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Official photo rules for every country
Photo sizes and requirements for passports, visas, ID cards, driving licences, student cards and bus passes: 576 documents from 213 countries and territories, cited to 4,562 official sources.
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Did you know…
- … that for the Schengen Area visa photo: A Schengen visa photo is normally 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 in), in colour and no more than 6 months old, with your face filling 70 to 80% of the frame against a plain, light-coloured background. The standard…
- … that for the United States DV lottery photo: The Diversity Visa (DV) lottery entry takes a digital photo, not a print: a square color JPEG of exactly 600 x 600 pixels, 240 kB or smaller, taken in the last 6 months. The head fills 50% to 69% of the image…
- … that for the China visa photo: A Chinese visa photo is 33 x 48 mm (1.30 x 1.89 in) on paper. For the online visa application form, upload a JPEG of 354 x 472 to 420 x 560 pixels and 40 to 120 KB. On the print the head is 28 to 33 mm from…
Common photo sizes
| Size | Documents |
|---|---|
| 35 × 45 mm | 255 |
| 2 × 2 in | 38 |
| 30 × 40 mm | 25 |
| 40 × 60 mm | 21 |
| 40 × 50 mm | 16 |
| 36 × 47 mm | 9 |
| 40 × 40 mm | 9 |
| 50 × 70 mm | 9 |
| 33 × 48 mm | 9 |
| 26 × 32 mm | 8 |
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