South Korean Passport Photo: requirements and cropper
Crop a photo to the official South Korea spec and check the head height as you go — free, and entirely in your browser.
Read this before you rely on the numbers below. The issuing authority's own specification page could not be read, so these figures come from a different official government source — an embassy or a local-government mirror of the national standard. They are not invented, but they are one step removed. Confirm with the office receiving your application.
Crop a photo to the South Korea spec
Drag the two markers. Put the blue one on the very top of the head — including hair — and the red one on the bottom of the chin. Every measurement below is calculated from that, because South Korea measures head height as 32–36 mm crown to chin, not the face.
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Full requirements
| Printed photo size | 35 × 45 mm |
|---|---|
| Head height | 32–36 mm, crown to chin |
| Background | Plain white, with no frame or border |
| How recent | Taken within the last 6 months |
| Glasses | Not permitted. |
| Head coverings | Hats are not permitted, and hair must not cover the face. |
| Expression & pose | Full frontal face, mouth closed, neutral expression, eyes looking directly at the camera. |
| Not published | digital dimensions, file size, file format, minimum resolution, copies required, children & infants — the official source does not state these, so nothing is shown rather than a number we made up. |
Source: Guri City Government — official mirror of the MOFA passport photo standard — read 2026-07-26. This is an official government page but not the issuing authority's own specification sheet, which could not be read. Confirm before you submit.
How to take and crop the photo
- Take or choose a photo shot straight on, from about arm's length or further, in even light with no shadow falling on the face or the wall behind it. Phone selfies taken close up distort the face and are a common rejection reason.
- Stand far enough from the wall that you cast no shadow on it. The background needs to be plain white, with no frame or border — the tool fills only the area outside your photo's edges, it does not replace the wall behind you.
- Drop the photo into the tool above. Nothing is uploaded; the file is read directly by your browser.
- Drag the blue marker to the very top of the head, including hair, and the red marker to the bottom of the chin. This is the measurement every official spec is written against.
- Check the head-height readout. It should sit between 32 mm and 36 mm; the panel turns green when it does.
- Download the photo, or generate a print sheet if you need physical copies.
Why South Korea photos get rejected
Drawn from the official guidance rather than guesswork. Most rejections are not about dimensions at all:
- Wearing glasses
- Wearing a hat
- Hair covering part of the face
- Background not white, or shadowed
- Head height outside 32–36 mm
- Photo more than six months old
Background and other notes
A south korean passport photo is 35 × 45 mm. The head must measure 32–36 mm from the crown of the head to the bottom of the chin — a 4 mm window, tight enough that eyeballing the crop will usually miss it. The background must be plain white, with no frame or border. The photo must have been taken within the last 6 months.
South Korea is one of the few countries that bans glasses outright rather than merely restricting glare. The national passport.go.kr specification page could not be fetched, so these figures come from an official local-government mirror of the same national standard. Confirm with passport.go.kr or your local district office before submitting. No digital pixel, DPI or file-size specification could be retrieved.
File size and disclaimer
This is not official advice. img-fix is not affiliated with any government or immigration authority. The figures on this page were read from Guri City Government — official mirror of the MOFA passport photo standard on 2026-07-26, and requirements change without notice. Check the official source before you submit.
South Korea photo questions
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The cropping, resizing and compressing all happen inside this page, using your browser's own image APIs. There is no server to upload to — the site is static files. Open your browser's network tab, use the tool, and you can watch nothing leave.
It also keeps working with your Wi-Fi switched off once the page has loaded.
What size is a south korean passport photo?
35 × 45 mm, according to Guri City Government — official mirror of the MOFA passport photo standard. Within that, the head must measure 32 mm to 36 mm from crown to chin.
Can this tool change my background?
No, and that is deliberate. Background replacement means guessing where your hair ends, and the guess is visible — a halo or a chewed-up fringe is exactly the kind of artefact that gets a photo rejected as digitally altered. South Korea requires plain white, with no frame or border, so photograph yourself against a matching wall.
The fill colour setting only paints the area outside your photo's edges when the required crop is larger than the image you supplied.
How recent does the photo have to be?
Taken within the last 6 months. Reusing the photo from your previous passport is a standard rejection reason.
Can I wear glasses?
Not permitted.
Are head coverings allowed?
Hats are not permitted, and hair must not cover the face.
Will a photo from this tool definitely be accepted?
Nobody can promise that, and any site that does is selling you certainty it does not have. A photo is judged on framing, background, lighting, expression, sharpness and how recent it is. This tool handles the geometry and the file size precisely; the rest is down to how the photo was taken. The requirements here were read from Guri City Government — official mirror of the MOFA passport photo standard on 2026-07-26 — check the source before you submit, because rules change.
Related specifications
Same print size — 35 × 45 mm
- French Passport & CNI Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 32–36 mm · plain light-coloured — light blue or light grey. white is explicitly not allowed.
- German Passport & ID Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 32–36 mm · solid
- Indian Passport Photo 35 × 45 mm · plain white
- Irish Passport Photo 35 × 45 mm · completely plain light grey · max 9 MB
- Italian Passport Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 70–80% · white
- Japanese Passport Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 32–36 mm · white is recommended; a plain light blue is also accepted
Comparing print sizes across every country in one place is easier on the passport photo size comparison page.