FotoApta turns a phone photo into a passport, visa or ID photo at the official size, for free and without a watermark. We are an independent project with no link to any government agency.
How it works
Open computer-vision models (MediaPipe, Apache 2.0 license) run in your browser: one finds the face landmarks and expression, another separates person, hair and background. We measure the head, straighten the photo, crop it to the document rule and replace the background. The photo is never uploaded.
Our rules for money
No account, no card, no subscription, no trial that turns into a charge. The basic photo stays free. If we launch paid extras (such as an AI professional headshot), the price is shown up front and paid once.
Sources for each rule
- US passport / visa photo (2x2 in): US Department of State: head 1 to 1 3/8 in (25–35 mm), white or off-white background, no glasses; the digital file is a square JPEG of 600 x 600 to 1200 x 1200 px, up to 240 KB. travel.state.gov
- China visa photo (33x48 mm): Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs rule, as published by Chinese consulates: paper photo 33 x 48 mm, head 28–33 mm chin to crown, crown 3–5 mm from the top, chin at least 7 mm from the bottom, white background; digital JPEG 354 x 472 to 420 x 560 px, 40–120 KB. Plain glasses allowed without tint or glare. saopaulo.china-consulate.gov.cn
- Schengen visa photo (35x45 mm): EU Visa Code (Regulation 810/2009) and ICAO 9303: 35 x 45 mm, face 70–80% of the height (32–36 mm), light plain background. home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
- Canada visa photo (35x45 mm): IRCC (Government of Canada): at least 35 x 45 mm, chin to crown 31–36 mm, white or light background. www.canada.ca
- Brazilian passport photo (5x7 cm): Brazilian consulates (e.g. San José, Montreal) ask for one 5 x 7 cm color photo, white background, head and shoulders, chin to forehead 31–36 mm, no glasses. Some posts (e.g. Chicago) accept 2 x 2 in; check your consulate page. www.gov.br
- Brazilian 3x4 photo (30x40 mm): Brazil has no single national rule for the 3x4; we follow the ICAO photo guidance published by ANAC (gov.br): 30 x 40 mm, head ≈ 30 mm, about 2.5 mm from the top, white background. www.gov.br
Rules checked on 2026-10-06. Found something outdated? Write to contato@fotoapta.com.
Limits
The tool does not detect glasses and cannot guarantee acceptance: the agency that receives the photo decides. Cropping and resizing are accepted everywhere; replacing the background depends on the document (some agencies, such as the UK and Canada, reject altered photos — use Original background then). We never apply beauty filters.
Privacy
Photos: processed entirely in your browser. We do not receive, store or see them. Guided camera: the video is analyzed on your device and never recorded or sent.
Statistics: we count visits and clicks anonymously (event type, page, country, source category), with no tracking cookies and no personal identifier.
Launch list (optional): if you ask to be notified, we keep only the email, your answer about the price and the consent date, to send a single launch email. We never sell or share it. To delete it, write to contato@fotoapta.com.
Advertising
To keep the tool free we show Google AdSense ads. Google and its partners may use cookies or device identifiers to show and measure ads, including based on your visits to this and other sites. See how Google uses information from partner sites and turn off personalized ads in Ad settings. Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent first. Ads never receive your photos, which stay on your device.