Yes, you can now get a passport-size photo made by AI in Malaysia without visiting a studio. Rojak App, a Malaysian AI app, turns any selfie into a 35mm by 50mm photo on a white background, with a 4R sheet of six for printing, on its website or by sending the selfie to its WhatsApp number. We tried it. The result is impressive, and for an actual Malaysian passport application you should not use it.
The reason is Imigresen's own rule, not the quality of the picture. AI-generated or AI-altered photos are not accepted for a Malaysian passport, and the tool itself says so in red the moment you pick the passport option.
What we tested
We used the sample selfie that rojak.app publishes on its own page, which it labels as AI-generated rather than a real customer, so no real person's face went into our test. It is a deliberately hard input: a cap, thick glasses, a wide grin, a tilted head and a street behind. We uploaded it to the gambar passport tool on 12 October 2026.
- What came back: a front-facing face with the mouth closed, no cap, no glasses, shoulders level, on a plain white background, at 35mm by 50mm. The tool labelled it as following Imigresen's size specification.
- What else changed: the red T-shirt in the selfie came back dark navy. The AI does not crop your photo, it makes a new picture of you, which is exactly why it cannot be used for a passport.
- Speed: with the résumé option, the watermarked preview was ready in about 20 seconds. With the Malaysian passport option, the preview did not come back within two minutes on either of our two tries.
- A useful warning: it flagged that our sample was too small and might print blurry, which was fair for a 375 by 500 pixel image.
What Imigresen actually requires
- Most adults do not need to bring a photo at all. For a Malaysian international passport, the photo is taken at the passport counter on a facial live capture device, according to Imigresen's passport page.
- Children under 4 need one photo of 35mm by 50mm on a shadowless white background, with the face measuring 25mm to 30mm, or 50% to 60% of the photo, following ICAO guidelines.
- Renewing online through MyOnline Passport means uploading your own photo, and that is where an AI photo becomes a problem.
- AI photos are an offence. In January 2026, Director-General of Immigration Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said using AI-generated or AI-altered photos in a passport application is a serious offence: the application can be rejected and the applicant can face action under the Passport Act 1966. He said officers had already caught more than three such cases, as reported by Berita Harian.
What it costs
The preview is free. Downloading the clean file costs 100 credits, and credits are sold in ringgit packs from RM15 to RM199, which works out to between RM2.52 and RM3.75 per passport photo depending on the pack (checked 12 October 2026). Payment is by FPX, GrabPay or card, eligible new accounts get free credits for a first try, and rojak offers a 7-day refund on the credits.
So, should you use it?
For a Malaysian passport, no. Take your own photo in front of a bright white wall and do not edit it; that is Imigresen's rule and, notably, it is also the advice printed on rojak's own page. The same applies to a photo for a child under 4.
For a résumé, a staff card or a form with no official photo rule, it does what it says: a clean, front-facing photo on white from an everyday selfie, in seconds, for a few ringgit. If you only want to tidy up a photo you already have, our guide to AI photo editors in Malaysia covers the tools built for editing rather than remaking.
