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IELTS, TOEFL and Exam Registration Photos, Done at Home

Exam registrations are unforgiving: the fee is paid, the date is booked, and then the photo upload gets rejected. Test bodies generally want a recent passport style photo on a plain white background, face straight to the camera, neutral expression, and, notably for IELTS, no glasses. Many portals also enforce exact pixel dimensions and file size limits that ordinary photos fail.

What exam photos generally require

Style: passport format, head centered, plain white or light background

Face: neutral expression, eyes open, no glasses (IELTS is strict on this), no head coverings except religious ones

Recency: usually taken within the last 6 months

Digital limits: each portal sets its own pixel size and KB cap; check your registration page for the exact numbers

How to make one here

Take a phone photo against a light wall, upload it to our tool, and the automatic alignment sizes your head to passport proportions. Switch on background replacement to get a clean white background, then open the digital file options and enter the exact pixel width and maximum KB from your registration portal. You get a correctly compressed file for the upload plus a full quality copy, and the live compliance check flags dark or uneven lighting before you submit. Everything runs in your browser; the photo never leaves your device.

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Why exam photos get rejected

The usual causes are glasses glare, shadows on the background wall, a file over the KB limit, and photos where the head is too small in the frame because the portal expected a tight passport crop. All four are fixable here in under a minute.