How to use the Passport Scanner
- Open the passport at the photo page (the page with your photo and the two lines of letters at the bottom), lay it flat in good light and take a photo — or tap Choose photo page to pick one.
- Drag the four dots onto the corners of the page. The tool straightens it into a flat, rectangular scan.
- Add a second page only if the form asks for it — for example the visa, address or signature page.
- Choose a Max file size if the upload form has a limit, then Download PDF, Download JPG or Print.
What a passport scan needs
Visa applications, airlines, banks, hotels and employers usually want a copy of the photo page (the “biographical data page”): your photo, name, date of birth, passport number and the two lines of letters at the bottom — the machine-readable zone (MRZ). All four corners and the MRZ must be visible and sharp, without glare across the photo.
- Size: the photo page is 125 × 88 mm (ID-3). At “Real size” it prints exactly that big.
- Glare: passport pages are laminated. Avoid the flash, tilt the passport slightly away from the light, or shoot near a window.
- Flatness: press the open passport flat — the straightening fixes the perspective, not a curved page.
Upload limits
Visa and government portals often accept only JPG or PDF under 1 MB, 500 KB or 200 KB. Choose the limit under Max file size: quality is lowered just enough to fit, and the MRZ stays readable down to about 100 KB.
Privacy
A passport scan is enough for identity theft. This scanner works only in your browser — the photo is never uploaded or stored. Add a watermark such as “Copy for visa application — 2026-10-28” before sending it, and only share it with organizations that need it.
Scanning an ID card or driver’s license instead? Use the ID Card Scanner or Driver’s License Scanner.
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Tools that pair well with the Passport Scanner
- Compress Image to 200 KB — Get any photo under 200 KB — for online forms, avatars and blogs.
- JPG to PDF — Turn photos, scans and screenshots into a single PDF.
- Compress PDF — Shrink PDFs for email, upload forms and websites.
- Image Cropper — Drag the frame or type exact pixels to crop a photo — square, 16:9, Instagram 4:5, Open Graph 1.91:1 or a perfect circle — then download it as PNG, JPG or WebP.