🇯🇵 Japan Visa photo requirements
Short answer
A Japan Visa photo must be 45 × 45 mm (531 × 531 px at 300 DPI) with a plain white background, front-facing, taken recently. Head (crown to chin) about 34 mm in the 45 x 45 mm photo; face centered.
Specification
| Size | 45 × 45 mm |
| Pixels (300 DPI) | 531 × 531 px |
| Background | Plain white |
| Head size / position | Head (crown to chin) about 34 mm in the 45 x 45 mm photo; face centered. |
| Expression | Neutral expression, mouth closed, front-facing. |
Rules & common mistakes
- •45 x 45 mm, square.
- •Plain white background, no patterns.
- •Taken within the last 6 months.
- •No glasses, no hats; clear, sharp, color photo.
Use your real photo — not an AI-generated face. Passport and visa authorities require a genuine, unaltered photograph of you and reject AI-generated portraits. Our free tool below is compliant because it only removes the background and crops your real photo to size — it never synthesizes your face. Still, always verify against the current official spec before submitting.
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Upload your real photo, remove the background, and export at exactly 531 × 531 px. Select "Japan Visa" in the tool.
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