Photo & Signature Resizer
Resize a photograph or signature to the exact file size and pixel dimensions a government job application asks for. Pick your exam and the limits are filled in for you, or set your own.
Nothing is uploaded. The resizing happens inside your own browser, so your photograph and signature never leave your device.
Picking an exam fills in the size limits for you. Always check them against your own notification — boards do change these.
Why upload size matters so much
A rejected photograph is one of the most common reasons a government job application fails, and it is entirely avoidable. Portals enforce the stated limits strictly: a file even slightly over the maximum is refused outright, and some boards also set a minimum size, so a heavily compressed image is rejected as well. Because the upload usually comes at the end of a long form, candidates often discover the problem with minutes left before the deadline.
The dimensions matter as much as the file size. Where a notification specifies 350 × 350 pixels for a photograph and 350 × 175 for a signature, an image at the right KB but the wrong shape can still be refused at document verification later, even if the form accepts it on the day.
How to use this tool
- Choose your exam from the list, or leave it on Custom and enter your own limits.
- Switch between Photograph and Signature — the two have different requirements in almost every notification.
- Choose your image file. JPG, PNG and WebP all work.
- Check the resized preview and the KB figure below it, then download.
The tool first reduces the JPEG quality to reach your target size, and only reduces the pixel dimensions if quality alone cannot get there. It tells you when that happens, because a notification may not allow it.
What government notifications usually ask for
The presets in this tool reflect the requirements seen most often, but they are a starting point, not an authority. Boards revise these between cycles, and a state commission may differ from the central pattern. Always check the figures in your own notification PDF, which we link at the top of every listing on this site.
Photograph
- Usually 20-50 KB, though UPSC and some state commissions allow up to 300 KB
- Commonly 350 × 350 or 200 × 230 pixels
- Recent — many boards require it to have been taken within the last three or six months
- Plain light background, full face visible, looking straight at the camera
- Some boards now require a photograph with the date printed on it, or the candidate holding a placard with their name and the date
Signature
- Usually 10-20 KB, smaller than the photograph
- Commonly 350 × 175 or 140 × 60 pixels — a wide rectangle, not a square
- Signed in black or dark blue ink on plain white paper, then scanned or photographed
- In running handwriting. Block capitals are rejected by several boards
- It must match the signature you use on the attendance sheet in the exam hall, which is checked against this image
Mistakes that get applications rejected
- Stretching the image to force the dimensions. A distorted face fails verification. Keep the proportions and let the tool letterbox instead.
- Uploading a transparent PNG. Transparency often turns black when the portal converts it. This tool flattens onto white, which is what boards expect.
- A signature photographed on a coloured or lined background. Use plain white paper.
- Cropping the photograph too tightly. Most boards want head and shoulders, not a close crop of the face.
- Leaving it to the last day. Portals slow badly in the final 24 hours of a large recruitment, and an upload that fails at 11pm on the closing date is not something anyone will reverse for you.
Before you upload
Keep the original full-size image as well as the resized one. Later stages — document verification, joining formalities, sometimes the admit card itself — occasionally ask for a larger copy, and re-creating it from a 20 KB file is not possible.