 51.0)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-24. Établit : Guidance for Home Office staff, version 51.0, published 19 January 2026. Section 3.15 lets an examiner accept a photo whose background was edited to remove shadows or marks, tells them to accept filters that change the brightness or contrast of a photo, and tells them to reject any edit of the face. It accepts any plain light background (3.1) and home prints of booth quality (4.1). It is not the rule the customer is given. Each point here was compared with the guidance as read on 2026-09-24. - HM Passport Office, Passport Photo Guidance (PDF, 2011)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : An older leaflet, read directly as a PDF. It words the rule as "not be trimmed or cut down from a larger photograph to the size of a standard passport photograph", says home prints "are unlikely to be of a high enough quality", and shows an eye band without numbers.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- GOV.UK publishes no pixel size, file format, colour space or print resolution for the photo you start from.
- GOV.UK does not publish an eye line for printed photos, and it has no sentence on uniforms.
- No page we read says whether a 35 x 45 mm photo cropped from a phone picture counts as "a cut down version of a larger picture".
- GOV.UK does not say that photos printed at home are refused. It asks for a print of a professional standard.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | GOV.UK publishes the 45 mm by 35 mm print and the 29 to 34 mm crown to chin band. It also says the photo must "not be a cut down version of a larger picture" and must be "unaltered by computer software". A 35 x 45 mm photo cropped from a phone picture is arguably a cut down version of a larger picture, and no page we read says otherwise. ADR 0012 permits the crop anyway, and the profile carries an authorityCaveat with what GOV.UK says. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 35 x 45 mm print size. GOV.UK does not mention resizing, and it says the photo must be "unaltered by computer software". No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image, so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. GOV.UK does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. GOV.UK publishes no file format for the printed path. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. GOV.UK does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "unaltered by computer software" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "unaltered by computer software". The staff guidance says: "You must reject any photos if the customer has digitally enhanced their facial image". |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | HM Passport Office staff guidance, section 3.15 "Photo editing", under "Filters": "You must accept filters that change the:" … "brightness of a photo" … "contrast of a photo". GOV.UK asks the customer for a photo "unaltered by computer software"; for these two edits we follow what the examiners are told to accept. One brightness change for the whole photo, the same for every colour, and the customer can undo it. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "You must reject any photos if the customer has digitally enhanced their facial image, for example, altering the hairline, removing blemishes or making facial features larger or smaller." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "unaltered by computer software". Upscaling invents pixels. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 35 x 45 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. GOV.UK asks for photos "printed to a professional standard" and "in colour on plain white photographic paper with no border", so the sheet is for a photo lab. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo cropped and scaled to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size to print, what to check before you print and the wording of the rules your photo was measured against.
We check your photo against the printed passport photo rules GOV.UK publishes, then crop and scale it to 35 x 45 mm. GOV.UK asks for a photo unaltered by computer software, so we replace the background or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected. We may correct the brightness or the contrast once for the whole photo, which HM Passport Office tells its examiners to accept, and you can undo it. We never change your features or the shape of your face. HM Passport Office decides whether to accept the photo.
Carte d’identité polonaise, photo pour la demande en ligne (dowód osobisty)
gov.pl. Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- gov.pl: Zdjęcie do dowodu lub paszportu(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Portal summary of the photo rules: face 70 to 80% of the photo, white evenly lit background, 6 months, glasses conditions. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 04.10.2024". Read through a fetch tool. - MSWiA: Instrukcja wykonywania zdjęć (PDF, v1.1, 20.05.2016)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Background, head size mask, eyes, glasses, head covering, print and quality rules. Read in full, page by page, on 2026-09-20. On 2026-09-25 only sections 6 (light and reflections), 9 and 11 were read again. On 2026-09-28 only section 5 (sharpness and contrast) was read again, in the text layer. - gov.pl: Uzyskaj dowód osobisty(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : An online application needs a colour photo file, and fingerprints and a signature at the office within 30 days. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 11.02.2026". Read through a fetch tool. - Ustawa o dowodach osobistych (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 671), art. 29(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The binding photo rules: 35 × 45 mm, uniform light background, face 70 to 80% of the photo, 6 months, expression, glasses and head covering exceptions. Art. 29 read directly. Later amendments were not read. - Rozporządzenie MSWiA (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1031), § 5 ust. 2(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Online file: at least 492 × 633 pixels, at most 2.5 MB, proportions of a 35 × 45 mm photo. Read directly. Whether it is already in force was not verified; its predecessor carries the same figures. - Rozporządzenie MSWiA (Dz.U. 2023 poz. 2798), § 5 ust. 2(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The same pixel, size and proportion figures as the 2025 regulation. Read through a fetch tool only.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- No page or act read publishes an accepted file format, a maximum pixel size, an aspect ratio tolerance, a colour space or an eye line for the online application.
- No page or act read mentions uniforms.
- The acts say the face takes 70 to 80% of the photo without naming an axis. We read it as a share of the height.
- An undated poster still hosted on gov.pl (https://www.gov.pl/attachment/6d6870e4-ac3e-4aa2-b2f5-a11ccca49858) gives a head height of 31 to 36 mm and an eye line in millimetres. No current page links to it and no current source repeats those figures, so they are not used here.
- No page or act read for this document bans retouched or edited photos. They state the result instead: "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła."
- The identity card page has no sentence on who may take the photo. Neither the act nor the regulation asks for a photographer.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The regulation says: "załącza się plik zawierający fotografię o rozdzielczości wynoszącej co najmniej 492 × 633 piksele (szerokość × wysokość) i wielkości nieprzekraczającej 2,5 MB, tak aby fotografia zachowywała proporcje odpowiadające fotografii o wymiarach 35 × 45 mm (szerokość × wysokość)" (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1031 § 5 ust. 2). That describes the required result. No page or act read tells the applicant to crop, and none forbids it. The permission covers a crop to the 35 × 45 proportions, never adding pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling only, never stretching and never enlarging past the source pixels. No page or act read mentions resizing. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | The acts ask for a frontal position with vertical symmetry, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the delivered photo is the right way up. No page or act read mentions it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The online file is written as JPEG. No page or act read publishes an accepted file format for the online application. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the delivered file, at high quality. No page or act read mentions it. The stored original is never re-encoded. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The instruction asks for "Tło białe oświetlone jednolicie, pozbawione cieni i elementów ozdobnych." The acts say "na jednolitym jasnym tle, z równomiernym oświetleniem". No page or act read bans edited photos or says how the background must be produced. We replace the background only. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. The result must still meet "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face (ADR 0012 point 3). The instruction PDF says "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." The instruction PDF also says photos must not be too light or too dark, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The instruction (read again on 2026-09-22) asks for "neutralnej kolorystyce" and says "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." No page or act read bans edited photos. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Niedopuszczalne są refleksy (odbicia światła na skórze czy włosach powodujące białe plamy w tych miejscach) oraz cienie na twarzy." … "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels the camera never recorded (ADR 0012 point 3). |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- Photo file for the online application. Your photo framed on your face and saved as a JPEG within the size and file limits this application publishes, ready to upload.
- Your checked report. Every rule we measured, what we found and which rules only a person can judge, with the official wording next to each one.
We check your photo against the published Polish identity card photo rules, frame it on your face, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and save it as a file for the online application. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. You file the application yourself and still visit the office within 30 days for fingerprints and a signature. The office decides whether the photo is accepted.
Passeport polonais, photo imprimée pour le rendez-vous au bureau (paszport)
gov.pl. Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 10 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- gov.pl: Zdjęcie do dowodu lub paszportu(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Portal summary of the photo rules: face 70 to 80% of the photo, white evenly lit background, 6 months, printed photo brought to the office. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 04.10.2024". Read through a fetch tool. - MSWiA: Instrukcja wykonywania zdjęć (PDF, v1.1, 20.05.2016)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : 35 × 45 mm colour print, head size mask, background, eyes, glasses, head covering, glossy paper and quality rules. Read in full, page by page, on 2026-09-20. On 2026-09-25 only sections 6 (light and reflections), 9 and 11 were read again. On 2026-09-28 only section 5 (sharpness and contrast) was read again, in the text layer. - gov.pl: Uzyskaj paszport, usługa dla osoby dorosłej(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : One current colour photo, application filed in person only, and a pointer for applicants who take the photo themselves. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12.02.2025". Read through a fetch tool. - Ustawa o dokumentach paszportowych (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 350), art. 41(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The binding photo rules: 35 × 45 mm, uniform light background, face 70 to 80% of the photo, 6 months, expression, glasses and head covering exceptions, refusal when the photo fails art. 41. Read directly in the original 2022 text. Later amendments were not checked. - Rozporządzenie MSWiA w sprawie dokumentów paszportowych (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2050)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : No photo specification was found in it. Read through a fetch tool only; the PDF was too large to read directly.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- No page or act read publishes a pixel size, a print resolution in numbers, a colour space or an eye line for the printed photo.
