Passport photo requirements by country

Documents: 207
Countries: 203
Most common size: 35 × 45 mm110 documents

About this category

Passport photo requirements set by each country's passport authority: print size, digital upload size, head height, background and the rules on glasses, headwear and expression.

The most common passport photo sizes are 35 × 45 mm (110 documents), 2 × 2 in (16 documents), 40 × 60 mm (10 documents) and 40 × 50 mm (6 documents). Sizes, pixel dimensions and backgrounds below are taken from each country's official specification; open a document for the full rules and sources.

Africa (45)
Asia (47)
Europe (45)
North America (32)
South America (13)
Oceania (24)
International (1)

All passports
Country	Document	Print size	Digital size	Background
Afghanistan	Passport	40 × 50 mm	4000 × 5000 px	White
Åland Islands	Passport	36 × 47 mm	500 × 653 px	Plain light background in one flat, neutral…
Albania	Passport	40 × 50 mm	—	No colour published for the 40 x 50 mm print
Algeria	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white, uniform, with no border and no…
American Samoa	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White or off-white, plain, free of shadows…
Andorra	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Monochrome
Angola	Passport	—	—	White background
Anguilla	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Off-white / light grey background
Antigua and Barbuda	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white background without shadows
Argentina	Passport	—	—	Not applicable: you supply no photo, as it is…
Aruba	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light grey, light blue or white
Australia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white or light grey, contrasting with…
Austria	Passport	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531 px	Plain light colour, ideally grey, no pattern…
Azerbaijan	Passport	30 × 40 mm	—	Not published for the passport photo
Bahamas	Passport	2 × 2 in	1200 × 1200 px	Plain white or off-white
Bahrain	E-passport	32.5 × 43 mm	933 × 1244 px	Pure white
Bahrain	Passport	40 × 60 mm	933 × 1244 px	White
Bangladesh	Passport	89 × 127 mm	—	Under-6 print: grey
Barbados	Passport	50 × 50 mm	—	White
Belarus	Passport	40 × 50 mm	—	Even, light background, lit from the front…
Belgium	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light-coloured, plain and even, without shadow…
Belize	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White
Benin	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain
Bermuda	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, in clear contrast…
Bhutan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White, without border
Bolivia	Passport	—	—	Not published: applicants are given no…
Botswana	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain and uniform in colour, no texture of…
Brazil	Passport	50 × 70 mm	431 × 531 px	White
Brazil	Passport or visa	50 × 70 mm	—	White
British Virgin Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not published
Brunei	Passport	40 × 52 mm	—	White
Bulgaria	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Counter capture: not specified
Burkina Faso	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not stated by ONI, the Police Nationale or the…
Cambodia	Passport	—	—	Not published: the GDI checklist names no photo
Cameroon	Passport	40 × 40 mm	—	Passport: captured on site. Washington travel…
Canada	Passport	50 × 70 mm	3000 × 4500 px	Plain white or light-coloured, clearly…
Cayman Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey background
Central African Republic	Passport	40 × 40 mm	—	White
Chad	Passport	40 × 40 mm	—	Not published by any Chadian page read
Chile	Passport	—	—	Not chosen by you, as the photo is taken on site
China	Passport	33 × 48 mm	—	White, with no shadows
Christmas Island	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white or light grey, contrasting with…
Cocos (Keeling) Islands		35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white or light grey background that…
Colombia	Passport	—	—	Online renewal: plain and light-coloured
Comoros	Passport	—	—	Not stated by the Brussels embassy
Cook Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	4500 × 6000 px	Plain, light-coloured, strong contrast with…
Costa Rica	Passport	—	—	Not published: the camera at the office or…
Côte d'Ivoire	Assport	40 × 40 mm	—	Not published by SNEDAI, the government portal…
Croatia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light colour, no pattern or shadow…
Cuba	Passport	45 × 45 mm	—	Light background
Cyprus	Passport	40 × 50 mm	—	Plain, light background, ideally neutral grey
Czech Republic	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Passport: nothing to supply. Cestovní průkaz…
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Not published for passport photos. Brussels…
Denmark	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain, uniform light colour such as light blue…
Djibouti	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not published in the sources read
Dominica	Passport	38 × 45 mm	—	White, light grey, light blue, light brown or…
Dominican Republic	Passport	50 × 50 mm	—	White
Egypt	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White
Equatorial Guinea	Passport	—	—	Not published: the embassy staff take the photo
Eritrea	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Estonia	Passport	40 × 50 mm	1300 × 1600 px	Flat, single-tone and light-coloured…
Eswatini	Passport	37 × 48 mm	—	No colour published
Ethiopia	Passport	30 × 40 mm	—	White
European Union	Passport	35 × 45 mm	715 × 951 px	Plain, light-coloured
