Compress image for PAN card application
NSDL and UTIITSL PAN card portals cap photo and signature uploads at 200 KB.
Your images stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
New PAN card (Form 49A) and PAN correction (Form 49AA) portals — both NSDL / Protean and UTIITSL — accept JPEG photos and signatures up to 200 KB. The photo must be 3.5×2.5 cm resolution; the signature ~ 6×2 cm.
This preset produces a safe 150–190 KB JPEG suitable for the photo. Signature uploads should target the 100 KB preset instead.
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Frequently asked questions
- What size should an image be for PAN card application?
- PAN card application typically caps individual image uploads at 200 KB. The preset on this page is tuned to land at or under 200 KB while keeping the image sharp enough for the form or profile it's going into.
- Why is PAN card application so strict about image size?
- Government and platform forms enforce hard byte limits to control server-side storage costs and processing time. Uploading anything over the cap fails the form immediately, so hitting the target reliably matters more than a perfect quality-per-byte ratio.
- Is my image uploaded anywhere?
- No — compression runs in your browser. That matters for PAN card application because the source images (passport photo, ID scan, signature) are sensitive by definition. Nothing touches our servers.
- Do I need to resize, or just compress?
- Both. The preset applies a dimension cap (usually matching what PAN card application expects) and a quality reduction. Cropping to the exact required aspect ratio (e.g. passport photo) should be done first with the crop tool if the source is landscape or otherwise misaligned.
- Will the compressed image still be accepted?
- Yes — the preset targets slightly under the platform's declared cap, so submissions typically go through cleanly. Print quality won't match a raw camera export, but is well within what PAN card application verification requires.
Prepare your image for PAN card application.
Drop your image — quality and dimension defaults tuned for PAN card application. Runs locally.
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