Photo Requirements by Country
Almost no country has a single photo requirement. They publish a different one per application, and the figures disagree — so the question that matters is not which country, but which form.
Why these pages are split by form
Reading the primary sources turned up 20 distinct specifications across 6 countries. 5 of those countries publish more than one, and the differences are not cosmetic: Canada asks for a file between 200 KB and 5 MB to renew a passport, and sets no minimum at all for a permanent resident card. Indonesia caps a visa photo at 200 KB and a passport photo at 2 MB. A page that gives one figure per country is wrong for most of the people reading it.
3 of these countries also require a completely unedited photo, which means no image tool — ours included — should be used to make the photo compliant. Those pages say so plainly instead of selling you a resize.
Australia
2 separate specifications · editing not allowed
- Citizenship — online application
- Citizenship — paper application
Canada
4 separate specifications · editing not allowed
- Passport — online renewal
- Citizenship — grant and proof of citizenship (online)
- Permanent resident card
- and 1 more
India
8 separate specifications
- UPSC — photograph
- UPSC — signature
- UPSC — live photograph
- and 5 more
Indonesia
3 separate specifications
- Passport — M-Paspor photo upload
- e-Visa — online visa application
- CPNS / SSCASN civil service registration
United Kingdom
1 specification · editing not allowed
- Passport — online application
United States
2 separate specifications
- DV lottery, DS-160 and DS-260 visa applications
- Passport — online renewal
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