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What the e-Visa site asks for
The Indian e-Visa site lists two uploads, each with its own limits:
| Upload | Format | File size | Other requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | JPEG | 10 KB to 1 MB | Height equal to width; plain light-coloured or white background; no shadows on the face or the background; no border |
| Passport bio page | 10 KB to 300 KB | The scanned page that shows your photograph and details |
The site gives no pixel size. This page opens the resizer at 600 × 600 pixels — square, sharp enough for a face, and comfortably inside both file limits — with the 1 MB ceiling and the 10 KB floor already set.
Why the upload fails
- The photo is not square. The requirement people miss most, because phone photos are rectangles. The frame here is square, and you choose what stays in it.
- The file is over 1 MB. A phone photo usually is. At 600 × 600 the JPEG is a small fraction of that.
- The passport PDF is over 300 KB. A phone photo of the page, turned into a PDF as it is, is often several megabytes. The next section fixes that.
- The background or the light. A patterned wall or a shadow behind you is a photo problem, not a file problem. The resizer cannot fix it, so take the picture against a plain light wall in even light.
The passport page as a PDF under 300 KB
The second upload trips up more people than the photo. A PDF made from a photo is about as big as the photo inside it, so make the picture small first and the PDF second:
- Shrink the photo of the page. Open resize image to KB, keep the size “As it is” and type 250 as the KB limit. The pixels come down only as far as the limit needs, so the text stays as sharp as it can.
- Make the PDF. Put that JPEG into JPG to PDF. The JPEG goes into the PDF as it is, without a second round of compression, so the PDF is barely bigger than the picture — under 300 KB with room to spare.
Check that every line of the page is still legible before you upload. If it is not, try a limit of about 280 KB in the first step.
What the tool does not check
Square, pixels and kilobytes are arithmetic, and they come out exactly. Whether the photo itself is accepted — face, background, expression — is for the visa authorities to decide, and the e-Visa site is the reference for those rules. Nothing here edits your face or the background.
Both files are made in your browser. Neither your photo nor your passport page is uploaded to this site, and the new JPEG carries no location or device data from your phone.
How to resize a photo for the Indian e-Visa
The square size and both file limits are already set on this page.
Step 1: Add your photo
Drag it onto the box above or click to choose it.
Step 2: Place the square frame
Centre your face and shoulders in the frame; zoom in if there is a lot of room around you.
Step 3: Prepare and download
The result card confirms the file is a square JPEG between 10 KB and 1 MB.
Step 4: Prepare the passport page
Shrink the photo of the page to about 250 KB, then turn it into a PDF with JPG to PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
What size should an Indian e-Visa photo be?
Square, as a JPEG between 10 KB and 1 MB. The site sets no pixel size; 600 × 600 pixels meets both limits.
Why does the e-Visa site reject my photo?
Most often because it is not square, or because the file is over 1 MB. Background and shadows come next — those are fixed when the photo is taken.
How do I get the passport PDF under 300 KB?
Shrink the photo of the page to about 250 KB first, then convert it to PDF. The PDF ends up only slightly larger than the image.
Is the Indian visa photo the same as the US one?
Both are square, but the limits differ: the US form wants 600 × 600 to 1200 × 1200 pixels under 240 KB; India wants 10 KB to 1 MB and names no pixel size. A 600 × 600 JPEG between 54 and 240 KB satisfies both.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The photo and the passport page are both processed in your browser.
Related Tools
- US visa photo size for the DS-160: 600 × 600 pixels, under 240 KBThe State Department’s numbers are already set: a square JPEG of 600 × 600 pixels, no larger than 240 KB and no smaller than its 20:1 compression rule allows.
- Resize Image to KB: Pixel Size, KB Limit and DPIFit a photo to the pixel size, file-size limit and DPI an online form asks for, in one step.