ID Photo

🇨🇳 China Passport & Visa Photo Size Requirements

Official photo sizes for 🇨🇳 China. Change the country at the top right.

Required background: white

  • Face the camera, neutral expression, eyes open
  • Stand ~1 m from a plain wall, even light, no shadows
  • No glasses or hats; include your shoulders

Free, no watermark: digital photo for online applications + 4×6 in print sheet. Originals are deleted within 24 hours.

Before and after

Your photo
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ID photo

Do's and don'ts

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Correct
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Glasses
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Tilted head
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Shadows
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Open-mouth smile
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Too far away

Change the background color

White
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Illustrations

China Passport Photo: A China passport photo must be 33 × 48 mm (1.3 × 1.875 in) — 390 × 567 px at 300 DPI — with a head height of 28–33 mm (1.1–1.3 in) from chin to crown, on a white background, taken within the last 6 months.

China Visa Photo: A China visa photo must be 33 × 48 mm (1.3 × 1.875 in) — 385 × 560 px at 300 DPI — with a head height of 28–33 mm (1.1–1.3 in) from chin to crown, on a white background, taken within the last 6 months. For online applications the digital photo must be 354–420 × 472–560 px, maximum 120 KB.

DocumentSizeHead heightBackgroundDigital size
🇨🇳 China Passport Photo33 × 48 mm (1.3 × 1.875 in)28–33 mm (1.1–1.3 in)white—
🇨🇳 China Visa Photo33 × 48 mm (1.3 × 1.875 in)28–33 mm (1.1–1.3 in)white354–420 × 472–560 px