Take a real front-facing photo, let AI replace only the background with plain white, then crop to the size your form asks for — ChatImg's free background cutout does the white background in your browser without redrawing the face. Do not let AI generate or beautify the face: passport offices reject photos altered to change your appearance.
Drop in a front-facing photo. The free cutout runs in your browser and does not upload the picture. Choose white, then download.
The fastest acceptable ID photo is an ordinary phone photo with only the background replaced. ChatImg's free in-browser cutout keeps the face pixels and puts them on white. Then crop to the official size for your country. Generating or retouching the face is what gets ID photos rejected.
An ID photo has to be you. The safe use of AI here is narrow: cut the subject out of an untouched photo and put it on a flat color. Everything else — face, hair, clothes — stays the pixels your camera took.
After the cutout, a white or flat-color backdrop is composed on your device at no charge.
The free cutout runs in the browser and does not upload the picture.
Flyaway hair against a busy wall can use the pro cutout for 2 credits.
About two minutes with a phone photo.
Front-facing, even light, neutral expression, no hat or glare.
Drop the photo into the cutout above. Use the pro cutout only if hair edges look rough.
Pick white (or the color your form asks for) and download.
In any photo editor, crop to the official size, e.g. 2 × 2 in (US) or 45 × 35 mm (Japan), with the head inside the allowed range.
Check each form's own rules — sizes and colors differ.
Start from an untouched photo; only the background changes.
A clean head-and-shoulders photo on white or light gray.
Plain backdrop so the card printer crops cleanly.
Exam registrations and membership cards that ask for a plain background.
Photograph the person front-on in even light, use an AI background remover to separate the subject from the background, place the subject on plain white, and crop to the required size. Only the background is changed; the face stays as photographed, which is what passport and ID rules require.
Background removal keeps the original pixels of the person and replaces what is behind them. AI generation or beautification redraws the face. Official photo rules, including the U.S. State Department's and Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs', reject photos altered to change appearance, so background removal is the acceptable use.
U.S. passport: 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), head 1–1⅜ inches (25–35 mm), white or off-white background. Japan passport: 45 × 35 mm, face 34 mm ± 2 mm from top of head to chin, plain background. Most countries follow ICAO Doc 9303 guidance, but each sets its own exact numbers.
U.S. passport photos are 2 × 2 inches, with the head 1 to 1⅜ inches from chin to top of head, a white or off-white background, and must not be digitally changed or edited to alter appearance.
U.S. Department of State — Passport photos ↗Japanese passport application photos are 45 mm × 35 mm with the face 34 mm ± 2 mm from top of head to chin, on a plain background without shadows.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan — Passport application photos ↗ICAO Doc 9303 sets the international specification for machine readable travel documents, including the portrait used in passports.
ICAO — Doc 9303 Machine Readable Travel Documents ↗FAQ'S
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Free cutout in your browser. The face stays exactly as you took it.