- No page or act read mentions uniforms.
- The acts say the face takes 70 to 80% of the photo without naming an axis. We read it as a share of the height.
- An undated poster still hosted on gov.pl (https://www.gov.pl/attachment/6d6870e4-ac3e-4aa2-b2f5-a11ccca49858) gives a head height of 31 to 36 mm and an eye line in millimetres. No current page links to it and no current source repeats those figures, so they are not used here.
- No page or act read for this document bans retouched or edited photos. They state the result instead: "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła."
- The gov.pl passport pages tell applicants who want to take the photo themselves to check how to take a passport photo. Neither act asks for a photographer.
- Adults cannot apply for a passport online. The online path covers children under 12 only.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The act says the photo "ma wymiary 35 × 45 mm" and the instruction PDF says prints may be cut to the required format ("po obcięciu do wymaganego formatu"). That describes the required result. No page or act read tells the applicant to crop, and none forbids it. The permission covers a crop to the 35 × 45 proportions, never adding pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling only, never stretching and never enlarging past the source pixels. No page or act read mentions resizing. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | The acts ask for a frontal position with vertical symmetry, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the delivered photo is the right way up. No page or act read mentions it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. The submitted artefact is a print and no file format is published for it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the delivered file, at high quality. No page or act read mentions it. The stored original is never re-encoded. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The instruction asks for "Tło białe oświetlone jednolicie, pozbawione cieni i elementów ozdobnych." The acts say "na jednolitym jasnym tle, z równomiernym oświetleniem". No page or act read bans edited photos or says how the background must be produced. We replace the background only. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. The result must still meet "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face (ADR 0012 point 3). The instruction PDF says "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." The instruction PDF also says photos must not be too light or too dark, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The instruction (read again on 2026-09-22) asks for "neutralnej kolorystyce" and says "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." No page or act read bans edited photos. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Niedopuszczalne są refleksy (odbicia światła na skórze czy włosach powodujące białe plamy w tych miejscach) oraz cienie na twarzy." … "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels the camera never recorded (ADR 0012 point 3). |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 35 × 45 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The instruction PDF asks for glossy photo paper and says prints cut to size may have slightly rounded corners. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 × 45 mm photo. Your photo cropped and scaled to 35 × 45 mm, ready to print on photo paper.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 × 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size and paper to print on, what to check before you print, and the official wording of the rules your photo was measured against.
We check your photo against the published Polish passport photo rules, then crop and scale it to 35 × 45 mm, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. You print the photo and bring it to the passport office, and the office decides whether it is accepted.
Passeport polonais, photo en ligne pour un enfant de moins de 12 ans (paszport)
gov.pl. Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- gov.pl: Zdjęcie do dowodu lub paszportu(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Online passport application for a child under 12: at least 768 × 1004 pixels, at most 2.5 MB, proportions of a 35 × 45 mm photo. The only source found for these figures. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 04.10.2024". Read through a fetch tool. - MSWiA: Instrukcja wykonywania zdjęć (PDF, v1.1, 20.05.2016)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Child rules (§ 11): light uniform background, no other people, mouth closed over age 5, no toy covering the face, and a separate head size mask for children. Read in full, page by page, on 2026-09-20. On 2026-09-25 only sections 6 (light and reflections), 9 and 11 were read again. On 2026-09-28 only section 5 (sharpness and contrast) was read again, in the text layer. - gov.pl: Uzyskaj paszport dla dziecka(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : One current colour photo of the child, and a pointer for parents who take the photo themselves. Footer "Ostatnia aktualizacja: 31.12.2025". Read through a fetch tool. - Ustawa o dokumentach paszportowych (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 350), art. 31 and 41(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The online application is open for a person up to age 12 (art. 31 ust. 3). Art. 41 sets the photo rules and lets a child under 5 miss the expression and eye rules. Read directly in the original 2022 text. Later amendments were not checked. - Rozporządzenie MSWiA w sprawie dokumentów paszportowych (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2050)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : No photo specification and no pixel figures were found in it. Read through a fetch tool only; the PDF was too large to read directly.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- No page or act read publishes an accepted file format, a maximum pixel size, an aspect ratio tolerance, a colour space or an eye line for the online application.
- The 768 × 1004 pixel and 2.5 MB figures appear on the gov.pl photo page only. No act or regulation read contains them.
- No page or act read mentions uniforms.
- The acts say the face takes 70 to 80% of the photo without naming an axis. We read it as a share of the height. The instruction PDF has a separate head size mask for children and leaves the chin to eyes distance free for children under 5.
- An undated poster still hosted on gov.pl (https://www.gov.pl/attachment/6d6870e4-ac3e-4aa2-b2f5-a11ccca49858) gives a head height of 31 to 36 mm and an eye line in millimetres. No current page links to it and no current source repeats those figures, so they are not used here.
- No page or act read for this document bans retouched or edited photos. They state the result instead: "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła."
- The gov.pl passport pages tell applicants who want to take the photo themselves to check how to take a passport photo. Neither act asks for a photographer.
- Parental consent is collected as a guardian confirmation checkbox, recorded with a timestamp before any upload. Its legal wording has not had a legal review yet; that review is required before live sales.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The gov.pl photo page asks for a file of "minimalnej rozdzielczości 768 x 1004 piksele, maksymalnej wielkości do 2,5 MB, tak aby fotografia zachowywała proporcje odpowiadające fotografii o wymiarach 35 mm x 45 mm". That describes the required result. No page or act read tells the applicant to crop, and none forbids it. The permission covers a crop to the 35 × 45 proportions, never adding pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling only, never stretching and never enlarging past the source pixels. No page or act read mentions resizing. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | The acts ask for a frontal position with vertical symmetry, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the delivered photo is the right way up. No page or act read mentions it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The online file is written as JPEG. No page or act read publishes an accepted file format for the online application. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the delivered file, at high quality. No page or act read mentions it. The stored original is never re-encoded. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The instruction asks for "Tło białe oświetlone jednolicie, pozbawione cieni i elementów ozdobnych." The acts say "na jednolitym jasnym tle, z równomiernym oświetleniem". No page or act read bans edited photos or says how the background must be produced. We replace the background only. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. The result must still meet "Kontury głowy nie mogą wykazywać prześwietleń od tła." Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face (ADR 0012 point 3). The instruction PDF says "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." The instruction PDF also says photos must not be too light or too dark, and no page or act read bans edited photos. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The instruction (read again on 2026-09-22) asks for "neutralnej kolorystyce" and says "Zdjęcie musi odwzorowywać naturalny kolor skóry." No page or act read bans edited photos. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Niedopuszczalne są refleksy (odbicia światła na skórze czy włosach powodujące białe plamy w tych miejscach) oraz cienie na twarzy." … "Zdjęcie musi odzwierciedlać naturalny wizerunek twarzy." … "Należy pamiętać, że w przypadku dzieci do piątego roku życia nie są wymagane zdjęcia wykonywane według zasad obowiązujących przy fotografii osób pozostałych." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels the camera never recorded (ADR 0012 point 3). |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- Photo file for the online application. Your photo framed on your face and saved as a JPEG within the size and file limits this application publishes, ready to upload.
- Your checked report. Every rule we measured, what we found and which rules only a person can judge, with the official wording next to each one.
We check the photo against the published rules for the online passport application for a child under 12, frame it on the face, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and save it as a file for the application. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change the features or the shape of the face. A parent or guardian files the application, and the passport office decides whether the photo is accepted.
Passeport canadien, photos imprimées
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Canada.ca: Passport photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : 50 x 70 mm prints, face 31 to 36 mm chin to crown, plain white or light background, 6 months, 2 identical prints, commercial photographer with studio name, address and date on the back, professional print, no altered photos. - Canada.ca: Passport photos, its sentences about altered photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-24. Établit : Read again in a browser after the page was marked modified on 2026-09-23, for every quote the warnings use: "be an original photo that isn’t altered or edited in any way", followed by "This includes photo editing software, filters, and AI tools. We’ll reject your application if the photos have been altered in any way."; under "What is an altered photo?", "making technical corrections or enhancements, such as changes to:" with its bullets "colour", "brightness", "contrast" and "sharpness", "cutting and pasting your image against a white background" and "changing the background, including removing shadows". The other values of this profile were not compared again; they rest on the read of 2026-09-20. - Canada.ca: Passport photos, its words on focus(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Read in a browser for the focus row, with the page still marked modified on 2026-09-23: under "Image quality" for printed photos, the lead-in "They must" (without a colon) and the item "be clear, sharp and in focus"; the child photos repeat the item. No other value was compared.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- IRCC publishes no eye line, top margin, colour space, print resolution or uniform rule for printed photos.
