PassportPhotoSizes
Germany passport photo size
35 × 45 mm
Head height
32–36 mm
Background
Plain light grey.
At 300 DPI
413 × 531 px
What catches people out
- 35 x 45 mm, with a strictly enforced biometric standard.
- Head height chin to crown 32–36 mm.
- German requirements are among the most strictly applied in Europe; the Bundesdruckerei publishes a template overlay worth checking against.
- Since 2024 German passport photos generally must be transmitted digitally from an approved photographer or terminal rather than supplied as prints.
Requirements are set by Bundesministerium des Innern and they change. Confirm the current rules with them before printing — this page is a reference, not an approval.
Crop your photo to 35 × 45 mm
Already set to Germany. Your photo is read in the browser and never uploaded.
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Drag to move, and use the slider to zoom. The dashed lines show where the top of the head and the chin need to fall for Germany.
Your photo will appear here
Germany requirements
- Size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Head height
- 32–36 mm
- Background
- Plain light grey.
150 DPI with a small watermark — enough to check the framing and the head height before you commit.
For the actual application
- · 300 DPI print-ready export, no watermark
- · Six photos laid out on a 4 × 6 print sheet
- · Background replacement to the required colour
- · Saved profiles for a whole family