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Nigeria document photo requirements

Nigeria 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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Photo size and background for each document
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Nigeria Passport, Nigeria 35 × 45 mm White
Nigeria Visa, Nigeria 35 × 45 mm White
02In common

What these formats have in common — Nigeria

  1. 01Every format here uses the same photo size: 35 × 45 mm.
  2. 02The background is the same in every format: Plain white.
  3. 032 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
  4. 04A single document can still add rules of its own on top of this — the document page is the complete list.
03Table

Photo specifications at a glance — Nigeria

Document photo specifications — Nigeria
DocumentPhoto sizeHead in frameBackgroundLast verified
Passport35 × 45 mm70–80%ICAO standard — the authority publishes no figure of its ownPlain white
Visa35 × 45 mm70–80%Plain white
04How to make

How to make such a photo

For the selected document — Nigeria Passport, 35 × 45 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:

  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 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.

    Print sheet

05Sources

Where these rules come from — Nigeria

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.

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Where these rules come from — Nigeria
PassportNigeria Immigration Service (NIS) — passport portal; Embassy of Nigeria in Washington. Open the official page
VisaNigeria Immigration Service (NIS) — e-Visa and visa pages. Open the official page
06News

Recent notes — Nigeria

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

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