Can I take my passport photo with my phone at home?

Yes! Modern smartphone cameras exceed the resolution requirements for biometric passport photos. Stand 4 to 6 feet away against an uncluttered wall in a well-lit room, look straight at the camera with a neutral expression, and take a photo. QuickPhotoGov automatically removes the background to compliant pure white, checks eye alignment, and crops to exact millimeter specifications.

What are the standard passport photo sizes for the US, Schengen, and India?

United States (and India Visa/OCI) requires a 2x2 inch (51x51 mm / 600x600 px) photo with head height between 50% and 69%. Schengen European Union member states and Indian Passport Seva Kendra require a 35x45 mm (413x531 px at 300 DPI) photo with face height between 70% and 80% (32mm to 36mm). QuickPhotoGov supports 168+ countries automatically.

What is 35x45 mm and 2x2 inches in digital pixels at 300 DPI?

At standard 300 DPI print quality: (1) A 35x45 mm passport photo equals exactly 413 × 531 pixels. (2) A 2x2 inch (51x51 mm) photo equals exactly 600 × 600 pixels (or 602 × 602 pixels at true metric conversion). (3) A Canadian 50x70 mm photo equals 591 × 827 pixels.

Why do passport offices and visa consulates reject photos?

The top 6 rejection reasons worldwide are: (1) Smiling with teeth visible or mouth open, (2) Hair covering eyebrows, eyes, or cheek contours, (3) Harsh shadows behind ears or across the face, (4) Head tilted sideways or turned off-angle, (5) Wearing eyeglasses with flash glare, and (6) Distorted aspect ratio from poor manual cropping.

Can I wear eyeglasses, tinted lenses, or colored contacts?

Eyeglasses are strictly forbidden for US passports, Indian passports, and Schengen visas since 2016 to prevent lens glare and reflection from obscuring iris biometrics. The only exception is documented medical necessity with a signed doctor's note. Sunglasses, tinted glasses, and decorative colored contact lenses are completely prohibited.

Can I wear a religious hijab, turban, yarmulke, or headscarf?

Yes! Religious head coverings (such as hijabs, turbans, dastaars, or yarmulkes) are permitted under ICAO, US State Dept, and international consular guidelines provided they are worn continuously as part of daily religious practice. The headwear must not cast shadows on the face, and the entire facial oval from chin to hairline and both cheek edges must remain fully visible.

How do I print a 2x2 inch or 35x45 mm passport photo cheaply at Walgreens, CVS, or Walmart?

Instead of paying $17 to $20 for standard pharmacy passport printing services, export your formatted photo from QuickPhotoGov. Place it onto a standard 4x6 inch print template (which holds two 2x2 inch photos or six 35x45mm photos). Order a regular 4x6 inch photo print at Walgreens, CVS, or Walmart for roughly $0.35 to $0.40, then cut the photos out with scissors.

Do my private photos ever leave my device or get uploaded to a cloud server?

No, never. QuickPhotoGov uses client-side WebAssembly (WASM) and WebGL to run all vision models directly inside your web browser. Your private biometric photos are processed entirely in your device's local memory and are never uploaded, stored, or transmitted to any external server.

🛡️Last Updated: November 2026

Privacy Policy

Clear, honest, and zero-bullshit disclosure on how your data is handled.

💡The Brutally Honest Truth About Your Photo Data

We don't store your photos. Honestly, we couldn't even if we wanted to!

Here is the honest truth: Cloud server storage is ridiculously expensive. Storing millions of high-resolution selfies and photos would require massive Amazon S3 buckets, complex databases, and expensive compliance audits. Plus, honestly... we wouldn't even know what to do with your photos anyway!

That is why our studio is engineered to run 100% inside your own browser using WebAssembly and WebGL. When you upload a photo, it stays in your device's memory. Not a single pixel is ever uploaded to any server owned by us. When you close the browser tab, the photo is gone forever.

So please, please don't worry about your photos. They never leave your computer or phone!

🤝Our Business Model: Simple, Honest People Making an Honest Living

How do we keep this studio 100% free?

Other passport apps trap you with dirty \$19.99/week recurring subscriptions or force you to pay before downloading. We hate that. We are simple developers from Mumbai who want to build a truly useful tool while earning a fair, honest living. We monetize this website exclusively through Google AdSense display advertising. You get a properly framed, studio-grade passport photo for free, and advertisers pay a few pennies to show non-intrusive ads on the page. Everyone wins.

1.Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense Cookies

We partner with third-party vendors, including Google, to serve advertisements when you visit our website.

Third-party vendor cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
Personalized Advertising: Google's use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
How you can opt out: You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

2.Information We Do Not Collect

Because all image background removal, silhouette contour detection, face centering, and passport dimensioning take place purely on your browser using client-side WebAssembly, we do not collect, process, or store:

Your uploaded photos or selfies
Your biometric face measurements or facial geometry
Your names, document passport numbers, or nationality selections

3.Standard Server Logs & Web Analytics

Like almost all websites, our static file hosting provider may record basic technical server log data, such as your IP address, browser user-agent, operating system, and the time of your visit. This standard data is used strictly for network security, detecting DDoS attacks, and ensuring the website remains online.

4.Contacting Us About Your Privacy

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy, please feel free to reach out to our team at:

Contact / Admin: quickphotogov

Website: QuickPhotoGov (https://quickphotogov.com)

Email: quickphotogov@gmail.com

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