How to Make a Passport Photo PDF for Print (Free, No Studio Visit)

Need passport-size photos for a visa, school ID, BCS form, or bank application? The old way is to walk to a photo studio, pay 100–300 BDT (or ₹100–₹300, or $10–$15), and wait. The new way: take a phone selfie at home, generate a print-ready A4 sheet, and print it at the corner shop for less than 50 BDT.

TL;DR

Open Passport Photo PDF
Drop one clear photo of yourself
Pick size (35×45mm for BD/India/EU, 51×51mm for US visa)
Pick layout (Grid of 8 is most common)
Download and print on A4 photo paper

Photo guidelines

The same rules apply globally:

Plain light background - white or off-white
Face front-on, neutral expression, mouth closed
No sunglasses, no hat, no headphones
Even lighting, no shadows on face
Resolution at least 1000 × 1000 pixels (most phones easily exceed this)

If your background isn't clean, you can use a free background-remover (search "remove.bg") before uploading.

Size standards by country

| Country / use | Size (mm) | | --- | --- | | Bangladesh NID, Passport, BCS | 35 × 45 | | India passport, UPSC, IBPS | 35 × 45 | | EU / Schengen visa | 35 × 45 | | UK passport | 35 × 45 | | US visa, US passport | 51 × 51 (2"×2") | | Stamp size (small ID forms) | 25 × 25 |

Layout choices

Single - one large photo. Use if you need a single high-quality print for a digital scan.
Grid of 4 - 2×2 layout. Spaced and easy to cut.
Grid of 8 - 2×4 layout. Most common - gives you 8 copies on one A4 sheet.

Print at home or at a shop

The output PDF is A4 portrait. Two print options:

At home

Use photo paper (glossy or matte) - regular paper gives a dull, washed-out result
Set printer to Actual size or 100% - NOT "Fit to page"
For best color, print at High quality / Photo mode

At a print shop

Take the PDF on a USB stick or email it to the shop
Ask for A4 photo print at 300 DPI
Typical cost: 20–50 BDT in Bangladesh, ₹15–₹40 in India, $1–$3 in the US

Why this works

The tool centers each photo on the page with the exact physical size, allowing for 3 mm of border between copies so you can cut them apart with scissors. It uses PyMuPDF for placement (the same library Adobe uses internally) so the printed dimensions are exactly to spec.

Related tools

NID Combine - combine NID front & back
JPG to PDF - turn other photos into PDFs
Compress PDF to 100KB - shrink for portal upload

Free forever, no signup, no watermark.

Photo guidelines

The same rules apply globally:

Plain light background - white or off-white

Face front-on, neutral expression, mouth closed

No sunglasses, no hat, no headphones

Even lighting, no shadows on face

Resolution at least 1000 × 1000 pixels (most phones easily exceed this)

If your background isn't clean, you can use a free background-remover (search "remove.bg") before uploading.

Print at home or at a shop

The output PDF is A4 portrait. Two print options:

At home

Use photo paper (glossy or matte) - regular paper gives a dull, washed-out result

Set printer to Actual size or 100% - NOT "Fit to page"

For best color, print at High quality / Photo mode

At a print shop

Take the PDF on a USB stick or email it to the shop

Ask for A4 photo print at 300 DPI

Typical cost: 20–50 BDT in Bangladesh, ₹15–₹40 in India, $1–$3 in the US