Crop a photo to 35 × 45 mm — Belgium driver's license

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   Upload a photo taken face-on, in even light

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   The tool finds the face and aligns the frame itself — check that the head lands in 69–80%

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   Save the 35 × 45 mm result — print it or attach it to the application

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Belgium-specific things to know

• Belgium leaves the licence photograph to the communes: Jette and Vaux-sur-Sûre ask for a white background and Éghezée says «the use of white is forbidden» — a light plain colour — so the same licence has two opposite background rules.
• The photograph on the ID card can be reused for the licence («by default, the photograph on your ID card is used»), so a new photograph is often not needed.
• The federal norm allows a black-and-white photograph for everything but passports, while the communes ask for colour.

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Where these numbers come from

Source: Belgian municipalities (civil registry offices) under the federal and regional rules — Wallonie.be, communes of Jette, Vaux-sur-Sûre and Éghezée; FPS Foreign Affairs and FPS Interior. Last checked against the official page on 1 Oct 2026.

What the source confirms

• Wallonie.be, «Obtain your driving licence at your municipality»: for a licence the applicant goes to the local authority with the ID card or foreign residence permit, the driving test pass certificate, any provisional driving licence to be replaced and «a recent ID photograph»; for a renewal the licence to be renewed (or the police declaration of loss or theft), the Belgian ID card or residence permit and «a recent ID photograph»; for a provisional licence «a recent photograph if you have a residence permit in paper form. By default, the photograph on your ID card is used».
• Commune of Jette, «Permis de conduire» (French, translated): for the licence («Demande délivrée par le centre d'examen»), the provisional licence (36, 18 and 12 months), the international licence, the exchange of a paper licence for the bank-card model, a lost or stolen licence and a foreign licence the applicant provides the ID card, the documents of the case and «1 recent ID photo (less than 6 months) in colour on a white background»; the fee for a provisional licence is €30.70 (5 working days) and for an international licence €31.80 (7 working days).
• Commune of Vaux-sur-Sûre, «Permis de conduire» (French, translated): for the licence (category B) the applicant appears at the Population service with the ID card, the certificate of success in the practical driving test, the provisional licence if any and «a recent photo, of good quality, in colour, ID card format, on a uniformly white background»; «if the photo on your ID card is recent, it can be used for your driving licence» and the request can also be made online through BelDrive; the price is 25 euros and the licence is issued within 2 days; for a renewal «a recent ID photo (if the photo on your ID card is recent, it will be taken over onto the licence)».
• Commune of Éghezée, «Photos : les exigences», «Permis de conduire» (French, translated): the photo must be recent and a true likeness (not older than 6 months), 35 mm wide and 45 mm high; the face between 32 mm and 36 mm high from the bottom of the chin to the top of the skull without the hair, covering 70 to 80 % of the photo; no accessory such as a hat, a scarf, a jewel, a piercing or even heavy makeup; the face clear, glasses with thin frames and untinted lenses; a front view with a straight head, a neutral expression, the mouth closed and the eyes wide open.
• Same page, the refusals: a driving-licence photo is refused for a blurred photo or one with marks or folds; dimensions that are not to the norm; contrasts too strong with shadows on the face or in the background; a bad balance between over- and underexposure; «failing to respect the plain background of a light colour, the use of white being forbidden»; a face not clear (covered by a hat or hair); glasses with reflections on the lenses or a frame that is too thick.
• FPS Foreign Affairs and FPS Interior, «Requirements for photos of passports, Kids-ID, electronic identity cards for Belgians and residence documents for foreigners» (12/2016; French, translated): the photograph must be a close likeness and meet the ICAO criteria; «Dimensions of the photo: 35 mm x 45 mm (w x h). Length of the face (from the chin to the top of the skull): between 31 and 36 mm (= between 70 and 80 % of the height of the photo)»; the quality good if the photo is at most 6 months old, in colour (black-and-white accepted except for passports), with a natural rendering, sharp, with sufficient contrast, in good condition, not a copy, not retouched, on smooth high-quality paper and at a minimum of 400 dpi; the lighting even, without shadows or reflections or red eyes; the background of a light colour, regular, plain, with no gradient and sufficient contrast with the head; the head entire and centred, the face and shoulders from the front, the eyes on a horizontal line; a neutral expression, looking straight at the camera, the mouth closed, no teeth visible; the face and eyes not hidden; glasses only with the eyes entirely visible, fully transparent lenses and no reflections or shadows; head coverings only for religious reasons with the face clear; children under 6 are exempt from the position and expression criteria.

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