Botswana · 3 documents · 2 sizes
Botswana document photo requirements
Botswana has 3 verified document photo formats covered on this site. Pick the document you need — each page lists the exact size, background, head ratio, and the official source it was verified against.
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Photo sizes drawn to one scale — Botswana
2 sizes across 3 documents: a photo taken for one document will not fit a different size. Click a size to keep only its documents in the table.
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Botswana · 3
| Document | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana3 documents | ||||
| Botswana |
Passport, Botswana | 45 × 55 mm | Light | |
| Botswana |
Visa, Botswana | 30 × 40 mm | Light | |
| Botswana |
Residence Permit, Botswana | 30 × 40 mm | Light | |
What these formats have in common — Botswana
- 01The photo size is not the same for every document: 45 × 55 mm, 30 × 40 mm.
- 02The background is the same in every format: Plain light.
- 03Across these formats the head takes 70–80% of the picture height.
- 04A 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 — Botswana
| Document | Photo size | Head in frame | Background | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passport | 45 × 55 mm | 70–80% | Plain light | |
| Residence Permit | 30 × 40 mm | 70–80% | Plain light | |
| Visa | 30 × 40 mm | 70–80% | Plain light |
How to make such a photo
For the selected document — Botswana Passport, 45 × 55 mm. Three ways; pick the one that suits you.
With a phone at home
Ask someone to photograph you against a light wall in daylight, the phone at eye level. Then, for free:
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- 10 × 15 sheet · 2 photos 45 × 55 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.
Where these rules come from — Botswana
Every document lists the issuing authority, a link to its rules and the date we checked them. The drawings show only numbers from those rules.
| PassportGovernment of Botswana (passport application form PP1, as published by the Embassy of Botswana). Open the official page | |
| Residence PermitDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship, Botswana (gov.bw). Open the official page | |
| VisaDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship, Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs of Botswana. Open the official page |
Recent notes — Botswana
Short notes we wrote when a requirement, a form or a submission portal changed.
Tables and free tools
- Every specification in one table — BotswanaThe same rows, plus the source and how each value was verified.
- Check a photo you already have — free, in your browserIt measures the frame — head height, eye line, background — and names what to fix before you submit.