Uploading a full-resolution phone photo of your Aadhaar card can produce 2–5MB files. Portals reject them instantly. The fix is not extreme compression — it is correct dimensions first, then KB reduction.
Official scan dimensions
OptiKit's Aadhaar resizer crops to 800×500 px (8:5 ratio) and compresses each side under 150KB with 300 DPI metadata. If you only need KB reduction on an already-cropped JPG, use the 150KB compressor.
Step-by-step
- Photograph or scan the card flat, even lighting, no glare on the QR code.
- Crop front and back separately — do not upload one tall image of both sides.
- Export JPG (not PNG) for government portals.
- Compress to under 150KB and verify the UID number is readable at 100% zoom.