United States Passport from the UK: ignore GOV.UK sizes
Scope lock: this URL is for United States Passport travel-document photos only — licence and national-ID copy live on their own pages.
Many people in the United Kingdom order a United States Passport while renewing from abroad, booking a US consular appointment, or submitting an online US form. GOV.UK photo rules do not apply to that file — only United States specifications on this page do.
This article is scoped to United States Passport as a United States travel / passport photo (2 × 2 in, White). Driving-licence and national-ID wording is not pasted here.
British applicants routinely paste a 35 × 45 mm HMPO-style portrait into a United States form. That portrait is legal for a UK passport — and wrong for United States Passport at 2 × 2 in on White.
For most United States passport photos the canonical print is a square 2 × 2 inch frame on a plain white background. Eyes open, mouth closed, and no typical eyeglass glare are recurring rejection themes. This page locks United States Passport to 2 × 2 in / White.
Practical UK workflow: selfie in daylight near a window (avoid yellow tungsten alone), confirm United States Passport, upload here, then attach the export to the United States online tool or take it to your London / Belfast / Edinburgh consular packet — not a high-street “UK passport” booth ticket.
35 × 45 mm vs United States Passport geometry
UK passport guidance is a tall rectangle. United States Passport needs 2 × 2 in (exact millimetres above). Phone “perspective” tools cannot invent the missing width legally.
If a UK chemist already printed 35 × 45 mm, leave that print for UK renewals. Generate a separate United States Passport file on FotoPass for United States passport filings.
Filing United States Passport from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
Online United States passport renewals accept digital photos when the crop matches United States rules. Embassy / consulate appointments serving UK residents still expect the same 2 × 2 in standard — bring the newest download, not last year’s holiday snap.
Compress for portal kilobyte caps only after FotoPass has set the biometric frame for United States Passport.
United States passport photo — what people search
This page is scoped to United States Passport only: 2 × 2 in on a White background. Licence or national-ID crops belong on their own document pages.
Queries such as “United States passport photo size” and “biometric passport photo” should land here — not on a driving-licence tool with a coincidentally similar millimetre size.
Green card & USCIS (passport page only)
High-volume green card photo / USCIS 2x2 searches share the 2 × 2 in family with United States Passport (White background).
Same print size ≠ same filing. Export a fresh file per application. DV lottery photos are a separate product — not this passport tool.
DS-160 vs passport renewal uploads
Both often want 2×2, but portals add different kilobyte caps. Author United States Passport first, then compress.
Drugstore “passport photo” menus sometimes print the wrong SKU — keep control with this online crop.
UK → United States passport photo gate
- Form asks for United States Passport, not a UK passport photo
- Canvas is 2 × 2 in, not 35 × 45 mm
- Backdrop is White (not cream booth paper)
- No stretched HMPO JPEG
- Neutral expression; glasses policy checked against United States passport rules
- Selector still shows United States Passport while the site market is United Kingdom
Treat UK and United States photo products as two different SKUs — this page only manufactures the United States Passport passport one.