Passport, visa and ID photos · Philippines
Philippine visa photo: check yours
Check your Philippine visa photo against the official rules before you send it. We never change it. Official size: 35 x 45 mm. Background: white. Rules read on newyorkpcg.org on 4 November 2026.
- Choose the photo file you were given
- We check it against the official rules, without changing it
- If it passes, send that same file
Free check. Nothing to buy: the rules don't allow us to change your photo.
Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.
What a passing photo needs
- Stand a step in front of a plain white 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.
- Facing the camera.
Check your photo
The first photo loads the face finder and the background outline from this site, about 15 MB, once.
Adjust the top-of-head line
See every measurement
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If your photo passes, send the same file you checked here, unchanged.
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.
This page only checks your photo: it never crops, edits or re-saves it.
Each Philippine embassy or consulate sets its own visa photo rules: New York and Paris ask for 3.5 x 4.5 cm on white, Seoul for a 2 x 2 inch print, and the e-Visa site shows its upload rules only inside your account. The New York consulate says digital photographs are not accepted. So this page checks a photo you already have and makes none: check your post's page.
The rules at a glance
For the Philippine visa (9(a) temporary visitor and other non-immigrant visas at embassies and consulates), as the official rules state them.
- Size
- 35 x 45 mm (3.5 cm x 4.5 cm (New York, Paris); some posts ask 2 x 2 in)
- Background
- White.
- Glasses
- Not allowed
- Expression
- Facing the camera.
- Taken
- In the last 6 months
- Edits
- None: this page only checks your photo, it never changes it.
All the official rules and sources
- no eyeglasses; no sleeveless attire (New York)
- digital photographs are not accepted (New York)
- Seoul: 2 x 2 inch print similar to the photo uploaded to the online portal
For: 9(a) temporary visitor's visa and other non-immigrant visas lodged at a Philippine Foreign Service Post (printed photo); Philippine e-Visa on evisa.gov.ph (upload rules not public).
Official source: newyorkpcg.org, checked on 4 November 2026.
One (1) colored photo 1.77″ x 1.37″ (3.5 cm x 4.5 cm), taken within six months before the date of application, showing a clear front view of the applicant’s face, with a white background; no eyeglasses or sleeveless attire. Digital photographs are not accepted;
Official source: sites.google.com, checked on 4 November 2026.
Applicants who are traveling to the Philippines for a maximum stay of 59 days (visa-free nationals) or 30 days (non visa-free nationals) will apply for an e-Visa through https://evisa.gov.ph/.
One (1) passport-size photo (size 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm) with white background
Official source: www.philembassy-seoul.com, checked on 4 November 2026.
2x2 passport size photo (similar to the uploaded photo in the online portal);
Official source: evisa.gov.ph, checked on 4 November 2026.
Fill out the Application Form and Upload Required Documents
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
- Use the original photo file, as the photographer or the camera gave it.
- Choose it here. The page finds your face and checks the photo without changing it.
- Move Top of head if the dashed line is not at the top of your head.
- Fix what the page lists, and tick what only you can confirm.
- If it passes, send that same file, unchanged.
Questions
- What size is the Philippine visa photo?
- Printed, 35 x 45 mm (3.5 cm x 4.5 cm (New York, Paris); some posts ask 2 x 2 in). These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.
- What background does the Philippine visa photo need?
- White.
- Can I wear glasses in my Philippine visa photo?
- No: the official rules do not allow glasses in the photo. If you cannot take them off, see the official page.
- What expression does the Philippine visa photo need?
- Clear front view of the face.
- How recent must my Philippine visa photo be?
- Taken in the last 6 months. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. The photo is read and checked in your browser. 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.
- Why can't I save a new file here?
- This page only checks your photo: it never crops, edits or re-saves it. Each Philippine embassy or consulate sets its own visa photo rules: New York and Paris ask for 3.5 x 4.5 cm on white, Seoul for a 2 x 2 inch print, and the e-Visa site shows its upload rules only inside your account. The New York consulate says digital photographs are not accepted. So this page checks a photo you already have and makes none: check your post's page.