🇬🇧 Free UK Visa Photo Size and Requirements

✓ Verified specSource: HM Passport Office (GOV.UK) · verified 2026-08-08

Requirements

Canvas

35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi

Head height

29–34 mm

Background

Light grey or cream

Digital file

min 600 × 750 px · max 10 MB

Prints needed

Also: 3.5 × 4.5 cm · 1.38 × 1.77 in · 413 × 531 px at 300 dpi · 827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi

Good to know

•Recency window is 1 month - stricter than the usual 6

•Pure white is tolerated but degrades the GOV.UK automated checker's edge detection; grey or cream is safer

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