I need a 50×50 mm, 600×600 pixel (digital) picture for my passport. What the hell does that mean? If I’m looking at it on my pc I can make it 50×50. But if I open it in my phone it’ll be 5×5, if I open it in a bigger monitor it’ll be 100×100. How do I know what display they’ll be looking at it on?
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As someone else said, you’re overthinking it.
For a U.S. passport application, you provide a 2″x2″ (50.8mm x 50.8mm) physical photograph—not a digital file, but an actual color photo print which you can hold in your hand.
Most people just go somewhere which takes passport photos (Walmart, AAA, FedEx Office, etc.). They take a proper photo of you, you pay some money, and they give you the correctly sized print.
If you like, you can print your own digital photo, as long as it is square and meets the other requirements (white background, well lit, etc.). When you print it, you will tell the printer to make it be 2″x2″.
If the file is smaller than 600×600, it will look too fuzzy when printed at 2″x2″. If it’s larger than 600×600, that’s fine, your printer will figure out how to scale it down.
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