- IRCC publishes no pixel size or file format for the printed path. The digital spec on the same page (1,200 x 1,800 to 3,000 x 4,500 pixels, 200 KB to 5 MB, JPEG) is for online adult renewal only and is not part of this profile.
- The page does not say whether a plain rectangular crop of a photo counts as altering it. It does say an altered photo is one "edited or changed in any way".
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | IRCC publishes the 50 x 70 mm frame and the 31 to 36 mm face height, and lists "cropping around the head and shoulders. For example, cutting and pasting your image against a white background" as altering. It does not name a plain rectangular crop to the frame, and it says an altered photo is "edited or changed in any way". The permission covers a crop to the frame only. The profile carries an authorityCaveat with what IRCC says. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 50 x 70 mm print size. IRCC does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. IRCC asks for a face "not tilted in any direction", so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. IRCC does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. IRCC publishes no file format for the printed path. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. IRCC does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "We’ll reject your application if the photos have been altered in any way." … "cutting and pasting your image against a white background" … "changing the background, including removing shadows" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | IRCC lists "editing your facial features" and "editing to improve your appearance" as altering. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Sur demande | "We’ll reject your application if the photos have been altered in any way." … "making technical corrections or enhancements, such as changes to:" … "brightness" … "contrast" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "be an original photo that isn’t altered or edited in any way" … "This includes photo editing software, filters, and AI tools. We’ll reject your application if the photos have been altered in any way." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "be an original photo that isn’t altered or edited in any way" … "This includes photo editing software, filters, and AI tools. We’ll reject your application if the photos have been altered in any way." |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 50 x 70 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. IRCC asks for a professional print on photographic paper and refuses home prints, so the sheet is for a photo lab. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 50 x 70 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 50 x 70 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 50 x 70 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What the official rules ask for. The photographer, studio stamp and guarantor requirements in IRCC’s own words.
We check your photo against the published Canadian passport photo rules, frame it on your face at 50 x 70 mm and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet for printing. Canada refuses altered photos, so we replace the background, correct the brightness or contrast, or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected. We never change your features or the shape of your face. We are not a commercial photographer and cannot provide the studio stamp Canada asks for.
Passeport ou carte d’identité allemands, photo imprimée pour une demande à l’étranger
Bundesministerium des Innern (Passverordnung). Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- BSI TR-03121-3 Vol. 2, Biometrics for German identity documents, version 7.0(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : 5.1.1.1 and 5.2.1.1: "Software-based background elimination and software-based background replacement SHALL NOT be performed", except in integrated camera and self-service systems, which replace it with a grey between #A1A1A1 and #E1E1E1 (5.2.2.1). 5.1.1.1 recommends a uniform grey background. The scanned-print path abroad (3.6) only requires ISO/IEC 19794-5. Read page by page (pp. 12, 38, 42, 43). - Passverordnung, full text (§ 16 Lichtbild)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : § 16 Abs. 1: the photo must be current and follow BSI TR-03121. Abs. 2: frontal, no head covering, eyes not covered, no uniform parts. Abs. 3: abroad a printed 45 x 35 mm portrait photo without border may be presented if the mission cannot capture the photo electronically. Last amended 30 January 2026. - Passverordnung, Anlage 8 (photo requirements)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Face 70 to 80 % of the photo height (children 50 to 80 %), head centred and straight, plain shadow-free background with clear contrast, even lighting, neutral expression, mouth closed, eyes visible. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-28 only the sentence under "Schärfe und Kontrast" was read again, in the page's HTML, with its rejected example "Schärfe unzureichend". - Passverordnung § 4 (Dienstleister, secure procedure)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Defines the Dienstleister as a person who takes such photos commercially, and the secure transmission procedure. Abs. 2 came back from the fetch tool in fragments. - Passverordnung § 5 (cloud transmission and code)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The provider uploads the photo to a cloud provider and gives the applicant a code to hand to the authority. Only certified system components may be used. - Passgesetz § 6(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Abs. 2: the photo is made electronically by a provider and transmitted securely, or made electronically by the passport authority. The photo may be changed only as the law provides. - Personalausweisgesetz § 9(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Abs. 3: the same two capture routes and the same alteration rule for the ID card. - Personalausweisverordnung § 7(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Abs. 2: the same exception abroad for the ID card, a printed 45 x 35 mm portrait photo without border if the mission cannot capture electronically. - Personalausweisverordnung, Anlage 3(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The same photo requirements as PassV Anlage 8, including the religious head covering rule. - Fotomustertafel (BMI and Bundesdruckerei, Stand Juli 2025)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Accepted and rejected examples. Under Fotoqualität: "Die Farben und insbesondere der Hautton werden auf dem Foto realitätsgetreu wiedergegeben." Rejected there: "Mit Retuschen/Filter" (set on two lines), "Weichzeichnen", "Zu geringe Auflösung". Medical exceptions only for long-term conditions. Under Ausleuchtung: "Das Gesicht ist an allen Stellen gleichmäßig ausgeleuchtet und reflektiert nicht.", with a rejected example captioned "Reflexion im Gesicht". Read as a page image on 2026-09-22, again on 2026-09-24 in its text layer for the colour sentence and the caption the warnings quote (no space after the slash), and on 2026-09-25 as a page image for the lighting sentence. - BSI TR-03121-3.2 v7.0 (valid from 01.11.2025)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Selfies are excluded on the cloud path. Scanned paper photos only in special cases and at missions abroad: 3.5 x 4.5 cm, scanned at 600 dpi. No padding, no upscaling, no pose correction, no repeated lossy compression. - BSI TR-03170 Teil 2 v1.2(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The code handed to the applicant is a DataMatrix ECC 200 barcode. - Bundesregierung: Neuregelungen Mai 2025(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Since 1 May 2025 authorities may not accept paper passport photos. A transition rule ran to 31 July 2025. - Deutsche Botschaft Wien: FAQ(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Live capture has not been introduced at missions abroad, so applicants still bring printed biometric photos. Photos of adults should be no older than about six months. - Deutsche Botschaft Wien: Reisepass und Personalausweis(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : One current printed biometric photo per application. - Deutsche Botschaft Lima: Biometrisches Passbild(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Mission guidance only: face height 32 to 36 mm (children 22 to 36 mm), light plain background, print resolution of at least 600 dpi. - Personalausweisportal: Neue Passbilder (article dated 28.04.2025)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-16. Établit : Since 01.05.2025 only digital photos, sent through a BSI-certified cloud and retrieved with a printed Data-Matrix code. Not re-read on 2026-09-20: the page returned HTTP 400. - Personalausweisportal: Lichtbild vom Fotografen (FAQ)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-16. Établit : Without the Data-Matrix code printout the authority cannot find the photo in the cloud. Not re-read on 2026-09-20: the page returned HTTP 400.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- German law publishes no eye line or top margin, no face height in millimetres, no number of months for "aktuell", and no print resolution, paper or number of copies for the printed photo. Mission pages give guidance on some of these.
- The law names no background colour, only a single colour with clear contrast to face and hair.
- No pixel size, file format or file size is published for a photo the applicant brings. The 1244 x 1600 pixel JPEG in TR-03121 binds registered providers and authority devices inside Germany and is not part of this profile.
- No source says whether cropping a photo before printing counts as changing it. § 6 Abs. 2 PassG allows changes only as the law provides.
- Only the Vienna embassy was confirmed to still ask for printed photos on 2026-09-20. Other missions may have capture devices.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | § 16 Abs. 3 PassV: "Abweichend von Absatz 1 kann für einen Pass, der im Ausland bei der Passbehörde nach § 19 Absatz 2 des Passgesetzes beantragt wird, auch ein aktuelles Lichtbild in der Größe von 45 Millimeter x 35 Millimeter im Hochformat und ohne Rand vorgelegt werden, sofern die elektronische Fertigung durch Geräte der Behörde zur Lichtbildaufnahme nicht möglich ist." The ban on changing the photo in § 6 Abs. 2 PassG ("Eine Veränderung des Lichtbilds ist nur nach Maßgabe dieses Gesetzes oder nach Maßgabe von Vorschriften, die auf Grund dieses Gesetzes erlassen wurden, zulässig.") is aimed at the electronic path and does not name cropping a print to size. TR-03121 itself crops: "During cropping and de-rotation padding SHALL NOT be used." The permission covers a crop to the frame, never padding. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 35 x 45 mm print size. § 16 PassV does not mention resizing. TR-03121 says "Upscaling of facial images MUST NOT take place", and we never enlarge past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. Anlage 8 asks for a head that is "mittig im Foto positioniert und gerade", so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. § 16 PassV does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. German law publishes no file format for a printed photo. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. § 16 PassV does not mention it. TR-03121 says "Multiple lossy compressions of the facial image data SHALL NOT take place" for the electronic path. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "Software-based background elimination and software-based background replacement SHALL NOT be performed." … "Eine Veränderung des Lichtbilds ist nur nach Maßgabe dieses Gesetzes oder nach Maßgabe von Vorschriften, die auf Grund dieses Gesetzes erlassen wurden, zulässig." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | The Fotomustertafel shows "Mit Retuschen/Filter" and "Weichzeichnen" as rejected examples. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Sur demande | "Die Farben und insbesondere der Hautton werden auf dem Foto realitätsgetreu wiedergegeben." … "Mit Retuschen/Filter" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Das Gesicht ist an allen Stellen gleichmäßig ausgeleuchtet und reflektiert nicht." … "Mit Retuschen/Filter" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | "Upscaling of facial images MUST NOT take place." |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 35 x 45 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. § 16 Abs. 3 PassV asks for a print without border, so the customer cuts each photo at its edge. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo cropped and scaled to 35 x 45 mm, ready for printing.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What the official rules ask for. The capture rule inside Germany and the exception for missions abroad, in the words of the law.
