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Iraq photo specifications

Photo sizes and rules for 3 documents issued in Iraq, taken from the issuing authorities and linked to their official pages.

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At a glance

For the Iraqi e-passport you bring no photo: the passport office or consulate takes it with your fingerprints. The Unified National Card has no published photo size, though the Detroit consulate asks for one recent photo. Visa photos depend on the channel: two 2 x 2 inch (51 x 51 mm) colour prints on white for the Washington embassy, or a digital photo with a white background for the e-visa.

Overview

Iraq's Ministry of Interior issues all three documents. Its Directorate of Civil Status, Passports and Residence handles passports and the Unified National Card, and its Residency Affairs Directorate runs the federal e-visa. In the Kurdistan Region, the regional Ministry of Interior runs passport offices for the same Iraqi passport and a separate e-visa portal for entry to the region.

The photo works differently for each. Passport staff capture the e-passport picture in person, so the only passport-related prints are for the laissez-passer issued abroad. National card applicants enrol in person, and only some missions ask for a print. Visa applicants either upload a photo to an e-visa portal or send prints with a paper application to an embassy.

Photo specifications by document

Passports

Iraq Passports
DocumentPrint sizeDigital sizeBackground
Passport2 ร— 2 inโ€”White for laissez-passer prints and pastโ€ฆ

Visas and travel authorisations

Iraq Visas and travel authorisations
DocumentPrint sizeDigital sizeBackground
Visa2 ร— 2 inโ€”White

Identity cards

Iraq Identity cards
DocumentPrint sizeDigital sizeBackground
ID cardโ€”โ€”Not published for the National Card

Frequently asked questions

The visa does: prints for an embassy application or an upload for the e-visa. A laissez-passer also needs three prints on white. The e-passport photo is taken at the office or consulate, and for the national card only some missions, such as Detroit, ask you to bring one photo.

At Iraqi embassies and consulates that have an e-passport or national card system, by appointment booked on the foreign ministry's platform. In the US, Detroit handles both and Los Angeles takes passport applications; Washington and Houston do not issue either.

No. Iraqi citizens are photographed at the passport office for the e-passport. Foreign visitors supply their own visa photo: two 2 x 2 inch colour prints on white for the Washington embassy, or a digital photo with a white background for the e-visa.

Its passport offices take applications for the federal Iraqi passport and forward them to Baghdad. For visitors, the Kurdistan Regional Government runs its own e-visa portal for entry to the region, separate from the federal e-visa platform.

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Official sources

  1. Consulate General of the Republic of Iraq in Detroit. Instructions for issuing the electronic passport (Arabic) mofa.gov.iq. Checked 2 November 2026.
  2. Consulate General of the Republic of Iraq in Detroit. New rules for applying for the Unified National Card (Arabic) mofa.gov.iq. Checked 2 November 2026.
  3. Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington. Visas to Iraq iraqiembassy.us. Checked 2 November 2026.
  4. Ministry of Interior, Directorate of Residency Affairs. Iraqi Electronic Visa evisa.iq. Checked 2 November 2026.
  5. Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Interior. Passport Application, Issuance and Renewal services.gov.krd. Checked 2 November 2026.
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