Driver's license photo online

• United Kingdom: yes. Online you can use your passport photo or upload a new one, and by post you send a printed photo.
• United States: licenses are issued by the states and the photo is taken at the office. The California DMV lists "Have your photo taken" among the steps of an office visit.
• Canada: licences are issued by the provinces. In Ontario you visit a ServiceOntario centre when a new photo is needed.
• Australia: licences are issued by the states. In New South Wales an online renewal reuses the photo Transport for NSW already holds.
• India: the photo and the signature are uploaded as JPEG files on the Sarathi portal, and the limits depend on the state. Check them on the upload page of your state.

We did not find a US state, a Canadian province or an Australian state whose official site accepts a photo you bring or upload for a standard license. If your office does, follow the size it gives. The tool is for licences where you hand in the photo yourself: the United Kingdom with "United Kingdom: passport and driving licence (printed photo)", and in the list also "Poland: driving licence prawo jazdy (480x615 file)", "Italy: passport, residence permit, driving licence", "Spain: TIE, DNI, passport, driving licence (32x26 mm)" and "Japan: driver's license (application photo)".

• Online with DVLA: you can use the photo from your UK passport or upload a new one.
• By post with DVLA: a recent printed passport type photo. Do not sign the back of it.
• Northern Ireland, printed photo: 45 mm high by 35 mm wide, in colour, on a light grey or cream background, taken within the last month. Do not trim a larger photo down to this size.
• Northern Ireland, digital photo: a plain light-coloured background with no patterns, head, shoulders and upper body in the frame. There is no size rule and you should not crop the photo, it is cropped for you.
• No sunglasses or tinted glasses, and no headwear unless it is for religious or medical reasons.

DVLA pages do not give the print size in millimetres, they say "passport type", and the UK passport print is 35x45 mm: confirm the size with DVLA if you apply by post. Pick "United Kingdom: passport and driving licence (printed photo)" in the list: it gives the 35x45 mm frame on a light grey background. nidirect notes that photos printed at home are unlikely to be of a high enough quality, so order the print from a photo lab.

The size and the background are set by the office that issues the license, so its page is the first thing to read. The rules below repeat in ID photo requirements from country to country.

• The face is turned straight to the camera, the expression is neutral, both eyes are open and clearly visible.
• The background is plain and light, with no objects and no shadows.
• If you wear glasses, there is no glare on the lenses and the frames do not cover the eyes. Sunglasses and tinted lenses are not accepted.
• The photo is recent and looks like you today. Beauty filters, skin smoothing and a changed face shape are not allowed.

A driver's license is usually an ID-1 card under ISO/IEC 7810: 85.60x53.98 mm, the same as a bank card. The standard describes the card and does not set the size of the photo on it, which is why the frame depends on the issuing office.

• Accepts JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF and AVIF files of up to 20 MB, or a shot from the camera.
• Works best when the short side of the source is 900 pixels or more. Between 600 and 900 pixels you get a warning, below 600 an error in the check before processing.
• Crops the frame to the chosen format, sets its background, corrects the white balance and fits the pixel size and the JPEG weight.
• Does not retouch the face and does not redraw clothes.