We check your photo against the published German photo rules, then crop and scale it to 35 x 45 mm for printing. German law allows no changes to the photo, so we replace the background, correct the brightness or contrast, or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The print is only for German missions abroad without a photo device, and the mission decides whether it accepts the photo.
Passeport australien, photos imprimées
Australian Passport Office. Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-22 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Australian Passport Office: Passport photos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : 2 photos, 35 to 40 mm wide and 45 to 50 mm high, face 32 to 36 mm chin to crown, less than 6 months old, dye sublimation prints on glossy paper of at least 200 gsm, plain white or light grey background, no retouching, rules for glasses, head coverings, jewellery and hearing aids. The page recommends a professional passport photo provider and says "We do not recommend using an online passport photo service or a mobile app. These may put you in danger of identity fraud." - Australian Passport Office: Passport photos, its words on focus(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : Read in a browser for the focus row: under "Photo quality", the lead-in "They must have:" and the item "a clear, in-focus image with no marks or red-eye"; the unacceptable examples include "Blurred image", "Grainy image" and "Reduced resolution". No other value was compared. - Australian Passport Office: Camera operator guidelines (DFAT copy, Australian Embassy Thailand)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Under "Editing": "No editing, retouching or filters.", "No removal or replacement of background." and "Don’t remove moles, wrinkles or scars." Read as page images on 2026-09-23, and the first sentence again on 2026-09-24 in its text layer and on 2026-09-25. An older version of the guide allowed "Adjust brightness/contrast only"; this one does not.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- The photo page publishes no eye line, top margin, colour space, print resolution or uniform rule.
- The photo page publishes no pixel size or file format, because the submitted photo is a print. It describes no online upload of photos.
- The page gives a size band of 35 to 40 by 45 to 50 mm and no single size. We prepare 35 x 45 mm, which lies inside the band.
- The page does not mention cropping or resizing a photo.
- Writing your full name on the back of one photo is not on the photo page; see the guarantors page, which we have not read.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The page publishes the 35 to 40 by 45 to 50 mm photo band and the 32 to 36 mm face height and does not mention cropping. It does say "We do not recommend using an online passport photo service or a mobile app." The permission covers a crop to a 35 x 45 mm frame, which lies inside the band. The profile carries an authorityCaveat with what the page says. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the 35 x 45 mm print size. The page does not mention resizing. Its unacceptable examples include "Reduced resolution", so there is no stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. The page says photos must not have "your head tilted in any direction", so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. The page does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. The page publishes no file format, because the submitted photo is a print. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. The page does not mention compression. Its unacceptable examples include "Reduced resolution". Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Sur demande | "No editing, retouching or filters." … "No removal or replacement of background." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | "They must not have: any retouching, such as removing moles, wrinkles or scars". The unacceptable examples include "Retouching/skin smoothing". |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Sur demande | "No editing, retouching or filters." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "No editing, retouching or filters." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. "They must not have: any retouching, such as removing moles, wrinkles or scars". |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The page asks for "good quality colour prints, produced using dye sublimation (i.e. not from an inkjet printer)" that are "printed on heavy-weight, glossy paper (minimum 200 gsm)." A home inkjet print does not meet that rule, so the sheet is for a photo lab that prints by dye sublimation on that paper. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab. The authority publishes no single size, so we use the 35 x 45 mm ICAO portrait.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size and paper to print on, what to check before you print, and the wording of the rules your photo was checked against.
We check your photo against the published Australian passport photo rules, frame it on your face at 35 x 45 mm and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet for printing. We replace the background, correct the brightness or contrast, or soften shine on the skin only if you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, and we never change your features or the shape of your face. The Australian Passport Office decides whether to accept the photo.
Passeport ou carte d’identité français, photo imprimée
République française, service-public.fr (DILA and the Interior Ministry). Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 9 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- France Titres (ANTS): La photographie d’identité(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read in a browser. The applicant supplies the photo. The face image is taken by professional photographers or by embassies and consulates. Same size, face height, background, head, expression and glasses rules as F10619. Names ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 as the norm. No sentence on retouching, editing software or an e-photo code. - Service Public F10619: Quelle photo fournir pour un titre d’identité (vérifié le 11 mars 2026)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Photo taken by an approved professional or in a booth with a ministry-approved system. 3,5 x 4,5 cm, face 3,2 to 3,6 cm (70 to 80% of the photo), under 6 months, one photo for a passport or identity card, plain light background with white forbidden, bare head, neutral expression with mouth closed, eyes open, glasses conditions, rejection of a photo that does not comply. - Arrêté du 5 février 2009 relatif aux photos d’identité produites pour une demande de passeport (annexe)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-28. Établit : The legal text behind the numbers: 35 mm wide by 45 mm high, face 32 to 36 mm from chin to top of skull with hair excluded, sharpness, exposure and contrast, background, bare head, head position, expression, face and eyes, glasses. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only the sentences on likeness, exposure and reflections on glasses were read again, and on 2026-09-28 only the sentence under "2. Qualité de la photo", in a browser. - Arrêté du 10 avril 2007 relatif à l’apposition de photographies d’identité sur les documents d’identité et de voyage, les permis de conduire et les titres de séjour(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Article 1: identity photos are accepted on condition that they are produced with a photographic system approved by the Interior Ministry. Article 3: photographers and booth operators check the approval and use paper with certified security features. Annexe I, 2.4: format 35 mm (0/-1 mm) x 45 mm (0/-1 mm) and a reference to ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 clauses, addressed to suppliers of approved systems. Read on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only the list of clauses in Annexe I was read again, which includes "reflets (§ 7.2.10) ;". - Décret n°2005-1726, article 6-1 (version du 31 octobre 2016)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The passport applicant supplies a recent identity photo, a true likeness, facing forward and bare-headed, that complies with the specifications set by the Interior Minister. In-office capture only at embassies, consulates and named overseas communes. - Service Public F14929: Passeport d’un majeur, première demande (vérifié le 08 avril 2026)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The passport application asks for an identity photo under 6 months old that complies with the standards. No e-photo code is mentioned. - Service Public F21089: Renouvellement de la carte d’identité d’un majeur (vérifié le 13 mai 2026)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The identity card renewal asks for 1 identity photo under 6 months old that complies with the standards. No e-photo code is mentioned.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- France publishes no pixel size, file format or file size for a passport or identity card photo, because the paper photo is handed in at the mairie.
- France publishes no eye line, top margin, colour space, print resolution or uniform rule. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 refers to the dimensional clauses of ISO/IEC 19794-5:2005 without restating the numbers.
- The pages read have no sentence on retouched or digitally edited photos. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 points suppliers of approved systems to the ISO/IEC 19794-5 clauses on unnatural colour and colour enhancement without restating them.
- The ANTS online procedure pages were not read, only the ANTS identity photo page.
- No page read says how a mairie checks that a paper photo came from an approved system, and none has rules for babies and children.
