🇮🇳 PAN card Photo Maker
Free PAN card photo maker: upload any portrait and get a 25 × 35 mm ID size photo with a plain white or light background, checked against the India rules and ready to print. Runs in your browser — your photo is never uploaded.
1Choose the document
- Photo size
- 25 × 35 mm
- Head height
- 24.5–28 mm
- Background
- Plain white or light
- Output
- 591 × 827 px · 600 dpi
Official requirements
- Colour photo, 25 × 35 mm (0.98 × 1.38 in)
- Head from top of hair to chin: 24.5–28 mm
- Plain white or light 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: avoid glare
- Head coverings: only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead
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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.
PAN card 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, 25 × 35 mm (0.98 × 1.38 in)
- ✓Head from top of hair to chin: 24.5–28 mm
- ✓Plain white or light 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: avoid glare
- ✓Head coverings: only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead
- ✓Recent
Specific to India
- Online / digital submission: Colour JPEG at 200 dpi — 3.5 cm high by 2.5 cm wide (about 197 × 276 px). Protean allows 50 KB but older UTIITSL guidance says 20 KB, so stay under 20 KB. Signature: JPEG at 200 dpi, 4.5 × 2 cm strip, black ink on white paper, under 10 KB to be safe.
- Printed copies: 2 photos for a paper application; none in the paperless Aadhaar e-KYC route, where the photo comes from UIDAI
- Used for Form 49A (Indian citizens) and 49AA (foreign citizens).
- The PAN photo is a small 3.5 × 2.5 cm portrait — smaller than a passport photo.
- The authority publishes no head height in millimetres; the 70–80 % ICAO framing used here is what its capture stations enforce.
Source: Protean eGov (NSDL) – PAN document scanning guide. Last reviewed 2026-09-20. Always confirm against your application form — the issuing authority has the final say.
How to make a PAN card 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 26.5 mm — inside the 24.5–28 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, the file for online forms or the 4 × 6 sheet (16 photos) and print at 100% on photo paper.
Full details in the photo-taking guide and the accepted vs rejected examples.
PAN card photo — questions
What size is a PAN card photo?＋
25 × 35 mm (0.98 × 1.38 in). The head, measured from the top of the hair to the chin, must be 24.5–28 mm.
What is the PAN card photo size in pixels?＋
At 300 dpi a 25 × 35 mm photo is 295 × 413 px; at 600 dpi it is 591 × 827 px. This tool exports at 600 dpi. For online submission: Colour JPEG at 200 dpi — 3.5 cm high by 2.5 cm wide (about 197 × 276 px). Protean allows 50 KB but older UTIITSL guidance says 20 KB, so stay under 20 KB. Signature: JPEG at 200 dpi, 4.5 × 2 cm strip, black ink on white paper, under 10 KB to be safe.
What background colour is required?＋
Plain white or light. 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 PAN card photo?＋
Avoid glare.
Are head coverings allowed?＋
Only for religious or medical reasons, with the full face visible from chin to forehead.
How do I print PAN card photos at home?＋
Download the 4 × 6 inch sheet — it holds 16 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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