Phone photo in.Passport‑ready out.
Take a photo on your phone. In about a minute it is sized to UK passport rules and checked, then emailed as a digital file for the online application and a 6 × 4 sheet you can take to a photo counter and print as an ordinary 6 × 4.
35×45
mm, exact HM Passport Office size
6
Requirements checked on every photo
~60s
Upload to finished photo
£0
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A phone snap in your kitchen is enough. Face the camera in even light. ReadyID handles the room behind you, so there is no studio, backdrop or blank wall to find.
Prepare
Cut out, sized, put on plain grey
You are separated from the room, and the background is replaced with plain light grey. Your head is centred and scaled to 29-34 mm, and the frame is cropped to exactly 35×45 mm. Your face stays untouched. Rules we cannot edit are checked and reported.
Deliver
Delivered to your inbox
Preview the result free, then buy for £1.99. It arrives by email as a digital file for the online application plus a 6 × 4 sheet of six copies. We do not print and post photos yet — print the sheet at home, or at a supermarket or high-street photo counter for the price of an ordinary print.
The last step is an ordinary 6 × 4 print.
Your email carries a 6 × 4 sheet holding six copies at exactly 35 × 45 mm. Take it to a photo counter on a phone or a USB stick and ask for a standard borderless 6 × 4 print. There is no passport-photo service to book and nothing to explain — to the shop it is an ordinary print.
Ask for the print at 100% scale, not “fit to frame”. Fitting rescales the sheet and takes the head outside the 29–34 mm window, which is the one way a correct file becomes a rejected photo.
Applying online instead? You do not need any of this — the other attachment is a digital file at the size the gov.uk form asks for.
Tesco
Max Spielmann counters, selected stores
Asda
Max Spielmann counters, selected stores
Max Spielmann
High-street shops and concessions
Any 6×4 photo kiosk
It is an ordinary print
These retailers are named to describe where the sheet can be printed. ReadyID is not affiliated with, endorsed by or partnered with any of them, and none has any connection to this service. Photo printing is not offered at every branch, and prices, formats and opening hours vary by store.
Every rule, checked. Every photo, compliant.
Photos are rejected for small details, such as a shadow behind the ear or a head 2 mm too small. ReadyID checks each published requirement before you pay.
| Requirement | Handled by |
|---|---|
| 35 mm × 45 mm, 600 × 750 px minimum | Cropped automatically |
| Head height within 29-34 mm | Scaled automatically |
| Plain light-grey background, no objects | Replaced automatically |
| No shadows on face or behind head | Checked and flagged to you |
| In focus, no filters or alterations to features | Checked and flagged to you |
| Neutral expression, eyes open, mouth closed | Check yourself before you buy |
£1.99
One photo, everything included
Upload and preview free. You see the finished, compliant photo before paying anything. One payment of £1.99 delivers a digital file sized for the gov.uk online application and a print sheet of six copies. We do not print and post photos ourselves.
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