PAN card photo and signature resize (Protean/NSDL)

Get your PAN photo and signature to the official Protean (NSDL) size, DPI and KB limit in one step. Free, and nothing is uploaded.

Official presets

PAN (Protean/NSDL): photo

2.5 × 3.5 cm · 200 DPI · JPG · max 20 KB

Source: Protean (NSDL) guidelines for PAN applications
Checked November 11, 2026

PAN (Protean/NSDL): signature

4.5 × 2 cm · 200 DPI · JPG · max 10 KB

Source: Protean (NSDL) guidelines for PAN applications
Checked November 11, 2026

What are you resizing?
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cm
cm

Output: 197 × 276 px (2.5 × 3.5 cm at 200 DPI)

Common sizes (check your form's own rules)

How should the picture fill the size?
KB

Processed on your device. Your files are never uploaded.

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How to use

  1. Add your photo: tap "choose a file", drag it onto the box, or paste it. The PAN photo preset is already selected.
  2. Move the crop box so your face sits in the middle, then download the photo JPG.
  3. For the signature, tap "Use this preset" on the signature card, add a photo of your signature, and download that JPG too.

The official PAN photo and signature rules

These are the rules on the Protean (NSDL) guidelines page for PAN applications, checked on November 11, 2026:

File Size Resolution Format and limit In pixels
Photo 3.5 × 2.5 cm (portrait) 200 DPI, color JPEG, up to 20 KB 197 × 276 px
Signature 2 × 4.5 cm (landscape) 200 DPI JPEG, up to 10 KB 354 × 157 px

The presets above set all of this for you, and write the 200 DPI into the JPG file. Each result stays under 20,000 or 10,000 bytes, so it passes whether the site counts 1 KB as 1,000 or 1,024 bytes. If the application screen shows a different limit, it wins: change the numbers here to match.

Common reasons the PAN upload is refused

  • The file is too big. A phone photo is several MB; the limit is 20 KB for the photo and 10 KB for the signature. Resize it here first.
  • It is not a JPEG. iPhone photos are often HEIC, and screenshots are PNG. This tool always saves a JPG, and it opens HEIC photos too.
  • The size or DPI is wrong. A photo cut to the wrong shape, or saved at a different DPI, can be rejected or come out squashed on the card. The presets give the exact size and DPI.
  • Photo and signature are swapped. Upload the face photo in the photo field and the signature in the signature field. The file names this tool gives (with the size in them) help you tell them apart.
  • The picture is unclear. Use a recent, sharp photo with your face straight to the camera and even light, and a signature in dark ink on plain white paper.

Frequently asked questions

What is the PAN card photo size?

On the Protean (NSDL) PAN application, the photo must be 3.5 × 2.5 cm (2.5 cm wide, 3.5 cm high), 200 DPI, in color, as a JPEG of up to 20 KB. At 200 DPI that is 197 × 276 pixels. This page makes exactly that file.

What is the PAN card signature size?

The signature must be 2 × 4.5 cm (4.5 cm wide, 2 cm high), 200 DPI, as a JPEG of up to 10 KB. At 200 DPI that is 354 × 157 pixels. Tap "Use this preset" on the signature card.

Is this the NSDL website?

No. BrightFreeTools is not connected to Protean (formerly NSDL e-Gov), UTIITSL or the Income Tax Department. This page only prepares your photo and signature files; you upload them on the official application site.

Does this work for a UTIITSL PAN application?

The presets follow the Protean (NSDL) rules. UTIITSL runs its own application, so check the size and KB limit its upload page shows, then type those numbers into the size and KB fields here.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The resizing happens in your browser on your own device. Your photo and signature are never sent to our server or anyone else.