- F10619 says a colour photo is strongly recommended ("Une photo en couleurs est fortement recommandée."). It does not make colour mandatory.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | France publishes the 35 x 45 mm frame and the 32 to 36 mm face height, and no page read mentions cropping. The same page says the photo must be taken by an approved professional or in an approved booth, which a photo prepared here is not. The permission covers a crop to the frame. The profile carries an authorityCaveat with what France says. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 35 x 45 mm print size. No page read mentions resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | "Le sujet doit présenter son visage face à l'objectif. La tête doit être droite." No page read bans digitally edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. No page read mentions it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. France publishes no file format, because the photo is handed in on paper. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. No page read mentions it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The arrêté of 5 February 2009 says "Le fond doit être uni, de couleur claire (bleu clair, gris clair). Le blanc est interdit." F10619 repeats it. No page read bans retouched or digitally edited photos. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 points suppliers of approved systems to ISO/IEC 19794-5 clauses on unnatural colour and colour enhancement without restating them. The permission covers a plain light grey background, never white. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. France asks for a true likeness ("parfaitement ressemblante" in décret 2005-1726, article 6-1). |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | "La photo ne doit présenter ni surexposition ni sous-exposition. Elle doit être correctement contrastée, sans ombre portée sur le visage ou en arrière-plan." No page read bans digitally edited photos. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 points suppliers of approved systems to ISO/IEC 19794-5 clauses on unnatural colour and colour enhancement without restating them. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. Confirmed for France by the owner on 2026-09-21. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | "Une photo en couleurs est fortement recommandée." "Elle doit être correctement contrastée" (read again on 2026-09-22). No page read bans digitally edited photos. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 points suppliers of approved systems to ISO/IEC 19794-5 clauses on unnatural colour and colour enhancement without restating them. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "La prise de vue doit être inférieure à six mois et ressemblante au jour du dépôt de la demande de titre." … "La photo ne doit présenter ni surexposition ni sous-exposition." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | It invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs retaking. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 35 x 45 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The arrêté of 10 April 2007 asks photographers to use paper with certified security features, which a home or lab print does not have. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo cropped and scaled to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What the official rules ask for. The approved professional or booth rule and the photo characteristics in the authority’s own words.
We check your photo against the published French identity photo rules, then crop and scale it to 35 x 45 mm and replace the background with plain light grey where the photo allows it. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. We are not an approved photographer or booth, and the mairie decides whether to accept the photo.
Passeport espagnol, photo imprimée pour le bureau (pasaporte)
España, Policía Nacional (dnielectronico.es). Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 8 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Ministerio del Interior: Pasaporte, procedimiento de expedición(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read in a browser after the fetch tool got HTTP 403. Same photo sentence as dnielectronico.es. No sentence on retouched or edited photos. - dnielectronico.es: Pasaporte, requisitos para la obtención(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : One recent colour photo of the face, 32 x 26 mm, uniform white smooth background, taken from the front, no dark glasses or garment that may prevent identification, face oval clearly shown, high resolution on good photographic paper, physical presence, no photo needed when the DNI was obtained or renewed the same day. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only the sentence on the oval of the face was read again, in the page as served (ISO-8859-1). - BOE: Real Decreto 896/2003, consolidated text, art. 4.1.c(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The legal text behind the photo paragraph: size, background, colour, frontal pose, dark glasses and garments. It does not contain the sentence on the face oval and photographic paper. - dnielectronico.es: Pasaporte, trámites en la oficina de expedición(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read for photo rules. It contains none. - sede.policia.gob.es: Pasaporte(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read for photo rules. It contains none.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- The source says "tamaño 32 x 26 milímetros" without naming which figure is the height. Portrait orientation (26 wide, 32 high) is our reading.
- The Policía Nacional publishes no head size, eye line, top margin, expression rule, uniform rule, number of months for "reciente" or digital file spec for the passport photo.
- The passport page has no rule on ordinary glasses, open eyes or religious head coverings. The DNI page has such rules, and they cannot be assumed to apply to the passport.
- No page read bans retouched or edited photos.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The page publishes the print size ("tamaño 32 x 26 milímetros") and no head size or eye line. It does not mention cropping. The permission covers a crop to a 26 x 32 frame, portrait, which is our reading of the size. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 32 x 26 mm print size. The page does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | No page read bans edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. The page does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. The page publishes no file format, because the submitted photo is a print. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. The page does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The page asks for "fondo uniforme blanco y liso" and no page read bans edited photos. The permission covers replacing the background with plain white. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | House rule (ADR 0012 point 3): we never change facial features or the shape of the face. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No page read bans edited photos. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The page asks for a colour photo ("en color") and says nothing else about colour; no page read bans edited photos. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "la fotografía deberá mostrar claramente el óvalo de la cara, que incluye cejas, ojos, nariz, boca y mentón" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | House rule (ADR 0012 point 3): we never invent pixels. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 32 x 26 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The page asks for "papel fotográfico de buena calidad", so the sheet is for a photo lab. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 26 x 32 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 26 x 32 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 26 x 32 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size to print, what to check before you print, and the wording of the rules your photo was measured against.
We check your photo against the published Spanish passport photo rules, frame it on your face at 26 x 32 mm, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet for printing. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The Policía Nacional decides whether to accept the photo.
Carte d’identité espagnole, photo imprimée (DNI)
España, Policía Nacional (dnielectronico.es). Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 8 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Ministerio del Interior: DNI, documentación necesaria para su tramitación(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read in a browser after the fetch tool got HTTP 403. Same photo sentence as dnielectronico.es, including that some offices take the photo themselves. No sentence on retouched or edited photos. - dnielectronico.es: DNI, primera inscripción(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : One recent colour photo of the face, 32 x 26 mm, uniform white smooth background, taken from the front, head fully uncovered, no dark glasses. Faithful likeness, maximum age 2 years, eyes open, rules for glasses, head coverings worn for religious or medical reasons, hair accessories, fringe and ears. These values were compared on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only the faithful likeness sentence was read again. - dnielectronico.es: DNI, renovación(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The same photo rules as first registration, including the 2 year maximum age. Adds that offices with a Módulo de Expedición Múltiple may take the photo themselves on renewals without a change of data, even if the applicant brings one. - BOE: Real Decreto 1553/2005, consolidated text, art. 5.1.b(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The legal text behind the photo paragraph: size, background, colour, frontal pose, head fully uncovered, dark glasses and garments. - dnielectronico.es: preguntas frecuentes, obtención y renovación(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Lists "1 fotografía" for renewal on expiry, change of data and change of address. - sede.policia.gob.es: DNI electrónico(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Read for photo rules. It contains none.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- The source says "tamaño 32 por 26 milímetros" without naming which figure is the height. Portrait orientation (26 wide, 32 high) is our reading.
- The Policía Nacional publishes no head size, eye line, top margin, expression rule, uniform rule, paper rule or digital file spec for the DNI photo.
- No page read says that one print serves both the DNI and the passport. The passport page additionally asks for the face oval to be clearly shown and for good photographic paper.
- On renewals without a change of data, some offices take the photo themselves even if you bring one. The pages do not list which offices.
- No page read bans retouched or edited photos.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The page publishes the print size ("tamaño 32 por 26 milímetros") and no head size or eye line. It does not mention cropping. The permission covers a crop to a 26 x 32 frame, portrait, which is our reading of the size. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 32 x 26 mm print size. The page does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | No page read bans edited photos. When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. The page does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. The page publishes no file format, because the submitted photo is a print. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. The page does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The page asks for "fondo uniforme blanco y liso" and no page read bans edited photos. The page also says: "Representar fielmente la imagen de la persona interesada." The permission covers replacing the background with plain white. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | House rule (ADR 0012 point 3): we never change facial features or the shape of the face. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No page read bans edited photos. The page also says: "Representar fielmente la imagen de la persona interesada." When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The page asks for a colour photo ("en color") and says nothing else about colour; no page read bans edited photos. The page also says: "Representar fielmente la imagen de la persona interesada." The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Representar fielmente la imagen de la persona interesada." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | House rule (ADR 0012 point 3): we never invent pixels. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 32 x 26 mm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The page publishes no paper rule for the DNI. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 26 x 32 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 26 x 32 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 26 x 32 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size to print, what to check before you print, and the wording of the rules your photo was measured against.
We check your photo against the published Spanish identity card photo rules, frame it on your face at 26 x 32 mm, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet for printing. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The Policía Nacional decides whether to accept the photo.
Passeport mexicain à l’étranger, photo prise au consulat
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Photo remise ou prise sur place.
| Version des exigences | 6 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Reglamento de Pasaportes y del Documento de Identidad y Viaje (SRE-hosted consolidated text)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Art. 14 fr. IV (adults) and art. 18 fr. V (minors), both reformed DOF 17-08-2016: the applicant lets the SRE take the photo with its own devices, front-facing, in colour, white background, head uncovered, nothing covering the face, no glasses. Art. 14 fr. I covers SRE offices and consular offices alike. PDF read page by page on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only art. 14 fr. IV was read again. - SRE: Trámite de Pasaporte desde el extranjero (gob.mx)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : For passports issued by representations abroad, the applicant allows the capture of biometrics: photo, fingerprints, iris recognition and signature. The photo is taken without glasses, head fully uncovered, front-facing, nothing covering the face. Read through a fetch tool. - SRE: Pasaportes (Embajada de México en Países Bajos)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-18. Établit : Seen only as search-result excerpts on 2026-09-18, saying the embassy takes the photo. It could not be re-read on 2026-09-20 (bot protection), so no value here rests on it.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- The SRE publishes no size, head height, eye line, file format, file size, recency rule or number of prints for an ordinary passport photo, because it takes the photo itself. The 35 x 45 mm frame used here is the ICAO default.
