Visa applications, tender portals and many document upload systems allow files up to 200 KB. That is enough for near-original quality, if the file is prepared well. Add your photos or scans and this page finds the best quality under 200 KB, in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
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A 200 KB cap is common on portals that need documents to remain clearly legible: visa and passport applications, e-tender and procurement systems, property and court registration sites, university admission portals and many bank and insurance upload forms. Documents such as a passport bio page, a bank statement page, a registration certificate or a signed declaration have to be readable by an official, so these systems allow more room than a simple profile photo.
A phone photo or a 300 dpi scan is still many times larger than 200 KB, so it has to be compressed, but there is enough room to do it with little visible loss.
The photo is encoded at several quality levels and the highest that comes in under 200 KB is kept. Most photos fit at full resolution with quality alone. A very large or detailed image may still need its pixel size reduced, which the tool does in small steps until it fits. If that still is not enough, you are told plainly. Each result shows the original size, the new size and the saving.
For a document an official will zoom into, pixels matter more than perfect quality. Leave the maximum width box empty, and the tool lowers only the quality, so fine print, stamps and signatures keep all their detail. Reduce the width only if the portal names a pixel size or the result still does not fit.
Visa photos usually come with strict rules on pixel dimensions, background colour and the size of the face, as well as a KB limit. Prepare the photo to those rules first, cropping it to the stated pixel size, then compress it here. At 200 KB a correctly sized visa photo keeps essentially all of its quality. Always follow the official instructions of the country you are applying to, since requirements differ and some portals set a lower limit.
Tender systems often want each page of a document as a separate image under a fixed limit. Scan the pages flat and straight, add them all here together, and download the compressed pages as one ZIP. Scanned text compresses well, so a clean A4 page at full resolution usually fits easily. Pages with colour photographs or seals need more space; if one misses the target, reduce its width slightly.
JPG is the safe choice, accepted everywhere. WebP gives the smallest file at the same quality, but many government and tender portals do not accept it, so check before using it. A PNG input is saved as WebP by default because re-saving a PNG barely shrinks it; choose JPG if the portal needs JPG. Re-encoding removes hidden EXIF data, including any GPS location.
After compressing, open each downloaded file and zoom in on the smallest text, such as a passport number, a date of issue or the fine print on a certificate. If every character is clear at 100% zoom, the reviewer will be able to read it. If some characters blur together, compress that page again and type a larger width; for scans, a width of around 2000 pixels for an A4 page keeps even small print sharp at 200 KB.
Some portals accept PDF as well as images, often with a larger limit. For a multi-page document, one PDF is easier for the reviewer than several separate images, and pages stay in the right order. Compress the page images here first, then combine them with JPG to PDF on this site, and the PDF will be small as well. If the PDF itself is still too large, PDF Compressor can reduce it further.
Save the compressed files in a folder named after the application, alongside the originals. If a portal later asks you to re-upload, or a reviewer queries a document, you can send exactly the same file again in seconds rather than repeating the whole process under time pressure.
Visa and tender documents are sensitive. They are compressed in this browser tab, never uploaded, and cleared when you close the page.
Usually yes at 200 KB. Leave the width box empty and the tool only lowers the quality.
WebP for the smallest file, JPG when the recipient insists on it.
The image could not fit under 200 KB with quality alone, so its pixel size was reduced a little at a time.
If the photo meets the portal's own pixel and background rules, the 200 KB file keeps its quality. Always follow the official instructions.
Yes, up to 50 at once, and download them as a ZIP.
No. Everything is done in your browser.
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