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visa photo size by country — every spec compared

visa photo dimensions for 50 countries — sourced from each issuing authority. Sizes range from 30×40 mm (Romania) to 51×51 mm (USA).

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30×40 mmsmallest (Romania)
51×51 mmlargest (USA)
35×45 mmmedian (Russia)

Full comparison table

Each visa photo specification below comes directly from the issuing authority of the listed country. Click any country to read the full rules, including head-height in millimetres, background colour requirements, expression and glasses rules, and the source URL.

Country Photo size Head height Background Last verified Verification
Romania 30 × 40 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
Austria 35 × 45 mm 71–80% Plain background without shadows per official Austrian Passbildkriterien. Official — exact
Azerbaijan 35 × 45 mm — Plain white Official — general
Bangladesh 35 × 45 mm — Plain white Official — exact
Belarus 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — exact
Brazil 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
Bulgaria 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — exact
Canada 35 × 45 mm 69–80% White Official — exact
Croatia 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — exact
Cyprus 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Light grey Official — exact
Czech Republic 35 × 45 mm — Plain white Official — exact
Czech Republic 35 × 45 mm — Plain white Official — exact
France 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
Georgia 35 × 45 mm 50–70% Plain light Official — general
Germany 35 × 45 mm 71–80% Plain light Official — exact
Germany 35 × 45 mm 71–80% Plain light Official — exact
Ireland 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Light grey Official — exact
Japan 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
Kazakhstan 35 × 45 mm 71–80% Light grey Official — general
Latvia 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain background without foreign objects. Official — exact
Norway 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Evenly lit background. Official — general
Pakistan 35 × 45 mm — Recent photo (max 6 months old), plain background without shadows. Official — exact
Poland 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
Poland 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
Romania 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — exact
Russia 35 × 45 mm — Plain light Official — exact
Schengen area 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
Schengen area 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
Serbia 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
Slovenia 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
South Africa 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Cream or light grey Official — exact
South Korea 35 × 45 mm 56–78% White Official — exact
Tajikistan 35 × 45 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — general
UAE 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
UAE 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
UAE 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
UAE 35 × 45 mm 70–80% White Official — general
United Kingdom 35 × 45 mm 64–76% Plain neutral Official — general
Uzbekistan 35 × 45 mm — Plain light Official — general
China 33 × 48 mm 58–69% Plain white Official — exact
Argentina 40 × 40 mm — Plain white Official — general
Estonia 40 × 50 mm 70–80% Plain light Official — exact
Thailand 40 × 60 mm 70–80% Plain white Official — general
Vietnam 40 × 60 mm — Plain light Official — general
Israel 50 × 50 mm 70–80% Plain white Official — general
Egypt 51 × 51 mm — Plain white Official — general
India 51 × 51 mm 49–69% White or off-white Official — general
Philippines 51 × 51 mm 50–69% White Official — general
USA 51 × 51 mm 50–69% White or off-white Official — exact
USA 51 × 51 mm 50–69% White or off-white Official — exact

Each row carries its own verification date on the linked country page.

How we verify each entry

Every row of this table is sourced from the issuing authority — the embassy site, ministry portal, police service, or consular page that publishes the official photo rules. When a value cannot be confirmed against an authority publication, we mark the entry as ICAO-derived (and exclude it from this table). See How we verify.

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