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India Passport Photo Size & Requirements

A Indian passport photo is 35 × 45 mm. Crop and check yours below — the photo never leaves your device.

Source: official India guidance, checked 2026-08-26.

No India rule is recorded here for whether edited photos are accepted, head height and eye line, plus 5 more, so this tool cannot check them. Check the official guidance.

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These are automated checks, not an approval. The issuing authority decides whether your photo is accepted.

Indian passport photo requirements

Photo size
35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 in)
Head height
Not published by this authority
Eye line
Not published by this authority
Resolution
Not published by this authorityThis tool uses 300 dpi (413 × 531 pixels) as an assumption.
Background
plain white
Expression
Not published by this authority
Glasses
Not published by this authority
Ears
Not published by this authority
Head coverings
Not published by this authority
Photo you took yourself
Accepted
Edited photos
Not published by this authority

Taken from the official India guidance, last checked . Where a row says the authority publishes nothing, that is what it means — not that anything goes.

Common reasons Indian passport photos get rejected

  1. The wrong background colour

    India asks for plain white. Cream walls, shadows and coloured light all shift the background enough to fail.

  2. Shadows on the face or behind the head

    Standing close to a wall throws a shadow onto it, and overhead lighting casts shadows into the eye sockets. Move away from the wall and face a window.

  3. A blurry or low-resolution photo

    Cropping tightly into a small photo is the usual cause. Start from a full-resolution photo taken a couple of metres away rather than enlarging a small one.

  4. Something else in the frame

    Another person, a hand steadying a child, a chair back, a toy, headphones, or a face covering. Authorities list these individually because they see them constantly — the photo must show you alone, with your whole face visible.

  5. A photo that is too old

    Most authorities require a photo taken within the last six months, and one that still looks like you.

Indian passport photo questions

What size is a Indian passport photo?
35 × 45 mm (1.38 × 1.77 inches).
What background does a Indian passport photo need?
plain white.
What does India not specify?
No published rule was found for whether edited photos are accepted, head height, eye line, print resolution, glasses, facial expression, whether ears must be visible and head coverings. That does not mean anything is acceptable — it means the authority has not stated a figure, so check its own guidance and err on the cautious side.
Where do these Indian requirements come from?
They were read from the official guidance at https://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/pdf/ApplicationformInstructionBooklet-V3.0.pdf, last checked on 2026-08-26. Requirements change, so confirm against that page before you apply.

These are automated checks, not an approval. India’s issuing authority decides whether your photo is accepted. This site is not affiliated with any government.