US passport and visa photos use a square 2 × 2 inch format, which is 600 × 600 pixels at 300 dpi. It's also the size the State Department's own upload tool expects.
The resizer opens preset to 600 × 600 with cover mode filling the square from the center of your photo. Your picture is processed on your device, which feels right for a document photo.
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This is Resize Image preconfigured for this task — open the full tool for every option.
Select an image to see its current dimensions.
Enter a width/height or percentage, or pick a platform preset (each shows its exact pixels).
Choose fit behaviour: contain, cover (center-crop), or stretch.
Preview the resulting dimensions, then export.
The exported image is re-decoded and its pixel dimensions are compared to your requested dimensions before download is offered.
Yes, that's precisely 2 inches at 300 dpi, which is what photo printing services and government upload tools work with. Bigger squares also work; smaller ones get rejected.
The State Department portal expects JPG. Export as JPG at high quality and you're covered.
Technical guidance for choosing settings and reviewing the result.
There is no quality percentage that makes every image exactly 1 MB or 100 KB. A reliable target-size workflow measures real encodes, preserves the best result under the limit, and tells you when resizing is necessary.
8 min read · Reviewed August 2026