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.
What the authority does not publish
- 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.
What you get
- 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.
Sources
Sources checked on 2026-09-20. Issued by Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores.
- Reglamento de Pasaportes y del Documento de Identidad y Viaje (SRE-hosted consolidated text)(opens in a new tab)
- SRE: Trámite de Pasaporte desde el extranjero (gob.mx)(opens in a new tab)
- SRE: Pasaportes (Embajada de México en Países Bajos)(opens in a new tab)
What we do not claim
We cannot promise that an authority will accept a photo, and we do not submit applications for you. The issuing authority always decides.