India · 6 documents · 2 sizes
India document photo requirements
India has 6 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 — India
2 sizes across 6 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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India · 6
| Document | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India6 documents | ||||
| India |
Indian Passport, India | 35 × 45 mm | White | |
| India |
India Visa, India | 51 × 51 mm | Light | |
| India |
Aadhaar Card, India | 35 × 45 mm | Light | |
| India |
OCI Card, India | 51 × 51 mm | Light | |
| India |
PAN Card, India | 35 × 45 mm | White | |
| India |
Driver's License, India | 35 × 45 mm | White | |
What these formats have in common — India
- 01The photo size is not the same for every document: 35 × 45 mm, 51 × 51 mm.
- 02The background depends on the document: Plain light, Plain white, White or off-white. Check the row before you shoot.
- 033 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
- 041 document here is photographed at the office.
- 051 document works either way — bring a photo of your own, or have it taken at the office.
- 06These entries were last read between 17 May 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
- 07A 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 — India
| Document | Photo size | Head in frame | Background | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aadhaar Card | 35 × 45 mmThe photo is taken at the office | 70–80% | Plain light | |
| Driver's License | 35 × 45 mm | 70–80% | Plain white | |
| OCI Card | 51 × 51 mm | 49–69%Converted from the millimetres the authority publishes | Plain white | |
| PAN Card | 35 × 45 mm | 70–80% | Plain white | |
| Indian Passport | 35 × 45 mm | 70–80%ICAO standard — the authority publishes no figure of its own | Plain white | |
| India Visa | 51 × 51 mm | 49–69%Converted from the millimetres the authority publishes | White or off-white |
How to make such a photo
For the selected document — Indian Passport, India, 35 × 45 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.
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Make it from a selfie- 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.
Where these rules come from — India
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.
| Aadhaar CardUnique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Open the official page | |
| Driver's LicenseMinistry of Road Transport and Highways of India — Parivahan Sewa (Sarathi). Open the official page | |
| OCI CardMinistry of Home Affairs of India — Online OCI Services portal. Open the official page | |
| PAN CardIncome Tax Department of India — PAN application forms and Protean eGov Technologies (PAN services). Open the official page | |
| Indian PassportMinistry of External Affairs of India — Passport Seva. Open the official page | |
| India VisaGovernment of India / Bureau of Immigration. Open the official page |
Recent notes — India
Short notes we wrote when a requirement, a form or a submission portal changed.
- Glasses, Smiling and Head Coverings in Passport Photos: US, UK, Canada, Australia and India ComparedAustralia bans glasses (since July 2018), the US only allows documented medical cases, the UK and Canada allow them with no glare; smiles: only the US accepts one.
- How to Take a Passport Photo at Home: Light, Distance and Background That Get ApprovedFace a window, stand away from a plain light wall, shoot from 1.2–1.5 m with someone else holding the camera, no filters — and check the country's rules.
- India Photo Requirements: Passport 630x810 px, Visa and OCI Square Files, and the "Not White" TrapIndian passport photo: colour, 630x810 px, face 80–85%, white background; visa and OCI use square files, and the OCI background must not be white.
- Passport Photo Size by Country: 18 Passports, 8 Different Formats — and Why One Photo Never Fits AllOf 18 passports we compared, 8 use 35x45 mm — but the US, Canada, Turkey, China, Spain and others don't, and head size ranges from 26 to 36 mm.
Tables and free tools
- Every specification in one table — IndiaThe 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.