Open data · CC BY 4.0 · current data: version 2.0.0, 657 profiles · updated · last archived release with a DOI: version 1.0.0, 236 profiles — 10.5281/zenodo.21872434
ICAO and Government Document Photo Specifications
Machine-readable requirements for passport, visa and identity-document photos. Every record includes its source URLs, verification status and last verification date.
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SHA-256 JSON: 4039630e978ab7016aea0b6ce3a1ad7d1bf8dfc47ef1cf0b50a0bddcae1f7a49
SHA-256 CSV: 82aeef467806c2325ff1c8429344cd774860bbc4ecc9af3888d67e3dca8f553b
What is included
Country and document labels, canonical source page, verification level, official citations, source facts, physical and digital file contracts, and the Anfas.Pro processing preset.
anfasProcessingPreset is an implementation aid used by Anfas.Pro. It is not automatically an issuing-authority rule. Check inferredFields, verificationLevel and the cited source URLs before reuse.What 657 document profiles show
This descriptive snapshot is generated from the cited dataset records, not from search-volume estimates or user uploads. It shows why a single “universal passport photo size” is an unsafe assumption. The full report — what 657 document profiles show about photo requirements in 2026 — works through the same records section by section, with its methodology and limitations stated in full.
131 of 204applicant-photo profiles with stored physical dimensions use 35 × 45 mm (64.2%).
20distinct primary physical sizes appear in that applicant-photo cohort; accepted alternative sizes are not included.
56profiles publish a digital pixel contract. A profile can have both physical and digital requirements, so these groups overlap.
86profiles use authority capture or a hybrid flow, compared with 221 applicant-photo profiles; 350 do not state a submission mode.
Most common primary physical sizes
| Size | Profiles | Share of 204 |
|---|---|---|
| 35 × 45 mm | 131 | 64.2% |
| 51 × 51 mm | 15 | 7.4% |
| 30 × 40 mm | 10 | 4.9% |
| 40 × 60 mm | 7 | 3.4% |
| 50 × 60 mm | 6 | 2.9% |
| 33 × 48 mm | 5 | 2.5% |
| 50 × 70 mm | 5 | 2.5% |
| 26 × 32 mm | 4 | 2% |
The remaining 12 primary sizes are available in the JSON and CSV distributions.
Source precision
195 profiles have an exact official specification, 365 have official general guidance, 7 have partial official coverage, and 90 use an ICAO-derived baseline. These labels describe source precision, not whether one country is “stricter” than another.
applicant-photo records with photoContract.printSizeMm; accepted alternatives are excluded. Missing digital or submission fields are unknown, not proof that no rule exists. Digital and physical contracts may overlap. anfasProcessingPreset is excluded from the findings above.Reuse and citation
The data is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. You may use it commercially; the one condition is credit. Until version 2.0.0 is archived, cite this page with the version number: the DOI resolves to the last archived release, version 1.0.0 with 236 profiles. The issuing authority remains the final source of truth because requirements can change.
Kravchenko, Y. (2026). ICAO and Government Document Photo Specifications (Version 2.0.0) [Data set]. Anfas.Pro. https://www.anfas.pro/datasets/icao-document-photo-specs/
Reproducibility
Released versions are archived (the last one is version 1.0.0 with 236 profiles) under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21872434 and developed in the open at github.com/Anfas-Pro/document-photo-specs, where corrections can be proposed against a cited authority page.
The release package contains README, LICENSE, CITATION.cff, CHANGELOG, Data Package metadata, a Kaggle metadata template and SHA-256 checksums.