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How can I reduce the size of my passport-related documents to under 3 MB for submission?

Document Compression Visa Application PDF Management File Size Reduction Expat Tips

Dec 11, 2025

5 months ago

Anonymous *************

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How are you guys able to get your documents under 3 MB. They asked me for pcitures of every page in the passport book, hotel booking receipts, flight receipts, etc. I merged it all into one pdf file that wight around 35mb. I then compressed it to maximum 4 MB.

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Many users shared their methods for compressing document sizes under 3 MB for visa-related submissions. Suggestions included using software like iLovePDF for file compression, adjusting image sizes and formats, and merging multiple documents effectively. Users noted that converting images to JPEG format and ensuring images are not too large helped significantly. Mac users mentioned specific ways to reduce file size directly on their devices, while online tools and AI-assistant options were highlighted as alternatives for Windows users. Combining passport pages onto one page was also recommended to reduce the overall number of pages.

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Sofia *********

I had the same issue and all the online compression tools failed below 4 MB, then I remembered it’s 2025 and there is AI… just ask Claude or another AI assistant of your choice to do it, it worked for me.

5 months ago

Zarko *******

One helpful tip that will save you so much space - include passport pages in proof of location upload

5 months ago

Anonymous ******************

I had a similar issue and it was because the images in the PDF were not jpegs, so if you can check the individual images and if any are larger than 150kb and not jpegs try to convert them to jpegs with lower resolution (around 100-150kb per image worked for me).

5 months ago

Gallo ********

If you have Mac book you select each document individually and lower the size by selecting info after you right click. It’ll let you adjust the size there. After that select all the documents you want as one and combine. Then you can redo the order the documents in “view” which is another option after you right click. After that right click and turn into pdf.

I don’t have window computer so don’t know the method for that but it took me trail and tribulations to solve that out because I did not want to pay for anything or download weird third party apps. I’m sure there’s a free way to do it on windows with ta similar method

5 months ago

Phil ******

Convert to pdf

5 months ago

John *********

Use ilovePDF, works a treat for file compression

5 months ago

Kurt *************

Ilovepdf

5 months ago

Greg *********

Use Ilovepdf, google and will show up

5 months ago

Mike **********

When you take them you can try to use .jpg.

5 months ago

Axel *******

You can combine multiple passport pages on one page

This should help reduce the number of overall pages to get the size down.

200dpi resolution should also be enough to keep them legible.

5 months ago

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Axel *******

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