Falkland Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, in clear contrast…
Faroe Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Uniform light colour with no motifs or…
Fiji	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light background
Finland	Passport	36 × 47 mm	500 × 653 px	Plain light background in one flat, neutral…
France	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain and light-coloured, for example light…
French Guiana	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain, light colour
French Polynesia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light. Local sheet: "white or light grey"
Georgia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	No colour named
Germany	Passport	35 × 45 mm	1244 × 1600 px	One plain colour, shadow-free, contrasting…
Ghana	Passport	140 × 170 px	140 × 170 px	White
Gibraltar	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white or plain light
Greece	Passport	40 × 60 mm	1280 × 1600 px	Uniform and light: grey RGB
Greenland	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Uniform light colour with no motifs or…
Guadeloupe	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Uniform and light-coloured
Guam	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Plain white or off-white, without shadows…
Guernsey	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not stated on gov.gg. HM Passport Office…
Guyana	Passport	45 × 35 mm	—	Plain white, without colour or shadows
Haiti	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Hong Kong	Passport	40 × 50 mm	1200 × 1600 px	Plain white
Hungary	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light and uniform
Iceland	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light grey, neutral, evenly lit and without…
India	Passport	35 × 45 mm	630 × 810 px	Plain white, without shadows
Indonesia	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Not published for the office photo
Iran	Passport	30 × 40 mm	—	Plain white
Iraq	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White for laissez-passer prints and past…
Ireland	Irish passport card	—	—	Completely plain light grey, white or cream
Ireland	Passport	35 × 45 mm	715 × 951 px	Completely plain light grey, white or cream…
Isle of Man	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not stated on gov.im pages. HM Passport Office…
Israel	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Printed photos in Israel: plain and light
Italy	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White and evenly lit
Jamaica	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain: pastel for light complexions
Japan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	600 × 730 px	Plain, with no objects or shadows
Jersey	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, in clear contrast…
Jordan	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Plain and of one colour only
Kazakhstan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531 px	Plain light background without patterns or…
Kenya	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White, with no shadows
Kyrgyzstan	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	Plain, even white, with no texture or shadows
Laos	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White
Latvia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light, with no shadows, other people or objects
Lebanon	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White, plain and without any pattern
Liberia	Passport	—	—	Any background colour
Libya	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White: the capture background at missions
Lithuania	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Very light, plain and even, no shadows
Luxembourg	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light colour, ideally neutral grey
Macau	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white, without margin
Malawi	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Clear white background
Malaysia	Passport	35 × 50 mm	—	Plain white without shadow
Maldives	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White, in contrast with face and hair
Mali	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Malta	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White, with no shadows
Marshall Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Martinique	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain, light colour
Mauritania	Passport	—	—	Not published
Mauritius	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light background, with your features clearly…
Mayotte	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain, light colour
Mexico	Passport	—	—	White, on the SRE's capture at the appointment
Micronesia	Passport	30.2 × 44.5 mm	—	No background colour is published
Monaco	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light background only
Mongolia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531 px	White, with no doors, windows, furniture or…
Montserrat	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not published
Morocco	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light blue, white or light grey in Morocco
Mozambique	Passport	—	—	Not published for the passport
Myanmar	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Namibia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Nepal	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Under-5 prints: plain white
Netherlands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light grey, light blue or white
New Caledonia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light blue or light grey
