China Passport Photo Generator

Chinese passport and visa photograph requirements follow specific metric dimensions that differ from European and American conventions. The National Immigration Administration requires an exact dimension of 33 mm wide by 48 mm high, with strict vertical head bounds and strict upper border margins.

This tool sets the mandatory 33 × 48 mm ratio and provides biometric alignment indicators to ensure your head height measures between 28 mm and 33 mm, with 3 mm to 5 mm of clear headroom above the hair crown.

Official Chinese Passport & Visa Photo Rules

• Physical Dimensions: Exactly 33 mm wide by 48 mm high (390 × 567 px at 300 DPI).
• Head Height: 28 mm to 33 mm from bottom of chin to top of skull (58% to 69% of frame).
• Head Width: 15 mm to 22 mm across facial contours.
• Top Margin: 3 mm to 5 mm of white space between top edge and crown of head.
• Background & Attire: Uniform solid white backdrop. Applicants must wear dark, non-white clothing with a visible collar. Pure white shirts or jackets are rejected due to lack of contrast.
• Appearance: Facial expression must be neutral with closed mouth and direct eye contact. Ears and eyebrows must remain clearly uncovered by hair.

Consider an applicant preparing an image for a Chinese consular visa application:

• Source Photo: A 3000 × 4000 pixel smartphone capture wearing a navy blue buttoned collar shirt against a smooth white wall (3.4 MB JPEG).
• Biometric Setup: Chinese Passport / Visa standard (33 × 48 mm, 390 × 567 px at 300 DPI).
• Alignment Adjustment: The user moves the crop guides so the chin rests on the base guide and the top of the hair sits at the 31 mm mark, leaving a 4 mm border at the top of the frame.
• Generated File: A 300 DPI print-ready grid carrying 6 identical 33 × 48 mm photos on a standard 4 × 6 inch sheet, ready for pharmacy printing.

How your Chinese document portraits are handled:

• Direct In-Browser Resizing: 33 × 48 mm framing, top margin guides, head-height bounding, and multi-up print sheet composition run purely in client memory via standard canvas APIs.
• Optional Ephemeral Cloud Backdrop Extraction: Clicking the background cutout feature dispatches the image via HTTPS to a temporary GPU worker. The server isolates the silhouette and immediately flushes the image payload from volatile RAM.