- The rules listed here (white background, no glasses, head uncovered, nothing covering the face) are the Reglamento rules for the photo taken in the office. No source says they apply to a photo you bring.
- No source read says anything about digitally altered photos. The only alteration rule in the Reglamento (art. 9) concerns the documents handed in for the application.
- dof.gob.mx could not be reached on 2026-09-20, so amendments to the Reglamento after 17-08-2016 are unchecked. The text read is an SRE-hosted consolidated copy.
- Legacy consulate files from before the 2016 reform (a Frankfurt photo sheet with 45 mm x 35 mm, a Washington flyer asking for two prints) are still hosted on SRE servers. They are not current evidence and are not used here.
- No page read says that photos must not be brought to a consulate. Most consulate pages returned a bot-protection page on 2026-09-20, so we could not check whether any consulate still asks for prints.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The Reglamento has the SRE take the photo itself ("Permitir ser fotografiado con los dispositivos de la Secretaría") and says nothing about an applicant photo, so nothing in it permits or forbids a crop. With no published size we crop to the ICAO 35 x 45 mm default and label it as a default. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the ICAO 35 x 45 mm default. The Reglamento publishes no size for an applicant photo and does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. The capture rule asks for a photo "de frente", so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the photo comes out the right way up. The Reglamento says nothing about applicant photo files. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The prepared file is written as JPEG. The Reglamento publishes no file format, because no applicant photo is part of the procedure. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the prepared file, at high quality. The Reglamento does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The SRE publishes nothing about edited photos. No colour is published for a photo the applicant brings; "con el fondo blanco" (art. 14 fr. IV) is the rule for the photo the SRE takes itself, and that is the colour we paint. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. The Reglamento has no rule on applicant photos that could permit it. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No SRE page read says anything about edited photos or about the lighting of a photo the applicant brings. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | No SRE page read says anything about edited photos; "a color" describes the photo the SRE takes itself (Reglamento read again on 2026-09-22). The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Permitir ser fotografiado con los dispositivos de la Secretaría. La fotografía deberá tomarse de frente, a color, con el fondo blanco, la cabeza descubierta y sin prendas u objetos que cubran parcial o totalmente el rostro, incluidos lentes" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs a retake. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The Reglamento asks for no prints for the ordinary passport, so nothing in it permits or forbids a sheet. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab. The authority publishes no single size, so we use the 35 x 45 mm ICAO portrait.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What happens at the appointment. The SRE rule for the photo taken at your appointment, in its own words.
The consulate takes its own photo for the passport, so most applicants do not need this. We check your photo against the rules the SRE sets for its own capture and frame it at 35 x 45 mm by the ICAO standard, with copies on a 4 x 6 inch sheet. Where the photo allows it, we replace the background with white, the colour of the photo the SRE takes itself. No colour is published for a photo you bring. Where the photo allows it, we may also reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The consulate decides what it accepts.
Passeport mexicain au Mexique, photo prise au bureau de la SRE
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Photo remise ou prise sur place.
| Version des exigences | 6 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Reglamento de Pasaportes y del Documento de Identidad y Viaje (SRE-hosted consolidated text)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Art. 14 fr. IV (adults) and art. 18 fr. V (minors), both reformed DOF 17-08-2016: the applicant lets the SRE take the photo with its own devices, front-facing, in colour, white background, head uncovered, nothing covering the face, no glasses. Art. 14 fr. I covers SRE offices and consular offices alike. PDF read page by page on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only art. 14 fr. IV was read again. - gob.mx: Pasaporte Mexicano(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The requirement lists for an appointment at a passport office or consular office name proof of nationality, an official ID and, for renewals, the old passport. They do not ask for photos. Read through a fetch tool.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- The SRE publishes no size, head height, eye line, file format, file size, recency rule or number of prints for an ordinary passport photo, because it takes the photo itself. The 35 x 45 mm frame used here is the ICAO default.
- The rules listed here (white background, no glasses, head uncovered, nothing covering the face) are the Reglamento rules for the photo taken in the office. No source says they apply to a photo you bring.
- No source read says anything about digitally altered photos. The only alteration rule in the Reglamento (art. 9) concerns the documents handed in for the application.
- dof.gob.mx could not be reached on 2026-09-20, so amendments to the Reglamento after 17-08-2016 are unchecked. The text read is an SRE-hosted consolidated copy.
- Legacy consulate files from before the 2016 reform (a Frankfurt photo sheet with 45 mm x 35 mm, a Washington flyer asking for two prints) are still hosted on SRE servers. They are not current evidence and are not used here.
- The Reglamento still asks for two printed photos for the documento de identidad y viaje (art. 42), which is a different document and is not covered by this profile.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The Reglamento has the SRE take the photo itself ("Permitir ser fotografiado con los dispositivos de la Secretaría") and says nothing about an applicant photo, so nothing in it permits or forbids a crop. With no published size we crop to the ICAO 35 x 45 mm default and label it as a default. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the ICAO 35 x 45 mm default. The Reglamento publishes no size for an applicant photo and does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. The capture rule asks for a photo "de frente", so the fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the photo comes out the right way up. The Reglamento says nothing about applicant photo files. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The prepared file is written as JPEG. The Reglamento publishes no file format, because no applicant photo is part of the procedure. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the prepared file, at high quality. The Reglamento does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The SRE publishes nothing about edited photos. No colour is published for a photo the applicant brings; "con el fondo blanco" (art. 14 fr. IV) is the rule for the photo the SRE takes itself, and that is the colour we paint. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. The Reglamento has no rule on applicant photos that could permit it. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No SRE page read says anything about edited photos or about the lighting of a photo the applicant brings. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | No SRE page read says anything about edited photos; "a color" describes the photo the SRE takes itself (Reglamento read again on 2026-09-22). The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "Permitir ser fotografiado con los dispositivos de la Secretaría. La fotografía deberá tomarse de frente, a color, con el fondo blanco, la cabeza descubierta y sin prendas u objetos que cubran parcial o totalmente el rostro, incluidos lentes" Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs a retake. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The Reglamento asks for no prints for the ordinary passport, so nothing in it permits or forbids a sheet. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab. The authority publishes no single size, so we use the 35 x 45 mm ICAO portrait.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What happens at the appointment. The SRE rule for the photo taken at your appointment, in its own words.
The SRE office takes its own photo for the passport, so most applicants do not need this. We check your photo against the rules the SRE sets for its own capture and frame it at 35 x 45 mm by the ICAO standard, with copies on a 4 x 6 inch sheet. Where the photo allows it, we replace the background with white, the colour of the photo the SRE takes itself. No colour is published for a photo you bring. Where the photo allows it, we may also reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The SRE decides what it accepts.
Passeport colombien, photo prise au bureau
Colombia: Cancillería. Photo remise ou prise sur place.
| Version des exigences | 4 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-22 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Cancillería: Pasaportes, Requisitos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Adults and minors attend in person for "la toma de la fotografía, el registro de huellas y la firma". "No es necesario llevar fotos." The older path https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/tramites_servicios/pasaportes/requisitos still resolved on the same date with matching content. - Cancillería: Pasaportes, Preguntas frecuentes(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : "No requiere fotografías. Las mismas le serán tomadas de manera digital y presencial en la oficina de expedición de pasaportes, como parte del trámite, sin ningún costo." Also recommends a simple hairstyle and no jewellery or accessories. Read on 2026-09-20; on 2026-09-25 only this answer was read again. - Consulado de Colombia en Madrid: Pasaportes, Requisitos(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The same rule at a consulate: "No es necesario llevar fotos, en el Consulado se tomará su fotografía." - Resolución 10927 del 4 de agosto de 2026, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The governing regulation, read as a scan, all 27 pages. Art. 3 f) defines "formalización" as the capture of biographic and biometric data, and Art. 19 b) and 21 b) require it in person. No passport article lists a photograph among the requirements. - Cancillería: SITAC, Guía de Usuario: Pasaporte en Línea (PDF, 20/10/2025)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : The online application has a mandatory photo upload with its own rules (4 x 5 cm, colour, white background, JPG). They are for the uploaded photo, so this profile does not use them; co-passport-online does.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- For a photo brought to the office, the Cancillería publishes no photo size, head height, eye line, background colour, glasses rule, head covering rule, recency or file spec.
- The authority says photos are not necessary ("No es necesario llevar fotos", "No requiere fotografías"). That is not a ban on bringing one, and no page read says a photo you bring will be used.
- The same on-site rule is stated for minors: the minor and the accompanying adult attend in person and no photos are needed.
- Recommendation only, from the FAQ: "Se recomienda presentarse con peinados sencillos y evitar el uso de joyas y accesorios." The wording differed between two fetches of the FAQ, so it needs a check in a browser.
