Make your German passport 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
- 4 × 6, 5 × 7 and Letter print sheets
- included
Prints at 35 × 45 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 | 35 × 45 mm We crop to it. |
|---|---|
| Face height | 70–80% of the photo height (BMI photo examples); 32–36 mm, chin to top of skull, hair excluded (the missions’ 2007 sample board) The camera tells you to move closer or back. |
| Background | One plain color, no shadows, contrasting with your face and hair 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. |
| Photos needed | Two identical prints |
| Editing | Retouched or filtered photos are not accepted. |
More: Head coverings, babies and other rules
| Head coverings | Only for religious reasons, with the face visible from the tip of the chin to the forehead and no shadows on the face. |
|---|---|
| Babies | Children 6 and younger: exceptions are allowed for head position, facial expression and how visible the eyes are. Children 10 and younger: small deviations from the face size are allowed. No second person or object in the photo. |
| Other rules |
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Source: germany.info, checked October 9, 2026.
Wall
Do: Plain, light Don’t: Dark 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
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Questions
Will my photo be accepted?
The passport office decides. We check your photo against the German Embassy and consulates 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 German Embassy and consulates in the U.S.’s rule, in short: Retouched or filtered photos are not accepted.
So a wall that isn’t white or light gray means a new photo. The camera helps you take it.
I don’t have a white wall. What can I use?
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 and have a photo lab print it. The 4 × 6 sheet holds 6 photos at 35 × 45 mm; the application asks for 2. Check the store’s current price for one 4 × 6 print. German missions ask you not to cut the photos yourself (“Please do not cut the photos yourself!”): have a photo lab print the sheet and cut two identical 35 × 45 mm photos, or ask your mission whether to bring the sheet uncut.
What size is a German passport photo?
The printed photo is 35 × 45 mm. Face height: 70–80% of the photo height (BMI photo examples); 32–36 mm, chin to top of skull, hair excluded (the missions’ 2007 sample board). The background must be one plain color, free of shadows, that contrasts with your face and hair; our check takes white or light gray.
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.