🇨🇦 Canada Visa Photo Maker
Free Canada visa photo maker: upload any portrait and get a 35 × 45 mm visa size photo with a plain white or light-coloured background, checked against the Canada rules and ready to print. Runs in your browser — your photo is never uploaded.
1Choose the document
- Photo size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Head height
- 31–36 mm
- Background
- Plain white or light-coloured
- Output
- 827 × 1063 px · 600 dpi
Official requirements
- Colour photo, 35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in)
- Head from top of hair to chin: 31–36 mm
- Plain white or light-coloured background
- Full face, front view, looking straight at the camera
- Eyes open, level and clearly visible — no hair across the eyes
- Natural expression with the mouth closed
- Even lighting — no shadows on the face or the background
- Colour photo, sharp, printed on photo paper with no retouching
- Glasses: allowed if the eyes are visible with no glare; no tinted lenses
- Head coverings: only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead
- Taken within the last 6 months
2Upload your photo
3Compliance check & download
Upload a photo and it will be cropped to the exact size, then checked against every measurable rule for the document you chose.
Canada visa photo requirements
The tool measures the first four rules for you and checks lighting, pose, expression, sharpness and background automatically. The rest are listed so you can check them by eye.
- ✓Colour photo, 35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in)
- ✓Head from top of hair to chin: 31–36 mm
- ✓Plain white or light-coloured background
- ✓Full face, front view, looking straight at the camera
- ✓Eyes open, level and clearly visible — no hair across the eyes
- ✓Natural expression with the mouth closed
- ✓Even lighting — no shadows on the face or the background
- ✓Colour photo, sharp, printed on photo paper with no retouching
- ✓Glasses: allowed if the eyes are visible with no glare; no tinted lenses
- ✓Head coverings: only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead
- ✓Taken within the last 6 months
Specific to Canada
- Online / digital submission: Digital photos must be unaltered and taken from the original; IRCC publishes no fixed pixel size for visitor visas. Permanent resident cards use a 50 × 70 mm photo (online: JPEG 715 × 1000 to 2000 × 2800 px, up to 4 MB).
- Printed copies: 2 photos for paper applications; 1 digital photo online
- Write your name and date of birth on the back of one photo, plus the studio name, address and date taken.
- Permanent residence and citizenship photos are the larger 50 × 70 mm size with the same 31–36 mm head.
Source: IRCC – Visa application photograph specifications. Last reviewed 2026-09-20. Always confirm against your application form — the issuing authority has the final say.
How to make a Canada visa photo at home
- 1
Take the photo
Stand 0.5–1 m in front of a plain light wall, face a window, camera at eye level 1.5–2 m away. Neutral expression, mouth closed.
- 2
Upload it here
The face is detected, the head is levelled and the crop is set so the head measures 33.5 mm — inside the 31–36 mm range.
- 3
Fix anything flagged
Each check tells you what is wrong in millimetres — zoom, move, or retake. The background is replaced with the required colour.
- 4
Download & print
Save the single photo or the 4 × 6 sheet (8 photos) and print at 100% on photo paper.
Full details in the photo-taking guide and the accepted vs rejected examples.
Canada visa photo — questions
What size is a Canada visa photo?＋
35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in). The head, measured from the top of the hair to the chin, must be 31–36 mm.
What is the Canada visa photo size in pixels?＋
At 300 dpi a 35 × 45 mm photo is 413 × 531 px; at 600 dpi it is 827 × 1063 px. This tool exports at 600 dpi. For online submission: Digital photos must be unaltered and taken from the original; IRCC publishes no fixed pixel size for visitor visas. Permanent resident cards use a 50 × 70 mm photo (online: JPEG 715 × 1000 to 2000 × 2800 px, up to 4 MB).
What background colour is required?＋
Plain white or light-coloured. The tool replaces your background with the required colour automatically, or you can switch that off and it will check your real background instead.
Can I wear glasses in a Canada visa photo?＋
Allowed if the eyes are visible with no glare; no tinted lenses.
Are head coverings allowed?＋
Only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead.
How do I print Canada visa photos at home?＋
Download the 4 × 6 inch sheet — it holds 8 photos with cut lines — and print it at 100% / actual size on photo paper, then cut along the grey lines. The file carries 600 dpi so it prints at the true size.
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