France Schengen Visa
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France’s TLS Contact / France-Visas portal caps uploads at 120 KB. Competitors ship 240 KB+ and the upload is silently truncated. We compress to hit the cap precisely.
- 35×45 mm
- Light grey / off-white
- JPEG · ≤120 KB
Photos deleted within 24 hours · Full refund if your photo is rejected · No training on your photo.
Illustrative model, not a real applicant — this photo is not tied to France and is shown only to preview the frame and background. Your compliant render will follow France Schengen Visa specs exactly.
A photo, not a selfie. We handle the rest.
Framing, cropping, and background are automatic. But arm’s-length selfies distort your face — most authorities reject them. Take a few steps back instead.
- Ask someone to take the photo from about 1.5–2 m away — or prop your phone and use the timer
- Use the rear camera, not the front / selfie camera — the wider front lens distorts your face
- Face a window for soft, even light; no harsh shadows on you or the wall behind
- Head and shoulders in frame, eyes looking straight at the lens
- Plain-ish background is fine — we replace it with the exact required colour
- Arm's-length selfie — the close focal length stretches your nose and chin
- Wide smile or visible teeth
- Glasses (prescription included — remove for this spec)
- Hats or sunglasses
- Head coverings unless worn for religious reasons
- Hair, earrings, or headphones that obscure your ears
- Another person in the frame — only the applicant
- Photos older than the recency window below
Four steps. Under two minutes.
End-to-end, from picking a photo to downloading the final compliant JPEG.
- № 01Upload your photo
Your browser loads a face-check model (once, ~3 MB) and runs the compliance rules locally. The photo never leaves your device at this step.
- № 02Free compliance check
We verify face position, expression, eyes, centering, and head-height against the France Schengen Visa spec. If something fails, we tell you exactly what to fix.
- № 03Spec-compliant render
Once it passes, we auto-crop to 35×45 mm, replace the background with light grey / off-white, and compress the JPEG to under 120 KB.
- № 04Preview, then pay $9
Watermarked preview first — you only pay if you're happy. Download link works for 24 hours, emailed to you as a receipt.
Exact specification
Drawn from France-Visas (Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères).
- Dimensions
- 35×45 mm (1.38″ × 1.77″)
- Pixels
- 413×531 px @ 300 dpi
- Head height
- 32–36 mm (70–80% frame)
- Background
- Light grey / off-white#F2F2F2
- File
- JPEG ≤ 120 KB
- Use
- Printed photo
- Recency
- Taken within 6 months
What reviewers check
The common rejection reasons, ranked by frequency.
- No eyeglasses — frames or lenses
- Neutral expression, mouth closed — no smile
- Both ears fully visible
- No head covering unless religious (face fully visible)
- Taken within the last 6 months
Country-specific notes
Notes- 01France-Visas / TLS Contact upload caps at 120 KB. Tools that emit 300 KB+ are silently truncated at submit.
- 02ICAO 9303 standard. Light grey preferred; pure white is tolerated but may flag biometric-contrast checks.
- 03No glasses since 2015 (Schengen consensus).
- 04Both ears visible, head centred, neutral expression.
The measurement diagram, annotated.
Beside every sample output we publish the compliance diagram — frame ratio, head-height window, background colour swatch — drawn from the issuing authority. No guesswork before you pay.
Official source · france-visas.gouv.fr
Common questions
- What makes this photo compliant?
- Every output is rendered to exactly 35×45 mm (413×531 px at 300 DPI) with the #F2F2F2 background required by France-Visas (Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères). The JPEG is compressed to fit the up to 120 KB cap.
- What if my photo is rejected?
- If the issuing authority rejects your photo because it doesn’t match the spec on this page, we refund you in full within 30 days. We can’t refund rejections for reasons unrelated to the photo (application errors, document issues, clerk discretion).
- Is my photo stored?
- Your uploaded photo and the rendered output are both deleted within 24 hours. We store only a SHA-256 hash and order metadata (for your receipt and chargeback defense). We never train models on your photo.