🇳🇿 New Zealand Passport photo requirements
Short answer
A New Zealand Passport photo must be 35 × 45 mm (413 × 531 px at 300 DPI) with a plain light grey or white background, front-facing, taken recently. Head height between 32 mm and 36 mm, centered.
Specification
| Size | 35 × 45 mm |
| Pixels (300 DPI) | 413 × 531 px |
| Background | Plain light grey or white |
| Head size / position | Head height between 32 mm and 36 mm, centered. |
| Expression | Neutral expression, mouth closed, eyes open. |
Rules & common mistakes
- •35 x 45 mm.
- •Plain, light and neutral background.
- •Taken within the last 6 months.
- •No glasses; even lighting with no shadows.
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.
Make a compliant New Zealand Passport photo free
Upload your real photo, remove the background, and export at exactly 413 × 531 px. Select "New Zealand Passport" in the tool.
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