Can I use an AI-generated photo for a passport or visa?
No. Passport and visa authorities require a genuine, unaltered photograph of you and reject AI-generated or digitally altered faces — submitting one risks rejection and, in some places, being treated as a false submission. You can legally edit the background and size of your real photo, but the face must be your actual photograph.
An AI headshot is a synthetic image, not a photo of you, even when it looks similar — so it fails the 'true likeness' requirement that identity documents are built on.
The compliant approach is to start from a real photo and only adjust what's allowed: background colour and crop/size. Our passport tool does exactly that with high-quality background removal, never touching your face.
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Upload your real photo, remove the background, and crop to the exact official size — your face is never altered.
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Guidance for identity documents changes and varies by authority — always confirm against the current official specification before submitting.