Make your Chinese visa photo here
Choose a photo or take one. It’s checked on this phone.
Free check. $9.95 if it passes: files and a 4 × 6 print sheet.
Full refund if it’s rejected. Conditions
The sheet you take to the counter
The price, if your photo passes: $9.95
- Digital file, 420 × 560 px
- included
- 4 × 6, 5 × 7 and Letter print sheets
- included
Prints at 33 × 48 mm when printed at 100%. Check the store’s current price for one 4 × 6 print.
The rule, and how the camera keeps you in it
| Print size | 33 × 48 mm We crop to it. |
|---|---|
| Head height | 28–33 mm, chin to crown; hair inclusion is not specified The camera tells you to move closer or back. |
| Space above the head | 3–5 mm |
| Digital file | 354 × 472 to 420 × 560 px JPEG, 40–120 KB |
| Background | White or near-white The camera reads your wall before it takes the photo. We don’t edit it. |
| Glasses | Allowed with no glare |
| Expression | Neutral Auto waits until your eyes are open. |
| Editing | Edited photos are not accepted, and the online system checks photos automatically. |
More: Head coverings and other rules
| Head coverings | Only for religious reasons and only if no facial features are hidden. |
|---|---|
| Other rules |
|
Source: us.china-embassy.gov.cn, checked September 28, 2026.
Wall
Do: White Don’t: Beige Light
Do: Window Don’t: Yellow lamp Phone
Do: 4 ft away Don’t: Arm’s length Glasses
Do: Off Don’t: Glare
If your photo doesn’t pass, we show the one thing to fix, drawn on your photo, and the camera opens set up for it. Retakes are free.
1. First try
If your photo doesn’t pass, we show the one thing to fix, drawn on your photo, and the camera opens set up for it.
2. Second try
The same problem again: a change to the setup, such as a white sheet behind you, a helper or the timer, or a window’s light.
3. Third try
Other ways to finish: your phone’s camera instead of this computer’s, or a drugstore or post office photo counter. Retakes are free.
Before and after you pay
Before you pay
free check, retake as often as you like
After you pay
2 free new photos for 7 days
If it’s rejected
full refund
Send us the rejection notice within 60 days of receiving it, and within 6 months of your order. Conditions
Your photo
stays on your device until you tap Pay
Files deleted: 7 days after your order
- Your fileson the next page, and by email
- Refundto the card or wallet you paid with
- Who we areStudioless is a service of AboutUsAgency, Inc., a U.S. company.
- Questionssupport@getstudioless.com
Questions
Will my photo be accepted?
The office that takes your application decides. We check your photo against the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.’s published rule before you pay. If the office rejects it because of the photo, you get a full refund. Send us the rejection notice within 60 days of receiving it, and within 6 months of your order. Conditions
Do you edit my photo?
No. We level, resize and crop it, and nothing else.
The Chinese Embassy in the U.S.’s rule, in short: Edited photos are not accepted, and the online system checks photos automatically.
So a wall that isn’t white or off-white means a new photo. The camera helps you take it.
I don’t have a white wall. What can I use?
The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. asks for a white or near-white background. A white door, a white sheet pinned flat to a wall, or white poster board. Face a window so the light falls on your face, and stand about 2 ft in front of the wall so your shadow falls behind you.
How do I print it?
Save the 4 × 6 sheet to your phone (it holds 4 photos at 33 × 48 mm; the application asks for one) and order one 4 × 6 print at a drugstore photo counter or kiosk, with auto-correct and crop to fit turned off. Check the store’s current price for one 4 × 6 print. You can also print the Letter sheet at home at 100% scale and cut along the lines.
What size is a Chinese visa photo?
The printed photo is 33 × 48 mm. Head height: 28–33 mm, chin to crown; hair inclusion is not specified. Leave 3–5 mm between the top of the photo and the top of your head. The background must be white or near-white. The file for an online application is 354 × 472 to 420 × 560 px JPEG, 40–120 KB.
Is my photo private?
The check runs on your device. Your photo is uploaded only when you continue to checkout, and we delete your files 7 days after your order.