Crop a photo to 45 × 55 mm — Botswana passport

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How to crop it, in three steps

1. 01

   Upload a photo taken face-on, in even light

2. 02

   The tool finds the face and aligns the frame itself — check that the head lands in 70–80%

3. 03

   Save the 45 × 55 mm result — print it or attach it to the application

Do not confuse it with another Botswana document

Botswana does not use one frame for everything. This page is about passport — 45 × 55 mm. The documents below are cut to a different size, so a file prepared here will not fit them.

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Botswana-specific things to know

• Botswana gives the size as a range — no larger than 63 × 50 mm and no smaller than 52 × 37 mm (2½ × 2 and 2 × 1½ inches) — not as one fixed size.
• A Commissioner of Oaths certifies the photographs and writes «true likeness» on the back of one, and the photographs are stapled to the form with four staples, one at each corner, clear of the face.
• Both colour and black-and-white photographs are accepted, with or without margins — but tinted prints, instant prints that may fade and photographs with a waxed back are not.

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Where these numbers come from

Source: Government of Botswana (passport application form PP1, as published by the Embassy of Botswana). Last checked against the official page on 1 Oct 2026.

What the source confirms

• Botswana passport application form PP1 (first passport), notes, item 2(a)–(b): two photographs certified by the Commissioner of Oaths who administered the oath on page 5 of the form; taken full face, head and shoulders, without a hat or doek; the size not more than 63 mm by 50 mm (2½ by 2 inches) or less than 52 mm by 37 mm (2 by 1½ inches); printed on normal thin photographic paper and unmounted; two identical photographs, sufficiently recent — not more than six months old — to be a good likeness.
• Same notes, item 2(c)–(d): on the back of one photograph the Commissioner of Oaths writes «I certify that this is a true likeness of …» (the applicant's name), adds a signature and the date; the photographs are securely stapled to the application form with four staples, one at each corner, and the staples must not obscure the face, so that the photographs do not separate in transit to the Head Office.
• Same notes, item 2(e): the photographs portray a good likeness and satisfactorily identify the applicant — clear, front view, full face with a light plain background; the applicant is dressed in normal attire without a hat, a doek or braids; a special exception may be allowed for headgear only if it is part of regional attire worn daily; applicants who serve in uniformed government departments (the Armed Forces, Police, Immigration) applying for diplomatic or official passports may wear a Botswana Government uniform, but uniforms or head coverings that obscure the features, such as the hair or hairline, may not be worn.
• Same notes, what is accepted and refused: photographs in colour or black and white, with or without margins; retouched photographs (eliminating lines, wrinkles) are not acceptable; automatic and self-developing instant prints are acceptable only if they meet the specifications and are guaranteed not to fade or change colour during the life of the passport or deteriorate in hot weather; black-and-white prints tinted sepia or otherwise coloured, snapshots, full-length photographs, photographs with a waxed back or a coating that lessens adhesiveness, and newspaper or magazine photographs are not acceptable; applicants over 16 need a National Registration Identity Card; replacements or renewals use form PP2.

Passport application form PP1 — instruction 2, Passport photographs ↗

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