Chinese passport photo requirements
A Chinese passport photo is 33 × 48 mm with a white background. The head measures 28–33 mm from chin to crown. No pixel size is published; the file for China’s consular app must be 30–80 KB. Source: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, checked October 9, 2026.
Sources: cs.mfa.gov.cn and us.china-embassy.gov.cn, checked October 9, 2026.
The rule
| Rule | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Print size | 33 × 48 mm |
| Head height | 28–33 mm, chin to crown; hair inclusion is not specified |
| Digital file | No pixel size published; 30–80 KB |
| Space above the head | 3–5 mm |
| Background | White |
| Glasses | Allowed with no glare |
| Expression | Natural, eyes open, lips closed |
| Head coverings | No head coverings. One worn for religious, medical or cultural reasons must not cover the face or cast shadows, and accessories must not cover the face. |
| Editing | The photo must not be modified, and composite photos are not accepted. |
| Other rules |
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Source: 中国领事服务网, 电子护照人像照片规格要求 (opens in a new tab) (cs.mfa.gov.cn). Checked .
Notes
Applying in China’s consular app
Chinese citizens in the U.S. apply for an ordinary passport in China’s consular app. The Embassy in Washington says the photo you upload is the one printed in your new passport, and you don’t mail paper photos. You can choose a photo from your album or take one in the app, and a consular officer decides whether it is acceptable.
The Embassy’s list of mailed documents for an ordinary passport has no photos. Its lists for documents applied for on paper, such as an official passport, ask for three recent color photos on glossy paper. If an office asks you for paper photos, the ministry’s rule says they must be printed at a photo lab or on professional photo paper.
Sources: China Consular app: passport and travel document questions (in Chinese), Embassy of China in the U.S., checked October 9, 2026; Documents for a passport or travel document (in Chinese), Embassy of China in the U.S., checked October 9, 2026; E-passport photo specification (in Chinese), China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, checked October 9, 2026.
What we check, and what we can’t
On your device, we measure the head size and where it sits, the eye line, the wall behind you, the light on your face, the pose and the sharpness against this rule, and we crop the photo to its size. We level, resize and crop it, and nothing else.
We can’t tell how recent the photo is, whether it still looks like you, or what the office’s own reviewer will see on the day. The passport office decides whether to accept it.
Why a real photo matters
The Chinese passport rule on editing, in short
The photo must not be modified, and composite photos are not accepted.
Our summary of 中国领事服务网, 电子护照人像照片规格要求.
Start with your original camera photo. Check the document’s rules, including whether your head matches this rule: 28–33 mm, chin to crown; hair inclusion is not specified.
We don’t generate your photo. We level, scale and crop your original pixels to 33 × 48 mm, then show you the head height and the margins before you pay.
Our guides cover AI and passport photos and changing a photo’s background.
The files
studioless-cn-passport-digital
.jpg Upload in China’s consular app: JPEG, 30–80 KB. The ministry publishes no pixel size; we export 33 × 48 mm at 300 dpi (390 × 567 px). We make it at least 30 KB.
390 × 567 px JPEG
studioless-cn-passport-print-4x6
.jpg Print it as a regular 4 × 6 in photo at any drugstore kiosk, then cut on the lines.
1800 × 1200 px at 300 dpi, 4 photos at 33 × 48 mm
studioless-cn-passport-print-5x7
.jpg The same photos on a 5 × 7 in sheet, printed and cut the same way.
1500 × 2100 px at 300 dpi, 9 photos at 33 × 48 mm
Paper: photo paper, printed at a photo lab. Your check results come with the files, and everything is deleted 7 days after your order.
Sources
Changes to this page’s rule
- Added 7 documents (Indian passport, India e-Visa, Chinese passport, Vietnam e-visa, Brazil eVisa, German passport and NZeTA), each checked against its official pages on October 9; Brazil’s photo guide and VFS Global’s Indian passport checklist were read from archived copies, because their live pages block automated access.
Every document’s rules in one table: passport and visa photo sizesEvery change to the rules we check
Questions
Can I use ChatGPT or an AI app for my Chinese passport photo?
For a generated or retouched photo, follow the document’s editing rule. The photo must not be modified, and composite photos are not accepted. That is our summary of the rule, from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Reading or checking rules with a chatbot is a separate use; verify its answer against the authority’s source. We only level, scale and crop your photo.
Can I wear glasses in a Chinese passport photo?
Only with no glare, no tint and your eyes fully visible. Taking them off is the safest choice.
What do I get for $9.95?
You get a 390 × 567 px JPEG for the online form, within its file-size limit, plus printable 4 × 6 in and 5 × 7 in sheets you can print at any drugstore.
Where do I get my files?
On your order page after you pay, with no account to make.
