Upload your PDF to PDFWix Compress PDF and choose Recommended compression. Most documents compress well under 3MB in under 10 seconds. Your file is processed inside your browser — never uploaded. No signup, no watermark.
Upload your PDF to PDFWix Compress PDF and choose Recommended compression. Most documents compress well under 3MB in under 10 seconds. Your file is processed inside your browser — never uploaded. No signup, no watermark.
A 3MB limit is found most commonly on insurance claim submission portals, bank account opening and KYC update forms, and loan application portals. Major Indian insurance portals including LIC, HDFC Life and SBI Life impose a 3MB limit on claim documents. Bank account opening portals (HDFC, ICICI, Axis, Kotak) typically accept KYC documents up to 2–5MB. Home loan and personal loan application portals on bank websites frequently cap supporting documents at 3MB each.
Bank statements in PDF format are typically generated digitally and compress by only 10–20% because they contain minimal image data. Scanned physical bank statements compress very effectively — a 15MB scanned 12-month statement typically reduces to under 1MB. Insurance policy documents are usually digital PDFs and compress by 20–40%. Scanned claim supporting documents (hospital bills, invoices) compress by 70–90%.
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Yes. Compressing a PDF only reduces embedded image resolution. The text content, numbers, dates and digital certificate signatures in digitally generated bank statements are unaffected. The compressed PDF is legally equivalent to the original for portal submission purposes.
Insurance portals cap document sizes to control their server storage costs and ensure fast processing. The 3MB limit is set by the portal operator. Compressing your scanned documents before upload ensures smooth submission without repeated rejections.
No. Compression reduces image resolution in scanned documents but does not remove or alter text, amounts, dates, doctor names or any other content. The information visible before compression remains visible after compression.