The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Department of Internal Affairs, as it was read on 2026-09-17 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
# Photo requirements: Passport, New Zealand
The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Department of Internal Affairs, as it was read on 2026-09-17 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
Last updated 2026-09-17
## 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 | 70.0% to 80.0% (guidance) |
| Eye line, from the bottom | 50.0% to 60.0% (guidance) |
| Background | Plain white or light grey |
| Online application photo | 900+ x 1200+ px, up to 4500 x 6000, JPEG, 250.0 KB to 5.00 MB |
[Make this photo](https://abox.tools/id-photo/#nz-passport) 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
- There is no print here on purpose. New Zealand asks for a digital photograph and says plainly that a scan of a printed one will not be accepted, so the sheet is switched off for this one.
- The shape is 3:4, not the 35 x 45 of a European print, and the file has both a floor and a ceiling: 250 KB to 5 MB, at least 900 x 1200 pixels and at most 4500 x 6000.
- No head-height band is published for this one, so the ICAO figures are shown in its place and are never marked as a failure. Frame it the way the rule describes in words and the numbers follow.
## Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Department of Internal Affairs — passports.govt.nz, Passport photos. Checked 2026-09-17. 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.
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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
70.0% to 80.0% (guidance)
Eye line, from the bottom
50.0% to 60.0% (guidance)
Background
Plain white or light grey
Online application photo
900+ x 1200+ px, up to 4500 x 6000, JPEG, 250.0 KB 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
There is no print here on purpose. New Zealand asks for a digital photograph and says plainly that a scan of a printed one will not be accepted, so the sheet is switched off for this one.
The shape is 3:4, not the 35 x 45 of a European print, and the file has both a floor and a ceiling: 250 KB to 5 MB, at least 900 x 1200 pixels and at most 4500 x 6000.
No head-height band is published for this one, so the ICAO figures are shown in its place and are never marked as a failure. Frame it the way the rule describes in words and the numbers follow.
Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Department of Internal Affairs — passports.govt.nz, Passport photos. Checked 2026-09-17. 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.