Comoros photo specifications
Photo sizes and rules for 3 documents issued in Comoros, taken from the issuing authorities and linked to their official pages.
At a glance
The Comoros publishes little about photo sizes. For the passport and the national identity card, the Brussels embassy asks for 2 recent photos, head bare and ears visible, with no size given. For a visa, embassy business and courtesy lists ask for 2 photos of 50 x 70 mm, and airport visas are photographed at a biometric desk.
Overview
Three documents are covered here: the biometric passport, the national identity card and the visa. The passport and the card are issued to Comorian nationals, with applications abroad made at a Comorian embassy; the identity card law names the Director General of the Sûreté nationale du territoire as the issuing authority. Visas are issued by the Minister of the Interior and, on delegation, by embassies, and many are issued at the airport.
The photos differ by document. Passports and cards take printed photos brought to the appointment, with fingerprints enrolled in person. Embassy visas take 50 mm x 70 mm prints. Airport visas take no print, because enrolment at the airport includes a photo.
Photo specifications by document
Passports
| Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passport | — | — | Not stated by the Brussels embassy |
Visas and travel authorisations
| Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visa | 50 × 70 mm | — | Not stated by the Brussels embassy |
Identity cards
| Document | Print size | Digital size | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID card | — | — | Not stated by the 2014 law or by the Brussels… |
Frequently asked questions
The passport, the national identity card and the visa, each with its own page. The pages give the size where one is published, and say plainly where none is.
No official source read gives it for any of the three documents. The only published size is 50 x 70 mm, for embassy business and courtesy visas.
The official pages read publish the number of photos and, for some, the framing, but not a size for the passport or the identity card. Each mission writes its own list, so ask the embassy that covers your country.
The Brussels embassy page lists no photo among the documents for these visas and says the photo is taken at the airport during biometric enrolment, together with your fingerprints.
Nearby countries
Other countries in Eastern Africa:
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Official sources
- Ambassade des Comores en Belgique. Délivrance de passeport Biométrique comorien comoros-embassy.eu. Checked 2 November 2026.
- Ministère de la Justice de l'Union des Comores. Loi instituant la carte nationale d'identité comorienne numérisée (biométrique), 24 June 2014 justice.gouv.km. Checked 2 November 2026.
- Ambassade des Comores en Belgique. Autres visas comoros-embassy.eu. Checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this page
"Comoros photo specifications". WorldPhotoSpecs. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://worldphotospecs.org/comoros