NZ ID photos online,
taken at home.
Passport, firearms licence, security licence, visa and Kiwi Access photos — one guided capture, checked against each document's official New Zealand specification. From $9.99.
Same synthetic person both sides. We never edit your face — only the background behind it.
Pick your document, see its rules.
FIVE NZ DOCUMENTS · ONE CAPTUREPhoto for the passports.govt.nz application
New Zealand accepts a passport photo you take yourself, provided it meets the Department of Internal Affairs specification. The booth grades the capture against every rule on passports.govt.nz.
Photo for the MyFirearms portal
Te Tari Pūreke wants the head filling most of a portrait JPEG, uploaded through the MyFirearms portal. Scanned prints are not accepted — the digital file is what the portal asks for.
Photo for the PSPLA online application
For crowd controllers, guards and private investigators licensed by the PSPLA. The Ministry of Justice application takes a JPEG; posting a paper form instead, use the print sheet.
Photo for Immigration New Zealand
The strictest of the five: your face fills 70–80% of the frame, eyes in the top half, ears visible. The booth frames to the Immigration New Zealand guide automatically.
Print sheet for the 18+ card form
The 18+ card application wants a printed photo on photo-quality paper. Print the 6×4" sheet at any pharmacy kiosk and cut on the lines — six photos, so there are spares.
What it costs.
$9.99 for the first document, $4 for each extra from the same capture.
Documents are picked from the tabs above — one capture covers every one you add.
The counter, or here.
Counter prices sampled from NZ pharmacy and stationery photo counters, August 2026.
NZ ID photo requirements, in full.
Every measurement →Prop up your phone
Plain light wall, camera at eye level, a good step back. Arm's length distorts your face and fails.
It shoots for you
Six live checks — centring, level, head size, eyes, mouth. When they all hold, it shoots itself.
Graded before you pay
Graded against every document you picked, before you pay. A bad background is fixed; the rest means a retake.
Every format you need
A JPEG at each document's upload spec, plus a 6×4" sheet of six 35 × 45 mm prints.
Passport photo size in NZ.
Printed size is the same for every document. Digital uploads differ by agency.
All 3:4 portrait, colour, under six months old — twelve for firearms and 18+. Sources: passports.govt.nz, Immigration NZ.
We never edit your face, hair or body.
New Zealand rejects photos altered by AI or filters, so the booth gets it right at capture. The cleanup step touches only the background behind you.
Not a driver licence photo — the licensing agent always takes that one in store. Anyone selling you one online is selling a file you can't use.
Questions people actually ask.
ANSWERS FROM THE OFFICIAL RULESWhich NZ ID photos can I take at home?
NZ passports, firearms licences (MyFirearms), security licences and certificates of approval (PSPLA), visa and NZeTA applications, and Kiwi Access 18+ cards all accept a photo you supply yourself, and each publishes an official specification. Driver licence photos are the exception — the licensing agent always takes that photo in store, so no online service can sell you one.
Can I take my own NZ passport photo at home?
Yes. New Zealand accepts a digital photo taken on your own camera as long as it meets the official specification — 3:4 colour JPEG, 900–4500 pixels wide, 1200–6000 pixels high, at least 250KB, less than six months old, plain light background, neutral expression. Prop your phone up and stand back rather than holding it at arm's length: a close, hand-held shot distorts your face and gets rejected.
What size is a New Zealand ID photo?
Printed photos are 35 × 45 mm for every NZ document — passport, firearms licence, security licence, visa and Kiwi Access card. Digital uploads vary by agency: passports take 900–4500 × 1200–6000 pixels, visas 900–2250 × 1200–3000 pixels, and each has its own file-size range. All are 3:4 portrait.
Can I use one photo for several documents?
Yes — that is what the bundle is for. Every NZ document covered here is the same 3:4 portrait shape; what differs is how tightly the head is framed and the file specification. Pick your documents before the shoot and one capture is cropped and sized to each official spec, for $4 per extra document.
Can I wear glasses in my NZ ID photo?
Tinted glasses, sunglasses and thick frames are not allowed for any NZ document. Clear prescription glasses may be worn if there is a visible gap between your eyes and the frames and there is no glare on the lenses — but taking them off is the safest option.
What happens if my photo is rejected?
Retakes are free and unlimited until your photo passes. If a government agency rejects a photo you bought here, email the rejection notice to [email protected] and your reshoot is free — as many times as it takes.
We paid $25 a head to stand against a wall.
Nobody showed us how the photos came out. What we'd paid for was somebody knowing the rules, and a printer — so I put the rules into the camera, and the photo in front of you before you pay for it.
— JAMES, FOUNDERGuides
WRITTEN FROM THE OFFICIAL SPECS · REVIEWED AUGUST 2026Ready when you are.
$9.99 first document, $4 each extra. Free retakes until it passes.