Take a Schengen Visa Photo at Home

Use even light and keep your head straight to avoid rejections.

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Upload & process

Choose a photo from your device. Processing starts right on this page.

Examples

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Schengen Visa Photo Maker original sample
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Schengen Visa Photo Maker processed sample

How to create your photo

  1. Take a recent, ICAO-style photo. Stand 1.2 m from a plain light wall in soft daylight. Look directly at the camera with a neutral expression and uncovered face.
  2. Open the Schengen visa photo tool. Upload your photo on this page. We measure face geometry against the EU ICAO/Schengen 35×45 mm template.
  3. Auto-crop and clean the background. We crop the head to 35 mm × 45 mm with face coverage 70–80% and replace the background with a plain light fill.
  4. Download digital + 4×6 print sheet. Download a 413 × 531 px JPEG for online consular forms or a 4x6 sheet with 8 prints.

Auto-crop and align to the common Schengen 35×45 layout.

Common reasons Schengen Visa Photo Maker photos are rejected

Issuing authorities reject submissions that miss any of the items below. Our tool automatically corrects crop, background, and dimensions, but you still control the original capture — review this list before you upload.

  • wrong_size_35x45
  • face_not_70_80_percent
  • background_not_plain_light
  • photo_not_recent
  • head_tilt_or_pose_not_frontal
  • glare_or_shadows_on_face