Passport, visa and ID photos · Photo cost
How much does a passport photo cost in the UK? Prices at the Post Office and Max Spielmann
These are the passport photo prices that the big providers in the UK show on their own pages, copied exactly, with the link and the date we read them. Beside them is what WinPhoto ID does instead: a free check of a photo you take yourself, in your browser. Prices change: check the shop before you go.
Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.
Passport photo prices in the UK, from each shop's own page
| Provider | Price shown | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Post Office (Digital Check & Send) | £16.00 | “Our Digital Check & Send service costs £16.00. The fee includes your photo and delivery to the HM Passport Office.” A service that completes and sends your application; on top of the HM Passport Office fee. The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
| Max Spielmann (in-store) | £12.99 | “Passport photos are £12.99 for UK passports in our shops, the same price for adults and kids.” Includes: “4 prints and digital code. Expert in-store HMPO checks. Free retakes.” The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
| Max Spielmann (ID photo booths) | £10.00 | “Passport photos are a little cheaper at our passport booths, starting from £10 a set.” Includes: “Self-service booth. 4 prints and digital code. Not suitable for babies/toddlers. Up to 10 retakes.” The provider’s page, read on 12 November 2026. |
Prices are copied exactly as each page showed them on the date read. Prices change and can differ from store to store: check the shop before you go. WinPhoto has no link with these shops.
What WinPhoto ID does instead
- You take the photo yourself, and WinPhoto ID checks it against the published rules in your browser, free. The photo is not uploaded.
- The finished file and a print sheet: £5.99, paid once for that document, with unlimited retakes for 30 days. No subscription.
- You still print the photo or upload it yourself. A printed photo is one ordinary photo print of the sheet from a photo counter, a kiosk or an online lab: how to print it.
WinPhoto is photo software, not an application service. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Only the authority decides whether it accepts a photo.
When a shop is the better choice
Some authorities only take a photo from a photographer, a photo booth or a service with a photo code, and some refuse a photo made at home or edited. For these documents WinPhoto ID only checks a photo you already have: it makes no file and never changes yours. Read each document's page first.
- UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), face photo In the UK ETA app, the app takes your face photo itself. If you apply online instead, for example for someone who isn't with you, GOV.UK says the photo must not be altered by computer software, and must show your head, shoulders and upper body. So this page checks your photo as it is and never changes or re-saves it: upload that same file.
- UK passport, online application (digital photo) GOV.UK crops the photo itself and asks you not to crop a photo taken on your own device, and someone else must take it. So this page checks your photo as it is and never crops or re-saves it: upload that same file.
A shop or booth also suits you if you need the photo today, have no one to take it, or need a baby's photo taken by someone used to it.
Questions
- How much does a passport photo cost in the UK?
- On the pages we read (Post Office, Max Spielmann), the price each shows is in the table above, with what it includes in the shop's own words. Prices change and can differ from shop to shop: check the shop's page or ask in store.
- Is a passport photo from WinPhoto ID accepted?
- WinPhoto is photo software, not an application service. Its check compares your photo with the published rules as we read them on the date each document's page gives. Only the authority decides whether it accepts a photo.
- Do I still need a print?
- If your document asks for a printed photo, yes: you order one ordinary photo print of the sheet, or print it yourself where the rules allow. If it takes a digital photo, you upload the file.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. The check, the file and the print sheet are made in your browser and the photo stays on your device. The one exception is the Detail check, which is opt-in and comes with a document's photo.