Crop a photo to 36 × 47 mm — Finland visa

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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 68–77%

3. 03

   Save the 36 × 47 mm result — print it or attach it to the application

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Finland-specific things to know

• The visa page itself is short — one colour photograph «from which you are recognizable» — and hands the details to the Police guidance, so the millimetre figures (head 32–36 mm, 4–6 mm above, 7–9 mm below) are those of the passport photo.
• The best background is light grey, not white: the document picture is laser-engraved in greyscale, and a face, hair or shirt as light as the background blur into it. Light, flat and shadow-free is the rule.
• An older mission list (Moscow, 2018) says a head height of 25–35 mm while the Police now say 32–36 mm; use the Police figures unless your mission or visa centre states otherwise.

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Where these numbers come from

Source: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Finnish Police and the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). Last checked against the official page on 1 Oct 2026.

What the source confirms

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs, «A visa to visit Finland»: the required documents are the visa application form completed and signed, one photograph, a passport, travel insurance and supporting documents; «Include a colour photograph from which you are recognizable. Please visit the Police website for guidance.» The passport must be valid at least three months after the end of the intended travel and issued within the last ten years; country-specific instructions are on the finlandvisa.fi website.
• Finnish Police instructions, format and age: the photograph can be black-and-white or colour; it must be no more than six months old; it must not be manipulated in any way that changes even small details of the appearance, and digital make-up is not allowed; sharp and in focus over the entire face, not blurry or grainy, with no colour defects or optical distortion (smartphone wide-angle photos taken at a short distance enlarge the nose).
• Same instructions, dimensions: crown to chin at least 32–36 mm (445–500 px); at least 4 mm and at most 6 mm above the crown, at least 7 mm and at most 9 mm below the chin; the head centred so that the centre line of the face differs by at most 1.5 mm from the centre line of the photo; no specific width of the face; hair and beard need not be completely visible. The same requirements apply to subjects of all ages.
• Same instructions, posture and expression: the head straight, face and eyes pointing at the camera, shoulders in line with the face (no portrait style looking over the shoulder); neutral expression, mouth closed (flexible for very young babies), eyes open without squinting; the face fully visible; glasses can always be taken off, tinted glasses or an eyepatch only for medical reasons; a scarf or head covering only for religious or traditional reasons or medical needs, without covering the face too much or casting shadows; make-up only if it does not make identification harder.
• Same instructions, lighting and background: the lighting over the entire face even, with no shadows on the face or behind and no overexposed areas, no red eye, natural colour, neither over- nor underexposed; the background monochromatic and flat, light and neutral, with no shadows, the face, hair and clothes standing out clearly from it, and no other people or objects; light grey is the best colour because the laser-engraved picture on the document is always greyscale.
• Migri, appendix to the residence permit application (passport photo): «The photo must be 47mm high and 36mm wide. The distance between the top of the head without hair and the bottom of the chin must be 32-36mm… The photo must be printed on high-quality photograph paper»; no more than six months old; for children under 11 a smaller head is acceptable if distortion cannot be avoided, at least 25 mm high. An older Finnish mission list for Moscow (2018) gives «36 mm wide x 47 mm height», a head of 25 mm – 35 mm and a light one-coloured background (grey recommended).

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