India: photo and document formats

Size

630 × 810 px minimum

Head

Head and top of shoulders, with the face taking up 80 to 85% of the photograph.

Background

White, with no distracting shadows on the face or the background.

• Colour. Full face, front view, eyes open, head centred and not tilted.
• No file type or file-size limit is stated on this page, so none is enforced here.
• Glasses are best taken off to avoid reflections. Head coverings only for religious reasons, with the face edges visible.

Size

35 × 45 mm413 × 531 px at 300 DPI

Head

Full face visible with both ears and both edges of the face shown, head centred. No head-size figure is stated.

Background

Plain white, with dark clothing.

Printing

Colour photo on good-quality photo paper, continuous tone. It must fit the 4.5 cm × 3.5 cm box on the form. Do not sign the photograph. The booklet says a photo is not required at PSK or POPSK counters.

• The number of photos differs between what we could read and what a search result said, so check your form.

Size

35 × 45 mm413 × 531 px at 300 DPI

Head

Head and top of shoulders, with the face taking up 80 to 85% of the photograph.

Background

White, with no distracting shadows.

• The guideline gives the size in millimetres only. It does not say whether that is also the size for an online upload.

Size

Square (no pixel size stated)

File size

10 KB to 1 MB

Format

JPEG

Head

Full face, front view, eyes open, head centred with the full head from hair to chin.

Background

Plain light colour or white, no shadows and no borders.

• Width and height must be equal. The e-Visa page states no pixel size, and the regular-visa pixel range is not assumed to apply. We export 600 × 600 px, which is our own default and not a figure from the page.
• The page defines 1 KB as 1,024 bytes, so the limits are 10,240 to 1,048,576 bytes.

Size

350 × 350 px minimum, up to 1000 × 1000 px

File size

10 KB to 300 KB

Format

JPEG

Head

Head 25 to 35 mm (1 to 1⅜ inches) in the printed original, full face, front view, eyes open.

Background

Plain light colour or white, no shadows and no borders.

• Height and width must be equal. Only JPEG can be uploaded.
• The page gives an eye-height range that is cut off, so it is not shown.

Size

200 × 200 px minimum, up to 900 × 900 px

File size

up to 200 KB

Format

JPEG

Head

Square photo with the face covering about 80% of the picture, head and shoulders, in the middle.

Background

Plain light colour, not white, without a border.

• Width and height must be equal. The same 200 KB JPEG limit applies to the signature image.

Size

51 × 51 mm602 × 602 px at 300 DPI

Head

Head 25 to 35 mm (1 to 1⅜ inches); the eye-height range is cut off on the page.

Background

Plain light colour, with no distracting shadows.

Printing

Colour, 2 × 2 inches (51 × 51 mm), clear continuous-tone print without visible pixels or dot patterns.

• Rules for children under ten are relaxed on the page; this preset is for adults only.

Size

35 × 45 mm413 × 531 px at 300 DPI

Background

Not stated on the guideline page.

Printing

Two identical photographs of 4.5 × 3.5 cm affixed to the form; sign across the photograph in the left-hand box as the form instructs.

• Head size, background and glasses rules are not stated on the page we read.

Applicant photo and scanned passport bio page for an e-Visa

File types

Photo: JPEG. Passport page and supporting document: PDF

Size limit

Photo 10 KB to 1 MB; PDF 10 KB to 300 KB (the page states 1 KB = 1,024 bytes)

• The photo must be square. The e-Visa page gives no pixel size.
• The same 10 KB to 300 KB PDF limit applies to the extra document required for Business and Medical e-Visas.

Photograph and signature for an OCI card application

File types

JPEG / JPG

Size limit

200 KB per image (photograph and signature)

• The photo is square, between 200 × 200 and 900 × 900 pixels.
• We could not find the size limit for supporting documents, so none is shown.