Australian Passport Photo Maker — 35x45mm Photo Online
An Australian passport photo has to clear one requirement that trips up more applicants than the size itself: the background must be plain white — and only white. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) does not accept off-white, cream, light grey, or pale blue backgrounds, even though those pass in some other countries. A perfectly sharp, correctly-sized photo taken against a slightly-too-grey wall is a genuinely common rejection reason, so the background matters as much as the dimensions.
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Australian Passport Photo Maker — 35x45mm Photo Online
An Australian passport photo has to clear one requirement that trips up more applicants than the size itself: the background must be plain white — and only white. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) does not accept off-white, cream, light grey, or pale blue backgrounds, even though those pass in some other countries. A perfectly sharp, correctly-sized photo taken against a slightly-too-grey wall is a genuinely common rejection reason, so the background matters as much as the dimensions.
The size itself is the widely-used 35 x 45mm portrait format. This tool crops your photo to that exact 35:45 aspect ratio and resizes it to 413 x 531 pixels — 35 x 45mm at 300 DPI — with the head intended to fall within Australia's 32 to 36mm chin-to-crown range. It crops automatically from the centre, so begin with a photo where your face is centred and fills a similar proportion of the frame as a normal passport photo.
Everything is processed locally in your browser; your photo is never uploaded to any server. Because this tool controls the crop and pixel dimensions but can't judge your background colour, lighting, or expression, photograph yourself against a genuinely plain white backdrop and confirm the current DFAT photo requirements before you lodge your application.
Common questions
35 x 45mm in portrait orientation, which this tool outputs as 413 x 531 pixels — the exact pixel count for 35 x 45mm at 300 DPI — with the head sized for DFAT's 32–36mm chin-to-crown range.
Yes. DFAT specifies a plain WHITE background and does not accept off-white, cream, grey, or coloured backdrops. This is one of the most common reasons an otherwise-good Australian passport photo is rejected, so shoot against a true white wall or backdrop, evenly lit with no shadow behind you.
No — it crops and resizes to the correct spec but does not replace or recolour your background. You need to take the photo against a genuinely plain white surface. If your background is close but not perfect, retake it rather than risk a rejection.
The 35 x 45mm dimensions are the same as the UK and much of Europe, but the rules around background, expression, and how recent the photo must be are set separately by DFAT — don't assume a photo accepted elsewhere meets every Australian rule.
No — all cropping and resizing happen in your browser using the Canvas API, so your photo never leaves your device.