Open data · CC BY 4.0 · version 1.0.0 · updated 2026-08-04 · DOI 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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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 238 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 238 document profiles show about photo requirements in 2026 — works through the same records section by section, with its methodology and limitations stated in full.
83 of 130applicant-photo profiles with stored physical dimensions use 35 × 45 mm (63.8%).
15distinct primary physical sizes appear in that applicant-photo cohort; accepted alternative sizes are not included.
33profiles publish a digital pixel contract. A profile can have both physical and digital requirements, so these groups overlap.
59profiles use authority capture or a hybrid flow, compared with 141 applicant-photo profiles; 38 do not state a submission mode.
Most common primary physical sizes
| Size | Profiles | Share of 130 |
|---|---|---|
| 35 × 45 mm | 83 | 63.8% |
| 51 × 51 mm | 10 | 7.7% |
| 30 × 40 mm | 6 | 4.6% |
| 33 × 48 mm | 5 | 3.8% |
| 40 × 60 mm | 4 | 3.1% |
| 50 × 60 mm | 4 | 3.1% |
| 50 × 70 mm | 4 | 3.1% |
| 26 × 32 mm | 3 | 2.3% |
The remaining 7 primary sizes are available in the JSON and CSV distributions.
Source precision
137 profiles have an exact official specification, 79 have official general guidance, 4 have partial official coverage, and 18 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. Cite the DOI rather than this page, because the DOI keeps resolving to a fixed archived version even if this site changes. The issuing authority remains the final source of truth because requirements can change.
Kravchenko, Y. (2026). ICAO and Government Document Photo Specifications (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Anfas.Pro. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21872434
Reproducibility
Every release is archived 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.