Japan ID / Licence from United States: identity-document crop only
Scope lock: Japan ID / Licence is an identity / residence-style document page, kept separate from passport and licence URLs.
Even when your FotoPass market shows United States, a Japan ID / Licence must still meet Japan photo law for that document — local domestic sizes are a different product.
This article is scoped to Japan ID / Licence as a Japan identity / residence-style photo (40 × 30 mm, White), kept separate from passport and licence pages.
Cross-border ID work: market United States, photo law Japan for Japan ID / Licence. Passport and licence copy stay on other URLs.
Official framing for Japan ID / Licence on FotoPass is 40 × 30 mm with a White background. Treat any other country’s booth print as a different template.
Home-market tip: United States passport photos are commonly about 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 in). Japan ID / Licence instead demands 40 × 30 mm — different aspect ratio, not a simple resize.
From United States: selfie → Japan ID / Licence → upload → use the export for Japan registry / residence filings.
Why United States defaults fail Japan ID checks
A 51 × 51 mm (2 × 2 in) United States print is not automatically a valid 40 × 30 mm ID crop for Japan ID / Licence.
Registries want a plain White field and a current likeness — not a reused travel JPEG.
Registry / online ID notes from United States
File the newest Japan ID / Licence export with the Japan identity office or portal.
Compress only after the ID crop is locked.
Keep the selector on Japan ID / Licence
Do not flip to a United States passport or licence mid-flow — millimetres will silently change.
Japan ID / residence photo
Japan ID / Licence uses 40 × 30 mm and a White background. If you arrived from a passport or licence search, confirm the selector still shows this ID document.
United States → Japan ID gate
- Form asks for Japan ID / Licence (identity / residence)
- Canvas 40 × 30 mm
- ID backdrop White
- No passport/licence reuse
- Current likeness
- Market United States / law Japan
United States-based applicants clear Japan ID / Licence when every ID line above is true.