How to Reduce PDF Size for Government Portal Upload

Indian government portals are strict about file sizes. Income Tax filing limits attachments to 5MB, EPFO to 1MB, and passport applications to 50KB per photo.

Common Government Portal File Limits

| Portal | File Limit | Common Issue |
|--------|-----------|--------------|
| Income Tax e-Filing | 5 MB | Scanned Form 16 too large |
| EPFO Unified Portal | 1 MB | KYC documents rejected |
| Passport Seva | 50-200 KB | Photo uploads fail |
| NSDL/UTIITSL | 2 MB | Form 49A attachments |

How to Compress to Under 1MB

1. Go to PDF Compressor
2. Upload your PDF
3. Choose High Compression
4. Check output size

If still over 1MB:
- Remove unnecessary pages with PDF Splitter
- Extract only required pages with PDF Page Extractor

For Scanned Documents

Scanned PDFs are the biggest problem. Each page is an image. To compress:

1. Use High Compression mode
2. Remove unnecessary pages
3. For very strict limits under 200KB, re-scan at lower quality

Tips

• Compress first, then check file size
• Remove cover pages and blank pages
• Name files clearly
• Test before deadline

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