Bahamas photo specifications
Photo sizes and rules for 3 documents issued in Bahamas, taken from the issuing authorities and linked to their official pages.
At a glance
The Bahamas uses 2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm) for all three documents covered here. The passport takes three colour prints in person, or one digital copy at 600 dpi to renew online. The visa and the eVisa take one digital photograph at 600 dpi. All three ask for a plain white or off-white background and a photograph no more than six months old.
Overview
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues Bahamian passports through its Passport Office and entry visas through its Consular Division. The Department of Immigration is the border authority: it checks for the visa on arrival and handles permits and extensions, but it does not issue visas. Citizens abroad deal with Bahamian missions, which take passport applications and act as visa processing offices.
The passport photo rules come from the Passport Rules (Chapter 192) and the Ministry's pages, while the visa rules come from a separate one-page eVisa photograph specification. The passport asks for prints when you apply in person and a digital copy when you renew online. The visa and the eVisa are one process: you upload a single digital photograph in the Ministry's portal and may be interviewed afterwards at the processing office you chose.
Photo specifications by document
Passports
| Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passport | 2 × 2 in | 1200 × 1200 px | Plain white or off-white |
Visas and travel authorisations
| Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| eVisa | 2 × 2 in | 1200 × 1200 px | Plain white or off-white |
| Visa | 2 × 2 in | 1200 × 1200 px | Plain white or off-white |
Frequently asked questions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its Passport Office issues passports, and its Consular Division processes and issues visas before travel. The Department of Immigration checks visas at the border but does not issue them.
2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm) for the passport, the visa and the eVisa. The online pages add 600 dpi, which is 1200 x 1200 pixels. No official page read gives 35 x 45 mm.
For a passport applied for in person, three colour prints on a white background. For online ePassport renewal, one digital copy in JPEG, PNG or BMP. For a visa or eVisa, one digital photograph uploaded in the Ministry's portal.
No more than six months old at the time of the application, for the passport and the eVisa. The Passport Rules define a recent photograph as one taken in the six months immediately before the application.
Citizens holding an ePassport can renew on the Ministry's online portal, then collect the new passport in person at the selected pick-up location, which for London is the High Commission. Lost, stolen or damaged passports and name changes must be done in person.
Nearby countries
Other countries in Caribbean:
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Official sources
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Bahamas. Applying for a Passport (First Time or Renewal) mofa.gov.bs. Checked 2 November 2026.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Bahamas. eVISA Online Services mofa.gov.bs. Checked 2 November 2026.
- Bahamas Department of Immigration. Before Your Arrival immigration.gov.bs. Checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this page
"Bahamas photo specifications". WorldPhotoSpecs. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://worldphotospecs.org/bahamas