Austria document photo requirements

What these formats have in common — Austria

1. 01Every format here uses the same photo size: 35 × 45 mm.
2. 02Across these formats the head takes 67–80% of the picture height.
3. 035 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
4. 04These entries were last read between 17 May 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
5. 05A single document can still add rules of its own on top of this — the document page is the complete list.

Photo specifications at a glance — Austria

The size, head share and background in this table are published by the authority itself. Where it publishes nothing, we do not leave a blank: we show the number we crop by and write beside it where that number comes from — converted from the authority's millimetres, or taken from the ICAO standard. And where no number exists at all, the row says so.

How to make such a photo

For the selected document — Austria Passport, 35 × 45 mm. Three ways; pick the one that suits you.

1. 

   With a phone at home

   Ask someone to photograph you against a light wall in daylight, the phone at eye level. Then, for free:

   • 01Cropping to size
   • 02Background replacement
   • 03A check against your document’s rules
2. 

   

   With AI from a selfie

   Upload any selfie — the AI builds a photo to the selected document’s rules: size, background, light and head position. You see the result before you pay.

   €5.99per photo, one-off, no subscription

   If it’s rejected, we refund you

   Make it from a selfie
3. 10 × 15 sheet · 4 photos 35 × 45 mm

   In a photo studio

   If you need a printed photo today, show the photographer the requirements from the document’s page. And a ready phone photo we will lay out on a 10 × 15 or A4 sheet for free — print it at any photo studio.

   Print sheet

Recent notes — Austria

Short notes we wrote when a requirement, a form or a submission portal changed.

• Austria Schengen Visa Photo: ICAO 35 x 45 mm — Without It the Application Is Not AdmissibleAn Austrian Schengen visa needs a colour ICAO passport photo, 35 x 45 mm portrait.
• National D visa photo requirements: set by each country, not the EUA type D visa photo is governed by the national laws of the specific country, not the EU Visa Code: the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for example, requires a 35x45 mm size with a 32–36 mm face height.
• Photo for an Austria national D visa and residence permit for Ukrainians (2026)For an Austrian national D visa and residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel) you need a colour biometric photo of 35×45 mm to the ICAO standard: full-face, neutral expression, closed mouth, light plain background (ideally grey), without glasses that cause glare, taken no earlier than 6 months ago.
• Austria: Vertriebene status for Ukrainians extended to 4 March 2027 — labour market and the RWR-Karte plusAustria automatically extends the right of residence for displaced persons from Ukraine until 4 March 2027 — no applications needed; the BFA will mail new cards around February 2027.

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