Finland document photo requirements

What these formats have in common — Finland

1. 01Every format here uses the same photo size: 36 × 47 mm.
2. 02The background is the same in every format: Plain light.
3. 03Across these formats the head takes 68–77% of the picture height.
4. 044 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
5. 05These entries were last read between 17 May 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
6. 06A 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 — Finland

How to make such a photo

For the selected document — Finland Passport, 36 × 47 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 36 × 47 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 — Finland

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

• Finland Residence Permit Photo: Migri Wants 47 x 36 mm, Under 6 Months Old, and Never a Reused PhotoMigri: photo 47 mm high and 36 mm wide, head 32–36 mm, under six months old, plain light background.
• Finland Visa Photo Requirements: 36 x 47 mm, Head 32–36 mm, Light Grey Background — the Police RulesFinland asks for one recognisable photo and points to the police rules: head 32–36 mm, 4–6 mm above the crown, under 6 months, light grey background best.
• EU passport photo size: why there is no single EU standardCouncil Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 requires a highly secure storage medium containing a facial image, but pan-European rules regarding the exact dimensions of the printed photo are not published in accessible sources.
• Finland Passport, Visa and Residence Permit (oleskelulupa) Photo 2026: 36x47 mm Size and kuvatunnus RequirementsA detailed overview of the current requirements for Finnish document photos in 2026. Learn how the kuvatunnus electronic code system works, the exact face sizes required by the police (32–36 mm), and how to correctly submit a photo for a residence permit (oleskelulupa) via the Enter Finland portal.

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