Photo requirements: Passport, applied for online, Hong Kong
The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Immigration Department, HKSAR, as it was read on 2026-09-19 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
# Photo requirements: Passport, applied for online, Hong Kong
The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Immigration Department, HKSAR, as it was read on 2026-09-19 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
Last updated 2026-09-19
## The figures
| What is measured | What this rule publishes |
| --- | --- |
| Print size | no print size — this rule is for a web form |
| Head, chin to crown | 60.0% to 75.0% (guidance) |
| Eye line, from the bottom | 50.0% to 62.0% (guidance) |
| Background | Plain white |
| Online application photo | at least 1200 x 1600 px, JPEG, up to 5.00 MB |
[Make this photo](https://abox.tools/id-photo/#hk-passport-online) Opens the photo tool with this rule already chosen. It runs in your browser: the photograph is never uploaded, and there is no account and no watermark.
## What else this rule says
- Not the print at some resolution. The online form wants at least 1200 x 1600 pixels, which is 3:4 where the print is 4:5, in a JPEG of 5 MB or less — so this is a rule of its own with nothing to put on paper.
- No head-height band is published for this one, and its frame is not the usual one, so ICAO’s figures do not carry over. The band shown is a loose one read out of what the rule says in words; it is guidance and is never marked as a failure.
## Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Immigration Department, HKSAR — Photograph Requirements for Travel Document. Checked 2026-09-19. Rules change; the figures above are what to check against the form in front of you.
## What the tool does with them
- Locks the crop to this document’s shape, and draws the head and eye bands inside it, so you can see the rule on your own photograph instead of reading about it.
- Finds the crown, the chin and both pupils by measuring the picture — no face model is downloaded — and says in millimetres whether the head is too large or too small for this rule.
- Reads the background colour and how evenly it is lit, and says which of the two is the problem when there is one.
- Writes the print at the exact millimetres with the resolution in the file, a sheet of them with cut marks, and the upload file at the pixel and file size this rule states.
## Other documents, Hong Kong
- [Passport (特區護照)](https://abox.tools/id-photo/hk-passport/) — 40 x 50 mm
[Every country and document in the photo tool](https://abox.tools/id-photo/)
The figures
What is measured
What this rule publishes
Print size
no print size — this rule is for a web form
Head, chin to crown
60.0% to 75.0% (guidance)
Eye line, from the bottom
50.0% to 62.0% (guidance)
Background
Plain white
Online application photo
at least 1200 x 1600 px, JPEG, up to 5.00 MB
Make this photoOpens the photo tool with this rule already chosen. It runs in your browser: the photograph is never uploaded, and there is no account and no watermark.
What else this rule says
Not the print at some resolution. The online form wants at least 1200 x 1600 pixels, which is 3:4 where the print is 4:5, in a JPEG of 5 MB or less — so this is a rule of its own with nothing to put on paper.
No head-height band is published for this one, and its frame is not the usual one, so ICAO’s figures do not carry over. The band shown is a loose one read out of what the rule says in words; it is guidance and is never marked as a failure.
Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Immigration Department, HKSAR — Photograph Requirements for Travel Document. Checked 2026-09-19. Rules change; the figures above are what to check against the form in front of you.
What the tool does with them
Locks the crop to this document’s shape, and draws the head and eye bands inside it, so you can see the rule on your own photograph instead of reading about it.
Finds the crown, the chin and both pupils by measuring the picture — no face model is downloaded — and says in millimetres whether the head is too large or too small for this rule.
Reads the background colour and how evenly it is lit, and says which of the two is the problem when there is one.
Writes the print at the exact millimetres with the resolution in the file, a sheet of them with cut marks, and the upload file at the pixel and file size this rule states.