Aadhaar Card Front and Back on One Page Free (PDF or JPG)

To get your Aadhaar card front and back on one page, crop a photo of each side to the card's edges, stack the two in one image with the free collage maker (layout Stacked, shape Portrait 4:5), then turn that image into an A4 PDF with the free JPG to PDF converter. The whole job takes about five minutes on a phone, costs nothing, and your card images never leave your device.

Banks, landlords, employers, colleges and SIM shops often ask for a "self-attested copy of Aadhaar, both sides on one page". The same method works for a PAN card, driving licence, voter ID or any other two-sided card.

Use masked Aadhaar where you can

Before you start, decide which version to share. A masked Aadhaar replaces the first 8 digits of the number with "xxxx-xxxx", so only the last 4 digits are visible (as per UIDAI's FAQ on masked Aadhaar). If the organisation doesn't need your full number, a masked copy is the safer one to hand over. Check UIDAI's website for the current way to download it, and ask the organisation whether masked is acceptable.

Step 1: Photograph or scan both sides

• Lay the card on a plain, dark surface (a dark table or notebook cover), so its edges stand out.
• Shoot from directly above in daylight, with no flash, so there's no glare on the laminate.
• Fill most of the frame with the card, and keep it straight.
• Take one photo of the front and one of the back.

If you have a scanner, scan both sides at the same settings instead.

Step 2: Crop each side to the card's edges

Open the free image cropper and choose Free as the shape. Drag the box so it hugs the edges of the card, leaving just a hair of background, and click Crop image. Do the same for the back. Our cropping guide explains the controls.

This step matters for the next one. The collage maker fills each space completely and trims any extra from the edges, so a tight crop means it trims a sliver of table, not your address.

Step 3: Stack front and back in one image

1. Open the free collage maker and click Choose photos. Pick both cropped images.
2. Under Layout, choose Stacked.
3. Under Shape, choose Portrait 4:5.
4. Check the order under Photos, in order: front first, back second. Use ↑ or ↓ to swap.
5. Set Spacing to about 24-40px to leave a clear gap between the two sides, and keep the Background as white (#FFFFFF).
6. Under Save as, choose JPG, click Make collage, then Download collage.

Why Stacked and Portrait 4:5?

An ID card is a standard size, 85.6 × 54 mm, which is about 1.59 times as wide as it is tall. In a Portrait 4:5 collage (2,160 × 2,700 px), each half of a Stacked layout comes out almost exactly that shape: with the default spacing, each space is about 1.61 times as wide as tall. So each side of the card fits with only about 1-2% trimmed off its height, a sliver of the border. Other shapes trim much more: in a Square collage, roughly a fifth of each card's height would be cut off.

Step 4: Turn it into a one-page A4 PDF

1. Open the free JPG to PDF converter and choose the collage image.
2. Under Page size, choose A4. Leave Margin on Small.
3. Click Create PDF and download it.

You now have a single A4 page with the front above the back. The cards are printed larger than life (each side is roughly 19-20 cm wide on the page), which makes the text easy to read and is how most offices want these copies. If someone asks for actual card size, print the collage image with your printer's scaling options instead. For more on this converter, see how to convert JPG to PDF.

Need a JPG instead of a PDF? Upload the collage image from Step 3 directly.

Step 5: Check the file size for uploads

Online forms often limit document uploads by size. The collage JPG is a high-resolution image and may be well over a few hundred KB. To get under a limit:

• For a JPG upload: shrink it with the free image resizer to about 1,200 px wide, then compress it with the free image compressor until the size fits. Text stays readable at that width.
• For a PDF upload: resize and compress the collage image first, then make the PDF. A smaller image gives a smaller PDF.

Our guide on Aadhaar document upload sizes covers common limits, and compressing an image to 200 KB shows how to keep document text sharp at small sizes.

Self-attesting and labelling the copy

If you must self-attest, print the PDF, sign across it, write "Self-attested" and the date, and then scan or photograph it again. If the copy is going digitally, consider stamping it with who it's for and why ("For ABC Bank KYC only") using the free PDF watermark tool. Our tips for sharing documents safely explain why that helps.

Make your one-page copy

Crop both sides, open the free collage maker, stack them in a Portrait 4:5 collage, and turn the image into an A4 PDF. It's free, and your Aadhaar images are never uploaded anywhere.