UPSC Civil Services Photo & Signature Resizer
UPSC's One Time Registration and the Civil Services (Prelims and Mains) and Indian Forest Service application forms are unusually specific: the photograph must be roughly square (350 × 350 up to 1000 × 1000 px) on a white background, with your face taking about 75% of the frame and the date the photo was taken printed clearly on it, sized 20–300 KB. The signature must be 20–100 KB, and some UPSC forms now ask you to sign three times in a single box. Candidates frequently fail the upload because there is no printed date on the photo, or the file falls outside the wide 20–300 KB range. This tool compresses your date-stamped photo into that window at a square ratio, and the table below lists the signature limits. Nothing you upload leaves your browser.
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UPSC's One Time Registration and the Civil Services (Prelims and Mains) and Indian Forest Service application forms are unusually specific: the photograph must be roughly square (350 × 350 up to 1000 × 1000 px) on a white background, with your face taking about 75% of the frame and the date the photo was taken printed clearly on it, sized 20–300 KB. The signature must be 20–100 KB, and some UPSC forms now ask you to sign three times in a single box. Candidates frequently fail the upload because there is no printed date on the photo, or the file falls outside the wide 20–300 KB range. This tool compresses your date-stamped photo into that window at a square ratio, and the table below lists the signature limits. Nothing you upload leaves your browser.
Upload requirements
| Upload | Dimensions | Format | File size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | 350 × 350 to 1000 × 1000 px (square, white bg, dated) | JPEG | 20 – 300 KB |
| Signature | ≈ 140 × 60 px (some forms need 3 signatures) | JPEG | 20 – 100 KB |
UPSC typically requires a square, date-stamped photo (350×350–1000×1000 px) at 20–300 KB on a white background and a signature at 20–100 KB, sometimes signed three times; verify in the current notification on upsc.gov.in. Official source ↗ · Checked 2026-07
Good to know
- Photo is sized to a square ratio (UPSC accepts 350 × 350 up to 1000 × 1000 px) and compressed into the broad 20–300 KB band.
- The photograph must carry the date it was taken printed on it and a white background with your face filling about 75% of the frame — add the date before you resize, as the tool won't add text.
- Signature target is 20–100 KB; some UPSC forms ask for a triple signature (sign three times in the box) — scan the whole box and compress it here.
- Because the size window is wide, you can keep more detail than SSC-style 50 KB forms — aim comfortably below 300 KB rather than for the smallest possible file.
- All processing is on-device — no upload, no account, no watermark.
Related image tools
The tool above is tuned for the photo — for the signature, or any other target, use Compress Image or Resize Image.
How it works
Three steps. No sign-up, no upload, no wait.
Add your photo
Drop in your scanned photograph — nothing is uploaded.
Resize & compress
It's sized to 500×500 px and kept under 300 KB.
Download
Save it, then re-run the tool on your signature to hit its limit.
Private by design.Everything happens right here in your browser. Your files are never uploaded — we never see them.