Compress Image to 20KB
Get your photo under a strict 20KB limit for visa, passport, and government forms. Free, private, in your browser.
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Visa portals, passport seva forms, and government exam applications often cap photo uploads at 20KB. A phone photo is easily one hundred times that. This page exists for the moment the form rejects your upload: drop the photo, and it comes back under 20KB.
The tool lowers quality and resolution in steps until the file fits, and it verifies the result before handing it back, so you never download a file that is 21KB. JPG, PNG, and WebP photos all work; the download is a JPG when that is what it takes to hit the target.
Your photo never leaves your device. The compression runs in your browser tab, which matters for passport photos and ID documents. Compressing a stack of photos for a whole family's applications? The Compresso app for Mac and Windows does folders offline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do forms insist on a 20KB photo?+
Visa, passport, and exam portals process millions of photos, so they cap uploads hard. 20KB is the strictest common limit, which is why phone photos that are 100 times larger get rejected.
Will a 20KB photo still be accepted?+
Yes. These portals check photos on screen, not in print. A face-and-shoulders photo at 20KB stays clear enough for verification, which is exactly what the tool is tuned to preserve.
My photo will not go under 20KB. What now?+
Crop it first. A tight crop of your face and shoulders is what these forms expect, and it compresses far better than a full scene with a busy background.
Do you upload my photo anywhere?+
No. The compression runs entirely in your browser. You can watch the network tab while it works: nothing gets sent anywhere.
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