Saudi Arabia · 4 documents · 2 sizes
Saudi Arabia document photo requirements
Saudi Arabia has 4 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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Choose a document
| Document | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passport, Saudi Arabia | 40 × 60 mm | White | ||
| Visa, Saudi Arabia | 200 × 200 px | White | ||
| ID Card, Saudi Arabia | 40 × 60 mm | White | ||
| Work Permit, Saudi Arabia | 40 × 60 mm | Light | ||
What these formats have in common — Saudi Arabia
- 01The background depends on the document: Plain white, Plain light. Check the row before you shoot.
- 02Across these formats the head takes 70–80% of the picture height.
- 032 documents — you supply the photo yourself.
- 04These entries were last read between 30 Sep 2026 and 1 Oct 2026.
- 05A 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 — Saudi Arabia
| Document | Photo size | Head in frame | Background | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Card | 40 × 60 mm | 70–80% | Plain white | |
| Passport | 40 × 60 mm | 70–80% | Plain white | |
| Visa | 200 × 200 pxDigital document: the size is set in pixels | 70–80% | Plain white | |
| Work Permit | 40 × 60 mm | 70–80% | Plain light |
How to make such a photo
For the selected document — Saudi Arabia Passport, 40 × 60 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 · 4 photos 40 × 60 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 — Saudi Arabia
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.
| ID CardMinistry of Interior of Saudi Arabia — Civil Status Agency (Executive Regulation of the Civil Status Law). Open the official page | |
| PassportMinistry of Interior of Saudi Arabia — General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat). Open the official page | |
| VisaSaudi eVisa / Ministry of Tourism. Open the official page | |
| Work PermitICAO baseline. Open the official page |
Recent notes — Saudi Arabia
Short notes we wrote when a requirement, a form or a submission portal changed.
Tables and free tools
- Every specification in one table — Saudi ArabiaThe 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.

