Australia passport photo requirements 2026 (ImmiAccount)
Safe pick inside **35–40 × 45–50 mm** is **35×45 mm**; light grey / white background, head height ~32–36 mm. Beauty filters are banned.
Official size and background
Australian passport and many visa photos usually allow a print range of 35–40 mm wide × 45–50 mm tall; in practice 35 × 45 mm is the safest target. Background plain white or light grey with clear contrast to the face.
Use our AI-powered Australia Passport Photo Tool to auto-crop your image in 3 seconds.
Head height from chin to crown should be about 32–36 mm. Smiling, tilted head and shadowed backgrounds are common refusals.
Official photo requirements
- Document size applied
- Face alignment checked
- Background prepared
Size
35 × 45 mm
Background
Light grey
Digital photo
413 × 531 px
ImmiAccount digital upload
Online lodgement (ImmiAccount) usually wants a high-resolution JPEG; common practice is about 1200×1600 px and a range from tens of KB to a few MB. Read the portal’s min / max KB on the day you apply.
Home Affairs diagrams reject casual selfies and digital beauty retouching. Turn Portrait / Beauty off and use a sharp main-camera frame.
Common mistakes
Forcing a US 2×2 square onto an Australian form, squashing a Türkiye 50×60, flash glare, hair covering the face and a photo older than two years.
Passport and visa often share the same 35×45 family — still pick the exact document type in the selector.
ImmiAccount-ready file with FotoPass
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Sharp front frame in daylight.
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Select Australia passport.
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The FotoPass Australia passport tool applies a 35×45 crop and a suitable background.
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Save the JPEG within ImmiAccount limits.
If mail-in prints are required, use matte photo paper; for digital lodgement only the approved JPEG is enough.