- Resolución 10927 de 2026 asks for 3,5 x 4,5 cm photos only for the "libreta de tripulante terrestre" (Art. 27). That is a different document and its values are not used here.
- No page read mentions retouched, altered or background-edited photos.
- The online application is a different path with its own published photo rules, including a mandatory photo upload. Those rules are not used here.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. With no published size, the photo is framed to the general ICAO 35 x 45 mm format and labelled as a default. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. Uniform scaling to the 35 x 45 mm default. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. The fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. Applied so the photo comes out the right way up. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. The prepared file is written as JPEG. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. Only when writing the prepared file, at high quality. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Bloquée | No background colour is published for a photo brought to the office, so there is nothing to replace it with. |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. The Cancillería publishes nothing on edited photos. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Bloquée | Changing brightness or contrast changes how the person looks. The fix is a new photo. |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "whiteBalance", so it is blocked. |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "No requiere fotografías. Las mismas le serán tomadas de manera digital y presencial en la oficina de expedición de pasaportes, como parte del trámite, sin ningún costo. Se recomienda presentarse con peinados sencillos y evitar el uso de joyas y accesorios." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs to be retaken. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | The Cancillería publishes no rule for a photo brought to the office, so nothing on the page permits or forbids this. Placing photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 35 x 45 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 35 x 45 mm, ready for a photo lab. The authority publishes no single size, so we use the 35 x 45 mm ICAO portrait.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 35 x 45 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- What to bring instead. What the Cancillería says about the appointment and the photo taken there, in its own words.
The Colombian passport office or consulate takes its own photo during your appointment, so most applicants do not need this. Colombia publishes no rules for a photo you bring, so we run general file and face checks and frame the photo at 35 x 45 mm by the ICAO standard, with copies on a 4 x 6 inch sheet. We do not change the background. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. The authority decides what it accepts.
Passeport colombien, photo pour la demande en ligne
Colombia: Cancillería. Photo téléversée en ligne.
| Version des exigences | 4 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-22 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Cancillería: Pasaporte en línea, photo panel of the online form(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : The photo rules shown on the live form, read as an image: "Tener una foto en formato JPG que cumpla estos requisitos:" "Tamaño 4x5 cm a color - Fondo Blanco." "Foto reciente (menor a 6 meses)". "Foto tomada en primer plano, pose frontal, mirando directamente a la cámara con expresión neutra." "Si usa gafas la foto debe mostrar los ojos sin reflejos luminosos." "No use accesorios o adornos faciales que oculten el rostro." - Cancillería: Pasaporte en línea, eligibility panel of the online form(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : Read as an image: "Ser mayor de edad". "Tener pasaporte electrónico ordinario o ejecutivo expedido después del 17 de noviembre de 2017". "Haber sido autenticado biométricamente de forma exitosa en el trámite del pasaporte vigente." - Cancillería: SITAC, Guía de Usuario: Pasaporte en Línea (PDF, 20/10/2025)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : The same photo panel on p. 4. P. 6: the photo must be recent, and "debe cumplir con las recomendaciones de la OACI (Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional) sobre el documento de viaje (Estándar Reconocimiento Facial ISO/IEC 19794-5)." Pp. 6 and 10: attaching the photo is mandatory, and a photo that does not meet the requirements gets the application rejected. P. 3: the online passport is for holders of a cédula de ciudadanía and not for minors. Read page by page, the panel as an image, on 2026-09-22; on 2026-09-25 only the ICAO sentence was read again. - Cancillería: SITAC, online passport application form(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : The mandatory "Foto Personal *" upload. Its upload widget is set to accept a file name ending in ".jpg" and at most 307,200 bytes ("maxFileSize:307200.0", "El archivo adjunto supera el tamaño máximo permitido."). That is the form's own script, read in the page source, not published text. Only the page was loaded; nothing was uploaded or submitted. - Cancillería: Pasaportes, Requisitos, section "Solicitud de Pasaporte en Línea"(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : The online application is filed on the web and the passport is collected in person at the office chosen when applying. - Cancillería: Pasaportes, Preguntas frecuentes(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : Read again for this profile, verbatim. It treats Resolución 10927 de 2026 as the governing rule and has no sentence on edited or retouched photos. Its photo answer ("No requiere fotografías") is about the photo taken at the office. - Resolución 10927 del 4 de agosto de 2026, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-22. Établit : Art. 20: the online path needs an electronic ordinary or executive passport issued after 17 November 2017 and a successful biometric authentication when it was issued. Art. 21 b: minors apply in person. It has no photo rule for the online path. Read as a scan, page by page.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- No page read publishes a head height, eye line, pixel size, head covering rule or rule on uniforms for the online application.
- The 307,200 byte limit and the file name ending in ".jpg" come from the form's own upload script. No published text states them, and what the server accepts after upload was not tested.
- The guide asks that the photo follow the ICAO recommendations: "debe cumplir con las recomendaciones de la OACI (Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional) sobre el documento de viaje (Estándar Reconocimiento Facial ISO/IEC 19794-5)." It names no clause, and no page read says whether a replaced background is accepted.
- The resolution that set these photo rules (Resolución 6888 de 2021, art. 11) was repealed by Resolución 10927 de 2026, which has no photo rule for the online path. The rules used here are the ones the form and the guide still publish. Whether Resolución 10927 is published in the Diario Oficial was not verified.
- No page read says whether a photo you took yourself is accepted, and none asks for a photographer.
- No page read says that the uploaded photo is the one printed in the passport. The passport is collected in person at the office.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The form asks for a photo of "Tamaño 4x5 cm a color - Fondo Blanco." and does not mention cropping. The photo is uploaded, so we keep the 4:5 shape of 4 x 5 cm. No page read publishes a head size, so the framing inside it is the ICAO default. The permission covers a crop to 4:5, never adding pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling only, never stretching and never enlarging past the source pixels. No page read mentions resizing. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Bloquée | Levelling a tilted head changes the image. The fix is a new photo. |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the delivered photo is the right way up. No page read mentions it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The form asks: "Tener una foto en formato JPG que cumpla estos requisitos:" The delivered file is written as JPEG. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the delivered file, at the highest JPEG quality that keeps it within the 307,200 bytes the form accepts. No page read mentions it. The stored original is never re-encoded. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The form asks for "Tamaño 4x5 cm a color - Fondo Blanco." No page read bans or mentions edited photos. The permission covers replacing the background with plain white. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. No page read mentions edited photos. |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No page read bans or mentions edited photos. When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The form asks for "Tamaño 4x5 cm a color - Fondo Blanco." The guide says the photo "debe cumplir con las recomendaciones de la OACI (Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional) sobre el documento de viaje (Estándar Reconocimiento Facial ISO/IEC 19794-5)." No page read bans or mentions edited photos. The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "debe cumplir con las recomendaciones de la OACI (Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional) sobre el documento de viaje (Estándar Reconocimiento Facial ISO/IEC 19794-5)." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs to be retaken. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "printSheetLayout", so it is blocked. |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- Photo file for the online application. Your photo framed on your face in the 4 x 5 cm shape and saved as a .jpg file of at most 307,200 bytes, the limit of the online form.
- Your checked report. Every rule we measured, what we found and which rules only a person can judge, with the official wording next to each one.
We check your photo against the rules the Colombian online passport form publishes, frame it on your face in the 4 x 5 cm shape, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and save it as a JPEG within the size the form accepts. Where the photo allows it, we may also reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. You upload the photo with your application yourself, and the Cancillería decides whether it is accepted.