New Zealand	Passport	35 × 45 mm	4500 × 6000 px	Online: plain and light-coloured, in strong…
Niger	Passport	—	—	Not published by the DST, the national police…
Nigeria	Passport	—	600 × 800 px	White
Niue	Passport	35 × 45 mm	4500 × 6000 px	Plain and light-coloured, strongly contrasting…
Norfolk Island	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain white or light grey that contrasts with…
Northern Mariana Islands	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White or off-white, plain, with no shadows…
Norway	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Evenly lit
Oman	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White
Pakistan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	350 × 467 px	Plain white
Palau	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	A plain light
Palestine	Passport	30 × 40 mm	—	Blue
Panama	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Completely white
Papua New Guinea	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Peru	Passport	—	—	E-passport: set by the office camera…
Philippines	Passport	—	—	Not applicable: you supply no photo
Pitcairn Islands		35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, clearly contrasting…
Poland	Passport	35 × 45 mm	768 × 1004 px	White and evenly lit, with no shadows or…
Portugal	Passport	—	—	Temporary passport: plain
Puerto Rico	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	White or off-white, plain, with no shadows…
Qatar	Passport	35 × 48 mm	—	Grey
Republic of the Congo	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Réunion	Assport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain, light colour such as light blue or…
Romania	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Prints: clear, neutral, light-coloured…
Russia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White and even, without stripes, spots, other…
Saint Helena	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, with clear contrast…
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain and white
Saint Lucia	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Plain white
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light colour such as light blue or light…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain solid white
Samoa	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	No background colour is published in the…
San Marino	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White, with uniform lighting
Saudi Arabia	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White
Seychelles	Passport	—	—	Not published
Sierra Leone	Passport	—	—	White
Singapore	Passport	35 × 45 mm	400 × 514 px	Plain white
Slovenia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain light colour, neutral grey recommended
Solomon Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	No colour published
Somalia	Passport	—	—	Not published for ordinary passports
South Africa	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light grey or plain cream-coloured
South Korea	Passport	35 × 45 mm	431 × 550 px	Even white, with no ink marks and no border
Spain	Passport	26 × 32 mm	—	Uniform, smooth white
Sri Lanka	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Mission prints: plain white
Sudan	Passport	—	—	Not applicable: the photo is captured on site…
Suriname	Passport	—	—	Not published: the Bureau voor Burgerzaken…
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Passport	—	—	Evenly lit
Sweden	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Light background, face evenly lit, no shadows…
Switzerland	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Single-colour, uniform and neutral
Syria	Passport	40 × 40 mm	—	White
Taiwan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	413 × 531 px	Plain white, evenly lit, with no shadows or…
Tajikistan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	No colour published
Tanzania	Passport	—	—	Light blue
Thailand	Passport	—	—	Not published: staff take the photo on site
Togo	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Tokelau	Passport	35 × 45 mm	4500 × 6000 px	Plain, light-coloured and in strong contrast…
Trinidad and Tobago	Passport	31 × 41 mm	—	White: a solid white background
Tunisia	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
Turkey	Passport	50 × 60 mm	—	Plain white, no pattern or shadow
Turkmenistan	Passport	30 × 40 mm	—	Not published for the passport, whose photo…
Turks and Caicos Islands	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Plain cream or light grey, in clear contrast…
Tuvalu	Passport	38 × 51 mm	—	No colour published
U.S. Virgin Islands	Assport	2 × 2 in	—	White or off-white, plain, free of shadows…
Uganda	Passport	—	—	Not published
Ukraine	Passport	100 × 150 mm	—	Plain and light
United Arab Emirates	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White
United Kingdom	Passport	35 × 45 mm	600 × 750 px	Printed: plain cream or light grey. Digital…
United States	Passport	2 × 2 in	—	Plain white or off-white, free of shadows…
United States	U.S. passport card	2 × 2 in	—	Plain white or off-white, with no shadows…
Uruguay	Passport	—	—	White, where a consulate asks for a photo
Uzbekistan	Passport	35 × 45 mm	300 × 400 px	Light background, even, with no stains…
Vanuatu	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	No colour published on any Vanuatu passport page
Venezuela	Passport	—	—	Consular register photo: white background
Vietnam	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	White
Wallis and Futuna	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	Not stated for an ordinary passport
Yemen	Passport	40 × 60 mm	—	Plain white
Zambia	Passport	38 × 51 mm	—	White
Zimbabwe	Passport	35 × 45 mm	—	White