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Australia visa photo: check and make yours

Your Australia visa photo, checked against the official rules, framed and sized, ready to upload. Official size: 35 x 45 mm. Background: neutral or light grey, contrasting with the face. Rules read on immi.homeaffairs.gov.au on 4 November 2026.

  1. Take or choose a photo
  2. We check it against the official rules and frame it
  3. Download the exact file

Free check. Your Australia visa photo, €6.99, only once it passes: the ready file, unlimited retakes for 30 days. Refund if the authority rejects it.

Your photo: 933 x 1200 px

Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.

Before you take it

  • Stand a step in front of a plain light grey wall, with nothing behind you.
  • Face a window or soft light: even light on the face, no shadows on it or behind.
  • Phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away: ask someone, or hold it at arm's length.
  • Take your glasses off.
  • A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open.

Check and make your photo

The first photo loads the face finder and the background outline from this site, about 15 MB, once.

The face finder and the background outline run in this page from files served by this site (sources and licences). They find where a face is in the photo; they never recognise who it is.

Meets the published spec as checked on 4 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government.

For a baby or young child: Australia visa photo for baby

Home Affairs recommends a professional passport photo provider, and its citizenship photo page says it doesn't recommend online photo services or apps.

The rules at a glance

For the Australian visa application photo (ImmiAccount digital upload; passport-size print for paper), as the official rules state them.

Size
35 x 45 mm
The file we make
933 x 1,200 pixels
Background
Neutral or light grey, contrasting with the face.
Glasses
Not allowed
Expression
A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open.
Taken
In the last 6 months
Edits
None allowed by the official rules (“unedited (background, moles, wrinkles, scars or red eyes should not be removed).”): we only frame and resize.
All the official rules and sources
Printed size
35 mm wide, 45 mm tall (45 mm x 35 mm passport photograph)
Digital photo
No pixel size set
File
JPEG; 70 KB to 3,500 KB
This page makes
A 933 x 1,200 pixel JPEG file
Background
neutral or light grey, contrasting with the face
Glasses
Not allowed
Expression
neutral (citizenship guidance referenced by the visa help text: not smiling, laughing or frowning); eyes open, mouth closed
Head covering
religious reasons only; whole face visible; plain material without patterns
Taken
In the last 6 months
Colour
Colour only
  • full-face view of head and shoulders
  • unedited: background, moles, wrinkles, scars or red eyes must not be removed
  • upload a digital copy only; a scan of a photo or a photograph of a photo is not acceptable
  • glasses only for medical reasons; untinted; frames not obscuring eyes; no lens reflection
  • paper: print the person's name on the back

For: online visa application in ImmiAccount (digital photograph for each applicant); paper applications needing a passport photograph.

Official source: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au, checked on 4 November 2026.

Provide a digital photograph for each applicant, including children.
in digital JPEG format between 70Kb and 3.5Mb, the preferred resolution is 1200x1600 pixels
no more than 6 months old
a full-face view of the applicant's head and shoulders
of good quality, in colour and taken against a neutral or light grey coloured background that contrasts with the applicant's face
unedited (background, moles, wrinkles, scars or red eyes should not be removed).
Glasses worn by the applicant should be removed unless they cannot be removed for medical reasons. If worn, glasses should be untinted (except for medical reasons), the frames should not obscure the applicant’s eyes and there should not be any reflection from the lenses.
If the applicant wears a head covering for religious reasons, they can wear the head covering in their photo as long as their whole face is visible. The covering should be plain material without any patterns.
Only upload a digital copy of the photograph.
A scan of a photo or a photograph of a photo is not acceptable.
Last updated: 17/12/2025 9:53

Official source: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au, checked on 4 November 2026.

Provide a recent passport photograph (45mm x 35mm). This should be of the head and shoulders only, and should show the person facing the camera, against a plain background and must be less than six months old. Print the name of the person on the back of the photograph.
Last updated: 23/09/2024 10:53

Official source: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au, checked on 4 November 2026.

expression is neutral (not smiling, laughing or frowning).
We don’t recommend using online passport photo services and mobile apps as images produced may not meet our image quality requirements. Also, you may be in danger of identity fraud.
Last updated: 7/10/2026 9:06 AM

Meets the published spec as checked on 4 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Rules change: check the official page before you apply.

How to use it

  1. Stand facing the camera in front of a plain, light wall, with even light on your face.
  2. Tap Take the photo and follow the outline and the tips on screen, or choose a photo you have. The page finds your face and frames it to the rules.
  3. Fix anything the page lists, each with its own tip. Adjust the framing if you need to, and move Top of head if the dashed line is not at the top of your head.
  4. Tick what only you can confirm.
  5. Save the file.

Questions

What size is the Australia visa photo?
Printed, 35 x 45 mm. The file: JPEG; 70 KB to 3,500 KB. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026. This page makes a 933 x 1,200 pixel JPEG file.
What background does the Australia visa photo need?
Neutral or light grey, contrasting with the face.
Can I wear glasses in my Australia visa photo?
No: the official rules do not allow glasses in the photo. If you cannot take them off, see the official page.
Can I smile in my Australia visa photo?
Neutral (citizenship guidance referenced by the visa help text: not smiling, laughing or frowning); eyes open, mouth closed.
Can I wear a head covering in my Australia visa photo?
Religious reasons only; whole face visible; plain material without patterns.
How recent must my Australia visa photo be?
Taken in the last 6 months. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.
Can I take my Australia visa photo at home?
The official rules, as checked on 4 November 2026, ask for no photographer or studio, so a photo taken at home can meet them if it meets every rule on this page.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The photo is read and checked in your browser, and any file is saved on your device. The page tells our server only that a photo was checked, that it passed, or that a file was saved; never the photo, your face or any measurement. It finds where your face is in the photo; it never recognises who you are.
How is the head measured?
The page finds your chin and eyes in the photo and estimates the top of your head from your forehead, since hair hides it: the dashed line shows the estimate. If it is not at the top of your head, move it with Top of head and the checks follow.
Will my photo be accepted?
Only the issuing authority decides. A photo that passes every check here meets the published size, head and background rules as checked on 4 November 2026; you confirm the rest, such as glasses, expression and how recent the photo is.
What does buying your Australia visa photo add?
Your Australia visa photo, €6.99: the exact 933 x 1200 px file, the acceptance report, the Detail check, unlimited retakes and the whole family's photos for this document for 30 days. Pay only once your photo passes. Refund if the authority rejects it. Paid once, with no subscription. In the Detail check our AI model, run in the EU, checks glasses, expression, shadows and more if you choose to send it the photo. Without buying you can check any photo and save a small preview with a watermark.