Passport Photo for Infants and Babies
A passport photo for infants follows relaxed rules: in the US a baby's eyes may be closed, and in the UK babies under 1 do not need their eyes open. Lay your baby on a white sheet, take the photo from above and get the right size for the US (2 x 2 in), the UK (35 x 45 mm) and other countries.
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Example
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We ran this sample through the baby passport photo tool above. The numbers under each image are measured from the real files.
How to
How to take a baby passport photo at home
- 01
Lay your baby on a white sheet
A plain white sheet on a bed or the floor, with daylight from a window and no shadows.
- 02
Shoot from straight above
Hold the phone level over the face at arm's length and take several shots.
- 03
Pick the country and crop
US 2 x 2 in, UK 35 x 45 mm or another country. The frame moves to your baby's face; check the eyes are on the line.
- 04
Download or print
A digital photo for the online form, or a 4x6 print sheet.
Why this size
Passport photo for infants: the US and UK rules
Babies need a passport too, and the rules are relaxed for them. In the US, an infant's eyes may be fully or partly closed, but no other person may appear in the photo, so lay the baby on a white sheet or seat them in a car seat covered with a white sheet. In the UK, babies under 1 do not need their eyes open and children under 6 do not need to look straight at the camera or keep a plain expression. You may support the head with your hand, as long as the hand does not show.
Everything else still applies: a plain background with no shadows, the face clearly visible and the right size for the country. The tool crops to that size and replaces a wrinkled sheet or a busy background with an even color.
The full adult rules are on the US passport photo and UK passport photo pages. For a printed passport size photo of a baby for India or Pakistan, choose that country: 3.5 x 4.5 cm on white. If you already have a good photo and only the sheet behind your baby is creased or grey, the passport photo background editor makes it plain white without changing the size.
| Rule | US | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 2 x 2 in | 35 x 45 mm |
| Background | White or off-white | Cream or light grey |
| Eyes closed | Allowed for infants | Allowed under 1 |
| Looking away | Face the camera | Allowed under 6 |
| Hands or people | Not in the photo | Hand must not show |
| Toys, dummies | Keep out of the photo | Not allowed |
Tips
Tips that make a difference
Try the car seat
Take many shots
Wrinkles and shadows
FAQ
Baby Passport Photo: questions
Checked
How we checked this page
Checked by the SizePort team on .
We compare every size and rule on this page with the official sources below, and test the tool with sample photos before it goes live. Rules and platforms change, so if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
How the tool works
A small face detection model (YuNet, about 230 KB) runs in your browser, finds your eyes and chin, and places the frame so the head fills the share of the height the country asks for. You can move the frame. The tool then crops to the country's shape, can replace the background with the on-device AI model, and resizes to the official size at 300 DPI. Where the country sets a file size range, it keeps the JPG inside it. Everything happens in your browser; your images are never uploaded.