France Passport Photo Generator

The French Ministry of the Interior and ANTS (Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés) enforce precise biometric criteria conforming to ISO/IEC 19794-5. The most critical distinction is that pure white backgrounds are strictly forbidden; photos must feature a plain, uniform light grey or light blue background.

This generator formats your portrait to standard 35 × 45 mm dimensions and provides visual guides to ensure your face height falls strictly between 32 mm and 36 mm (70% to 80% of the total frame height).

Official French Biometric Photo Requirements (ANTS)

• Dimensions: Exactly 35 mm wide by 45 mm high (413 × 531 px at 300 DPI).
• Face Dimension: 32 mm to 36 mm from chin to skull crown, excluding bulky hairstyles.
• Background Colour: Light grey or light blue only. Pure white backdrops cause immediate rejection at the mairie.
• Facial Expression: Neutral expression with mouth closed and lips relaxed. No smiles, frowning, or squinting.
• Headwear & Hair: Head coverings are strictly prohibited except for documented medical reasons. Forehead, chin, and both cheeks must be fully exposed.
• Eyeglasses: Heavily discouraged. If worn, frames must be thin, eyes must remain clearly visible, and lenses must have zero reflections or tint.

Consider an applicant preparing an image for a French CNI renewal:

• Source Photo: A 2400 × 3200 pixel portrait taken in balanced ambient room light (2.5 MB JPEG).
• Standard Selected: France ANTS (35 × 45 mm, 413 × 531 px at 300 DPI).
• Framing & Background: The user adjusts the crop boundary so the face measures 34 mm vertically and verifies a light grey background is displayed.
• Export Output: A 300 DPI image mapped onto a 10 × 15 cm printable photo card holding 6 compliant cutouts for physical presentation.

Operational breakdown of French biometric photo generation:

• Client-Side Vector Framing: Alignment reticles, 35 × 45 mm dimension locking, face proportion verification, and print canvas generation occur entirely on your CPU inside the active browser window.
• Remote GPU Extraction (Optional): If you trigger background removal, your photo is sent over TLS to a stateless computing node that generates an alpha cutout and immediately drops all image data without secondary retention or model training.