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Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo

35×50 mm · 413×591 px @ 300 DPI

Government photo-ID applications enforce strict pixel and millimetre specifications because rejection costs the applicant another visit and the issuing office processing time. Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo is the spec used for the Malaysia passport / visa photo standard; if your submitted image misses the dimensions or compression ceiling, the system flags it before a human sees it. This preset crops to 35:50 and exports 413×591 JPEG @ 300 DPI, matching the published guideline. Most rejections happen for one of three reasons: wrong physical dimensions, non-white background, or the source resolution was too low to upscale cleanly to 413×591 JPEG @ 300 DPI.

Specifications

Output dimensions413×591 pixels
Aspect ratio35:50 (35:50)
Resolution300 DPI
Output formatJPEG @ 92% quality
Processing100% in your browser — no upload
CostFree, unlimited
SourceOfficial guidelines

When you'd run Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo

About the Malaysia photo standard [MYS]

The Malaysia photo standard is administered by the Immigration Department of Malaysia (Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia). Southeast Asia member states have generally aligned with the 413×591 px specification at 300 DPI, though local rejection criteria vary.

Where this preset's output is accepted: Malaysian passport (pasport antarabangsa), MyKad national ID renewal, visa applications, and entry-permit submissions.

Travel-document context: Malaysian passport holders enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 181 destinations, ranking 12th globally — among the strongest passports in Southeast Asia. The photo specifications described on this page apply to the document used for that travel.

Country-specific note: Malaysian passport photos require a strictly blue background — different from the white background used by most other countries. Run this preset, then verify the result against the official guidelines linked in the specifications table above before submitting.

How Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo runs

This preset is a deterministic recipe — every step has fixed parameters so the result is byte-identical across runs of the same input.

  1. Crop the image to a 35:50 aspect ratio. Mochi keeps the centre of the frame in the middle of the crop by default — drag the crop box if you want to recompose.
  2. Resize to 413×591 px at 300 DPI as JPEG at quality 92%.

Where the work happens

Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo crops your input to 35:50 and resizes it to 413×591 px as JPEG — a 244-kilopixel output. The work runs through canvas APIs and a WebAssembly image-encoder; the source image is decoded into an off-screen canvas, transformed in place, and re-encoded without any network upload.

Government photo-ID portals pre-validate the image dimensions before accepting upload; matching the spec exactly skips the rejection round-trip. The browser-side path also means the file never leaves your device — relevant when the input contains personally identifiable information, screenshots of private documents, ID scans, or proprietary product photography.

Common mistakes

FAQ

What does Malaysia Passport / Visa Photo output?

413×591 px at 300 DPI, saved as JPEG at quality 92%.

Why crop to 35:50?

The target platform — see the cited spec — uses 35:50 as its native frame. Submitting any other ratio means the platform's own crop runs, which often clips faces or text near the edge.

Why 300 DPI?

300 DPI is the print-grade resolution at which the dot pattern disappears at normal reading distance. Government photo offices, commercial print shops, and biometric scanners all assume 300 DPI; anything lower prints visibly soft.

Why JPEG and not PNG?

The target accepts JPEG, and JPEG compresses photographic content 5-10× smaller than PNG with no visible difference at quality 92%. PNG is the right choice only when the image has hard edges or transparency — which photo-ID, social posts, and product photos don't.

Does my image get uploaded?

No. This preset runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly + canvas APIs — no server round-trip. You can verify this in your browser's network panel: only static asset requests, no image upload. The file never leaves your device.

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