🇬🇧 UK Visa (BRP) photo requirements
Short answer
A UK Visa (BRP) photo must be 35 × 45 mm (413 × 531 px at 300 DPI) with a plain light grey or cream background, front-facing, taken recently. Head (chin to crown) 29–34 mm; face centered and clearly visible.
Specification
| Size | 35 × 45 mm |
| Pixels (300 DPI) | 413 × 531 px |
| Background | Plain light grey or cream |
| Head size / position | Head (chin to crown) 29–34 mm; face centered and clearly visible. |
| Expression | Neutral expression, mouth closed, eyes open. |
Rules & common mistakes
- •35 x 45 mm.
- •Plain cream or light grey background.
- •No smiling, no glasses.
- •Recent photo; even lighting, 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.
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Upload your real photo, remove the background, and export at exactly 413 × 531 px. Select "UK Visa (BRP)" in the tool.
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