Malaysia passport photo size
Malaysia's official 35×50 mm spec — eVISA, ESD, and the live-capture truth — one tap each, on your device.
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First, the studio fee you can skip: Malaysian passport offices photograph you with a facial live-capture device — no photo is brought except for children under four, who need one 35×50 mm print on a shadowless white background. The MyKad works the same way at JPN counters (against a blue backdrop — their own advice: don't wear light blue). The 35×50 mm format's real home today is the official eVISA portal, whose published spec is precise: 35 mm wide by 50 mm tall, head 30–35 mm from chin to crown, about 5 mm above the head and 5–10 mm below the chin, plain white background (tourist VTR) or white-or-blue (VDR, with automated photo validation checking uploads), no border or frame. The first preset renders it at 600 DPI.
Expatriate work passes get the strangest official number in the whole family: ESD Online caps the photo upload at 25 KB — the second preset targets the system's legacy 99×142 pixel size, and the compress-to-20KB tool guarantees the cap. On backgrounds: the blue Malaysian photo is mostly folklore now — white is the rule for passports and tourist eVISAs, with blue merely permitted in VDR and expat lanes. And note the passport counter's own rules: no glasses and no contact lenses during the live capture, hijab fine with the forehead visible. This tool resizes exactly and does nothing else — no background edits (ESD rejects edited photos anyway), a warning instead of a silent stretch, everything on your device.
How it works
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Pick a quality preset, set an exact KB target, or switch the output format — tuned for malaysia passport photo size.
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Frequently asked questions
What size is a Malaysian passport photo?
35 mm wide by 50 mm tall on a shadowless white background — but you only print one for a child under four; everyone else is photographed live at the passport office. The same 35×50 format is the official eVISA spec, rendered by the first preset at 600 DPI.
What are the eVISA photo rules?
From the official portal: 35×50 mm shape, head 30–35 mm from chin to crown, about 5 mm of space above the head and 5–10 mm below the chin, no border or frame, full face with neutral expression, head coverings only for religious reasons. Tourist (VTR) applications need plain white; VDR allows white or blue — and an automated validator checks every VDR upload. No official pixel or kilobyte figure is published.
What is the ESD 25KB photo?
Expatriate pass applications through ESD Online cap the photo upload at 25 KB — officially — with the same 35×50 framing and a legacy target of 99×142 pixels. The ESD preset hits those pixels, and the compress-image-to-20KB tool lands the file safely under the cap. Edited photos are rejected in so many words.
White or blue background?
White, almost always: passports (shadowless white), tourist eVISAs (plain white), student passes. Blue is merely permitted in the VDR and expat lanes, and some individual missions ask for light blue — follow your checklist, and shoot against the colour it names, because this tool resizes only and can't recolour a background.
Is my file uploaded to a server?
No. ConvertUno runs entirely in your browser on your own device. Your file never leaves your computer or phone — there is no upload at all.
Is it really free, with no watermark?
Yes. Processing happens on your device, so serving you costs us almost nothing — no watermark, no account, no file-size limit, no daily quota.