Crop a photo to 35 × 45 mm — Suriname passport

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What this document is

Surinamese passports are issued by the Centraal Bureau voor Burgerzaken (CBB). Since 25 April 2025 it is the e-paspoort, with a chip, fingerprints and a digital photo, so it is applied for and collected only in person. It is valid for 10 years from age 18 and issued within 30 working days; older machine-readable passports stay valid until they expire but are no longer issued, and the emergency passport (noodpaspoort) is valid for 1 year without biometrics.

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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 70–80%

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

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Suriname-specific things to know

• The Civil Registry Office marks the photograph «not obligatory» in every case it lists — a new, lost, damaged or renewed passport and a minor's passport.
• For a baby a photograph is «advisable» though not obligatory.
• The e-passport (25 April 2025) collects biometric data at the application, which is why the print is not required at the CBB.

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Where these numbers come from

Source: Civil Registry Office (Centraal Bureau voor Burgerzaken), Ministry of Home Affairs of Suriname. Last checked against the official page on 1 Oct 2026.

What the source confirms

• Civil Registry Office (CBB) of Suriname, «Paspoorten» (Dutch, translated): the types of travel documents are the national passport (valid 10 years for citizens of 18 and older), the second national passport in special cases, the emergency passport (valid 1 year, without biometrics), the diplomatic passport, the service passport and the laissez-passer for a single journey in emergencies; the Law on Travel Documents (approved on 17 May 2022, in force since 2 May 2025) aims to make possible the issue of travel documents more resistant to fraud by including biometric data and electronic features.
• Same page, the documents for a passport: a new passport — ID card and «1 photograph (not obligatory)», and a birth certificate with an apostille stamp (and a translation if not in Dutch) for someone born abroad; a lost one — a police statement, the ID card and «1 photograph (not obligatory)»; a damaged one — the damaged passport, the ID card and «photograph (not obligatory)»; a renewal — the old passport, «photographs (not obligatory)» and the ID card.
• Same page, minors (17 years and younger): the family booklet or the birth certificate; «photograph: not obligatory, but advisable in the case of a baby»; both parents for children born of a marriage, otherwise only the mother or the legal representative; children from 16 years also present a valid ID card; children younger than 12 are not obliged to give fingerprints but must be present in person at the application.
• Same page, payment and fees: payment by POS terminal with a bank card, by bank transfer or by bank deposit (for the bank, the ARN number from the district office is needed first); national passport SRD 2,100 (from 18 years), children up to 17 SRD 1,365, second national passport SRD 3,150, emergency passport SRD 1,050; a fine of SRD 900 for loss and SRD 650 for damage; urgent application an extra 100 %; an SMS tells the applicant when the passport is ready.
• Civil Registry Office (CBB) of Suriname, announcement «Elektronische paspoort (e-paspoort) geïntroduceerd» (Dutch, translated): the Director of the CBB announces that Suriname introduced the electronic passport (e-passport) on 25 April 2025 — a modern, secure and internationally recognised travel document.

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