Passeport argentin, tirage consulaire de 4 x 4 cm
Argentina: Cancillería / RENAPER. Photo déposée sur papier.
| Version des exigences | 8 |
|---|---|
| Sources consultées le | 2026-09-20 |
| En vente | Oui |
Sources officielles
- Consulado en São Paulo: Pasaporte provisorio(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Page updated 20/04/2026. One colour print, 4 x 4 cm, plain white background, matte or semi-matte, no date, frontal, head uncovered, no glasses. - Embajada en Suiza: Pasaporte provisorio(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Page updated 25/10/2022. One current colour print, 4 x 4 cm, frontal, head fully uncovered, no hat, no glasses, no piercings, uniform plain white background, matte or semi-matte. - Embajada en Colombia: Pasaporte provisorio(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Page dated 08/03/2022. The same wording as the Switzerland page, without the piercings wording. - Cancillería (SIIC): Expedición de pasaporte consular(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Undated page. "Cuatro (4) fotografías color, de 4 cm x 4 cm. de frente, fondo blanco, sin anteojos y con la cabeza descubierta." It does not mention biometrics or RENAPER. - Consulado en Asunción: Pasaporte ordinario(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Page dated 02/09/2025. One 4x4 colour photo, white background, "papel opaco", only on a first visit to that consulate. Biometric data are still captured at the consulate. - Cancillería: Pasaporte regular(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Regular passport abroad: "toma de datos biométricos (huellas y foto)" at the consulate. The documents to bring list no photo. - Consulado en Nueva York: Pasaporte biométrico(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : "Los datos biométricos (huellas dactilares/foto) se toman en el Consulado al momento de iniciar el trámite." "No es necesario que se presente con una fotografía, foto carnet, etc." - Consulado en Los Ángeles: Pasaporte regular(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : "Incluye toma de impresiones dactilares, fotografía y firma del titular del pasaporte a emitir." - argentina.gob.ar: Tramitar el Pasaporte(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Domestic path. The requirements list no photo to bring. - RENAPER: Pictograma, toma de trámite DNI, Pasaporte o CPI(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The photo is taken at the office: "Toma de fotografía, de frente y mirando a la cámara." - argentina.gob.ar: Requisitos para trámites de DNI o pasaporte(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The photo is a biometric datum captured in the procedure. Only a medical certificate excuses "la toma de datos biométricos (foto, huella o firma)". - argentina.gob.ar: Tramitar el pasaporte argentino en el exterior(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The requirements for adults list no photo. - argentina.gob.ar: Pasaporte(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : The whole page came back through the fetch tool. It has no photo wording. - Embajada en Nueva Zelanda: Pasaporte de emergencia, instrucciones (PDF)(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-20. Établit : Undated PDF. "Presentar 5 fotos 4 x 4cm en color en ¾ perfil derecho fondo celeste." It conflicts with every other page read and its values are not used. - Decreto 749/2019 (passport regulation), annex, text on argentina.gob.ar(s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Lu le 2026-09-25. Établit : Art. 30 of the annex: "La imagen debe carecer de alteraciones o falseamientos de las características faciales, sin que ello vulnere o afecte el derecho de identidad en sus aspectos de género, cultura o religión." Read on 2026-09-25 for the shine warning only; the other photo values of this profile come from the pages above.
Ce que cette administration ne publie pas
- No Argentine authority page read publishes a head height, eye line, expression rule, recency in months, uniform rule or any digital file spec.
- No page read bans edited photos in general, and the passport decree bans only altering the facial features. None says whether a self-made photo is accepted.
- No religious or medical exception to the uncovered head rule is published, and no separate photo rule for babies or minors.
- The undated SIIC "pasaporte consular" page asks for four photos. Whether that passport is still issued anywhere is unverified.
- An undated New Zealand embassy PDF for the pasaporte de emergencia asks for five photos in three-quarter right profile on a light blue background. It conflicts with every other page read, looks obsolete and is not used.
- The Madrid provisorio page and one New York page returned HTTP 403 and were not read. Decreto 261/2011 was not read.
Modifications autorisées sur votre fichier
| Modification | Décision | Pourquoi |
|---|---|---|
| Recadrer | Autorisée | The page publishes the 4 x 4 cm print size and does not mention cropping. No page read publishes a head size, so the framing inside the square is our default. The permission covers a crop to the square only. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Redimensionner | Autorisée | Uniform scaling to the published 4 x 4 cm print size. The page does not mention resizing. No stretching and no enlarging past the source pixels. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Pivoter pour redresser la tête | Autorisée | The pages ask for a photo "de frente". No Argentine page read bans edited photos in general; the passport decree asks that the image carry no alteration or falsification of the facial features (Decreto 749/2019, annex, art. 30). When the tilt measured from the irises is 5 to 15 degrees, we may turn the whole photo to level the eyes and crop inside it; the face itself is not changed. A photo that is not levelled is framed upright, and its tilt is judged as photographed. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Appliquer l’indicateur d’orientation | Autorisée | Applied so the print comes out the right way up. The page does not mention it. The uploaded original is kept byte for byte. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le format du fichier | Autorisée | The printable file is written as JPEG. The page asks for a print and publishes no file format. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Recompresser | Autorisée | Only when writing the printable file, at high quality. The page does not mention it. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Convertir le profil de couleur | Bloquée | This profile does not state a policy for "colourProfileConversion", so it is blocked. |
| Remplacer le fond | Autorisée | The page asks for a plain white background: "Una (1) fotografía, color, sobre fondo blanco, liso, mate o semimate, de 4 cm x 4 cm de tamaño, sin fecha, tomadas de frente, con cabeza descubierta y sin anteojos." No Argentine page read bans edited photos in general; the passport decree asks that the image carry no alteration or falsification of the facial features (Decreto 749/2019, annex, art. 30). The permission covers replacing the background with plain white. Inside the outline the person is not changed; along it the colour of the old background is blended out. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Modifier les traits ou la forme du visage | Bloquée | We never change facial features or the shape of the face. No Argentine page read bans edited photos in general; the passport decree asks that the image carry no alteration or falsification of the facial features (Decreto 749/2019, annex, art. 30). |
| Régler la luminosité ou le contraste | Autorisée | No Argentine page read bans edited photos in general; the passport decree asks that the image carry no alteration or falsification of the facial features (Decreto 749/2019, annex, art. 30). When the photo as taken fails the lighting check, we may change the brightness of the whole photo once, with the same curve for every colour. A photo that is too dark is brightened by an amount set from the background, never from the face, and limited so that no highlight is lost; a washed-out photo is toned down by a gamma chosen from the whole photo. A photo that still fails needs a new one. When the lighting check does not fail but the range from dark to light across the face is narrower than the ICAO portrait report recommends (TR 5.2.8: in the facial region every colour channel should span at least half its range), we may instead raise the contrast of the whole photo once, with one curve for every colour: the range of the face is widened around its middle tone and the darkest and lightest levels are compressed, so nothing is newly clipped. A photo gets one of the two changes at most, and a contrast change that leaves the face short of that range is not made. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer une dominante de couleur due à la lumière (balance des blancs) | Autorisée | The page (read again on 2026-09-22) asks for "Una (1) fotografía, color, sobre fondo blanco". No Argentine page read bans edited photos in general; the passport decree asks that the image carry no alteration or falsification of the facial features (Decreto 749/2019, annex, art. 30). The ICAO portrait report lists white balance adjustment among the post-processing it allows (TR 9.4) and asks that skin and hair colours stay realistic. When the wall and the nearly white parts below the chin, such as a collar, show the same colour cast from the light, in direction and size, we may scale red and blue once for the whole photo, by the smaller of the two readings, and keep its brightness. The head is never read, and a photo where the two disagree, or with nothing nearly white below the chin, is left as it is. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
| Atténuer la brillance de la peau | Sur demande | "La imagen debe carecer de alteraciones o falseamientos de las características faciales, sin que ello vulnere o afecte el derecho de identidad en sus aspectos de género, cultura o religión." Basis: ADR 0016 (docs/adr/0016-customer-chosen-edits.md). |
| Agrandir avec des pixels générés | Bloquée | Upscaling invents pixels. A photo that is too small needs to be retaken. |
| Composer une planche à imprimer | Autorisée | Placing 4 x 4 cm photos on a sheet is layout and leaves the photo as it is. The page asks for a "mate o semimate" print, so the sheet should be printed on matte or semi-matte paper. Basis: ADR 0012 (docs/adr/0012-automatic-processing.md). |
Ce que vous recevez
- Your original photo. The file you uploaded, unchanged.
- 40 x 40 mm photo. Your photo framed on your face and sized to 40 x 40 mm, ready for a photo lab.
- 4×6 inch print sheet. Copies of the 40 x 40 mm photo laid out on one 4×6 inch sheet, for a photo lab.
- Printing and submission checklist. What size to print, which paper to use, and the wording of the rules your photo was checked against.
We check your photo against the published rules for the 4 x 4 cm Argentine consular print, frame it on your face at that size, replace the background with plain white where the photo allows it, and lay copies out on a 4 x 6 inch sheet for printing. Where the photo allows it, we may also level a tilted head, reduce a colour cast from the light and change its overall brightness or contrast once. If you ask for it and confirm that such a photo may be rejected, we soften shine on the skin. We never change your features or the shape of your face. For a regular passport the office or consulate takes its own photo, and the authority decides what it accepts.
Les limites que nous fixons nous-mêmes
Netteté et exposition. Les administrations les décrivent avec des mots et ne publient aucun chiffre. Nous les mesurons, et les seuils sont notre choix. Une valeur proche d’un seuil est signalée comme à regarder de plus près.
Taille du fichier. La limite de 25 Mo à l’envoi est la nôtre. Si nous ne parvenons pas à ouvrir un fichier, le rapport le dit.
Quand une règle change
- Nous modifions la valeur dans le jeu d’exigences, avec sa source et la nouvelle date de lecture. Cette page est produite à partir des mêmes données et change donc en même temps.
- Le numéro de version des exigences augmente de un. Chaque commande garde la version sous laquelle elle a été créée.