Photo for passport and identity card: ICAO standards
Technical-qualitative characteristics of the photo for the electronic passport and identity card:
- It must be recent (no more than 6 months);
- The photo must be in color;
- The person photographed must have a neutral expression and keep their mouth closed;
- The eyes must be open and clearly visible;
- The photo must have a white background with uniform light;
- He must not have flash reflections on his face, and above all not red eyes;
- The face must cover 70-80% of the photo from the base of the chin to the forehead;
- The focus must be sharp;
- The photo must be taken looking directly at the camera;
- Size: 35×45 mm;
- The photo must be printed on high quality, high definition paper;
- The face must be well centered in the machine and therefore not in profile;
- The photo must show the person alone, with no other objects or people in the background.
If you wear eyeglasses:
- The photo must clearly show the eyes and must not have flash reflections on the lenses (tilt your head slightly);
- Eyeglasses must not be “sunglasses” (non-tinted lenses);
- You should not wear glasses with heavy frames and the frames should not cover any part of your eyes.
Photos with a headdress are not permitted unless justified by religious reasons; in this case you must clearly see the contours of the face, from the base of the chin to the forehead along with both sides of the face.