Compress image to 20 KB for Sarkari forms
Indian government job portals — SSC, IBPS, Railways — enforce strict 20 KB photo caps.
Your images stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Sarkari job portals (SSC CGL, IBPS PO/Clerk, RRB NTPC, State Public Service Commissions) enforce some of the tightest photo caps of any form in the world — often exactly 20 KB. Landing at 18–19 KB with the face still readable is the goal.
The defaults below use quality 0.42 with a 600 px cap. Face features remain identifiable at biometric-check resolution while the file drops safely under the 20 KB ceiling.
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Frequently asked questions
- What size should an image be for Sarkari job forms?
- Sarkari job forms typically caps individual image uploads at 20 KB. The preset on this page is tuned to land at or under 20 KB while keeping the image sharp enough for the form or profile it's going into.
- Why is Sarkari job forms 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 Sarkari job forms 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 Sarkari job forms 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 Sarkari job forms verification requires.
Prepare your image for Sarkari job form.
Drop your image — quality and dimension defaults tuned for Sarkari job form. Runs locally.
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