Skip the photo booth. Pick your document, frame your photo against a guide, and DocFila crops it to the document's exact size at 300 dpi — for passports, visas, national IDs and driver's licenses, right from your phone. It does not check the photo against the issuer's requirements, so you decide whether it fits.
DocFila handles the sizing and the print sheet. You judge whether the photo meets the issuer's rules.
Pick one of 30+ document sizes — US 2×2 inches, UK and Schengen 35×45 mm, Canada, India, Japan and more — or enter your own size in millimetres. Zoom, move and rotate the photo in a frame with the document's shape. The exported JPEG is the crop you see, never stretched, at 300 dpi.
Where the issuing authority publishes a head size — for example the US State Department, IRCC in Canada, HM Passport Office in the UK or ICAO Document 9303 — the guide drawn over your photo uses it: two outlines mark the smallest and the largest head allowed. Other documents get a neutral framing guide that says it is not a requirement. DocFila does not measure your face; you line it up.
Optionally remove your background and replace it with white, light grey, light blue, cream, red or blue. Removal runs on DocFila's online photo service, and the app asks before your photo is uploaded; where your organisation allows only on-device work it is switched off. Check the edges around hair and shoulders before you submit.
DocFila does not detect your face, expression or lighting, does not check a photo against a list of requirements, and cannot tell you that an office will accept it. Read the current rules of the issuing authority before you submit.
Generate a print sheet on 4×6 in, 5×7 in, A4 or Letter paper. DocFila fits as many copies as the paper holds, with a 5 mm margin and a small gap to cut along. Print at home on photo paper or take the file to a print shop.
Save the cropped photo as a JPEG at the preset's pixel size. Online portals often set their own pixel or file-size limits, so check the portal's upload rules before you apply.
Four steps from a photo to a print-ready crop — no studio visit required.
Stand in front of a plain, light background. Face the camera directly with a neutral expression and your mouth closed. Ensure even lighting — natural daylight near a window works best. Avoid harsh shadows. Background removal can tidy the background afterwards, but a plain wall gives it the cleanest edges.
Choose a document from the list — for example US passport, UK passport, EU/Schengen visa, Canadian passport, Indian passport or Japanese passport — or enter a custom size. The document's size is applied for you.
Zoom, move and rotate your photo against the guide, then choose a background colour. If background removal is on, DocFila sends the photo to its online photo service after you confirm, then crops the result to the exact dimensions. Nothing in the app confirms that the photo passes an issuer's check — compare it with the issuer's rules yourself.
Save the digital photo for online applications or generate a print sheet. For physical submissions, print on glossy photo paper at home or at any local print shop. Store a backup in your secure vault.
The presets cover passports for about 25 countries and regions, visas for the US, Canada, the UK and the Schengen area, a US green card, a US driver's license, a work permit, a student ID and a corporate ID — and you can enter any other size in millimetres. A preset sets the document's size. Background colour and face proportions differ by document, and the issuer's own page has the final word.
For a complete walkthrough of requirements and tips for different countries, read our detailed passport photo guide. Combined with DocFila's document scanner for digitizing supporting paperwork, you can prepare an entire visa application package from your phone.
Photo offices and online portals reject photos for reasons a crop cannot fix: a head that is the wrong size, glare, a shadow behind the head, an expression, or a file that is too large. Compare your result with the issuing authority's current photo rules, and use a studio or pharmacy service if the office you are applying to is strict. DocFila does not guarantee that any office will accept a photo.
The ID Photo Maker is one of DocFila's premium tools: the Free plan includes 5 free uses, and Premium has no free-use limit (see pricing).
Keep going with the document workflow that matches this page. Open the tool you need, then finish the file in DocFila.