UK Visa Photo
Take a UK visa photo correctly the first time
Live camera guidance before you pay. We never alter your face — only crop, resize, and clean the background. $6.99 per photo, no account.
Take a photo
Use your camera with live coaching — arrows show you exactly what to fix (tilt, lighting, head size, background) in the viewfinder. Already have a photo? You can upload one too.
Pay only if it works
$6.99 one-time. No subscription, no account. Card details stay with Stripe — never with us.
Ready in about 5 minutes
Most photos finish in 3–5 minutes — we'll email you when yours is ready. Get a 600 × 750 px digital photo (UKVI online upload) and a compliance report.
No charge until your photo passes our check.
See the transformation
From everyday selfie to UK visa-ready photo
One upload. Four fixes in one pass.
Drag the handle on the slider to compare. Every submitted photo runs through the same checks, in the same order:
- Background — Removed clutter, normalized to a plain light tone per UKVI spec.
- Crop & head size — Re-centered with the head sized for UKVI's 29–34 mm rule and 4:5 portrait frame.
- Lighting — Even, no harsh shadows across the face or background.
- Sharpness & dimensions — Exported as a 600 × 750 px JPEG (UKVI online upload spec), vertical orientation, 50 KB–10 MB.
Our advantage
Take the right photo, the first time
Live arrows show you exactly what to fix — tilt, lighting, head size, background, shadows — before you tap shutter. Most issues get caught in the viewfinder, not after upload. Everything runs in your browser, in real time.
Real-time face centering
468 facial landmarks tracked live as you frame — no upload, no waiting.
Real-time tilt warning
Tilt, off-center, too close? We tell you which way to correct, the moment you need to.
Exposure & shadow checks
Brightness, lighting balance, and shadows across the face — all checked before submit unlocks.
Everything runs in your browser. Your face never leaves your device until you submit.
Try the live cameraYour face stays your face
No AI face alteration. We process your photo, not your identity.
What we do
- Crop and resize to 600 × 750 (UKVI online upload spec)
- Replace background with a plain, light tone
- Normalize lighting and exposure
- Check compliance with UK Home Office rules
What we don’t do
- Alter your facial features
- Smooth or retouch skin
- Modify eyes, nose, or mouth
- Mirror or flip your photo
UKVI requires photos to be unaltered by software — and they must not be mirrored or flipped. We crop, resize, adjust the background, and check compliance; we do not change your face, skin, or identity.
- 1Take or upload
- 2Pay
- 3Download
Step 1 — Take or upload your photo
We don't use AI to alter faces — only crop, resize, and background normalization.
UK visa photo requirements
The list below mirrors the UK Home Office digital photo standard published on gov.uk. We check every measurable item automatically before delivery — head size, background, sharpness, lighting, and dimensions.
File format and size
- Format
- JPG or JPEG
- Orientation
- Vertical / portrait
- Dimensions
- At least 600 × 750 px — we deliver exactly 600 × 750
- File size
- Between 50 KB and 10 MB
- Quality
- Clear, in focus, in colour
- Unaltered
- Not mirrored, flipped, or edited by software
Background and composition
- Background
- Plain, light-coloured, with clear contrast to the subject
- Body visible
- Head, shoulders, and upper body must all be visible — don't crop your photo, we'll do it for you
- Other people / objects
- None — only you in frame
- Red eye
- None
- Shadows
- None on face or behind you
Face, pose, expression
- Direction
- Face directly towards the camera
- Eyes
- Open, visible, looking straight at the camera
- Mouth
- Closed
- Expression
- Plain
- Head height
- 29 mm to 34 mm crown to chin (about 46–54% of our 600 × 750 digital image height; ~10% gap above the head)
- Hair
- Not in front of the eyes
- Face coverings
- Nothing covering your face
- Head covering
- None, unless for religious or medical reasons
- Clothing
- Shoulders and torso clothed
Recency
- Taken in the last month
- Photo must have been taken within the last 30 days
- New photo per application
- A new photo is required for every application, even if your appearance has not changed
Note from the UK Home Office: Acceptance of your photo is at the discretion of the UK Home Office or visa application centre handling your application. A caseworker makes the final decision. Our promise is to deliver a photo that meets every published technical requirement.
Scope: This service is for UK visa photos only. UK passport photos share most of the same rules; check the gov.uk passport-photo guidance if you need that instead. Other countries' visa photos have different requirements and are not supported here.
Common reasons photos get rejected
- Smiling or mouth open — UKVI requires a plain expression with mouth closed
- Head outside the 29–34 mm range (≈ 46–54% of the 600 × 750 digital height)
- Background isn't plain or doesn't contrast clearly with you
- Other objects or people in the frame
- Visible shadow on your face or behind you
- Red eye, eyes covered by hair, or anything covering your face
- Photo is mirrored, flipped, or edited by software
- Pre-cropped source missing head, shoulders, or upper body
- Photo older than 1 month, or reusing an old photo from a previous application
- Below 600 × 750 px or under 50 KB / over 10 MB
UK visa photo guides
Specs and troubleshooting for the UK Home Office digital photo standard — each guide has the photo tool embedded at the top.
Troubleshooting
Our guarantee
Your card is never charged until we deliver a photo that passes our compliance check. If a delivered photo is rejected by the UK Home Office or a visa application centre due to a photo compliance issue we should have caught, we'll reprocess it for free — see our refund policy for details. Photo acceptance is ultimately at the discretion of the caseworker, so we can't promise approval, but we do promise the photo we deliver will meet every published technical requirement.