Chile document photo requirements

What these formats have in common — Chile

1. 01The background is the same in every format: Plain white.
2. 022 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
3. 03These entries were last read between 17 May 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
4. 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 — Chile

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 — Chile Visa, 50 × 50 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 · 2 photos 50 × 50 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 — Chile

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

• What size photo to use if not specified: 5 reasons the size is missingThe authority might not publish the photo size for various reasons: EU residence permit specifications are secret, a German regulation refers to a technical directive, and the UK publishes file limits and crops the image itself for online passports.
• Chile photo rules: no size from the Migration Service, 5 × 5 cm at the consulateThere are two separate routes into Chile, and their photo requirements differ. The Migration Service (SERMIG) page on the temporary residence permit lists descriptive conditions only — no millimetres, no pixels, no resolution, no file-size cap. The consular page on prior authorisation and visas asks for a passport-size photo of 5 × 5 cm.

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