Costa Rica · 2 documents
Costa Rica document photo requirements
Costa Rica has 2 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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Costa Rica · 2
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Passport, Costa Rica | 51 × 51 mm | Light | |
| Costa Rica |
Visa, Costa Rica | 51 × 51 mm | Light | |
What these formats have in common — Costa Rica
- 01Every format here uses the same photo size: 51 × 51 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 — Costa Rica
How to make such a photo
For the selected document — Costa Rica Passport, 51 × 51 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 51 × 51 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 — Costa Rica
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.
| PassportConsular Section of the Embassy of Costa Rica in Colombia — Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners (DGME). Open the official page | |
| VisaConsular Section of the Embassy of Costa Rica in Colombia — Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners (DGME). Open the official page |
Tables and free tools
- 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.