🇪🇺 Free Schengen Visa Photo Size and Requirements

✓ Verified specSource: EU Visa Code (EC) 810/2009 + ICAO Doc 9303 · verified 2026-08-08

Requirements

Canvas

35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi

Head height

32–36 mm

Background

Light grey (white widely accepted)

Digital file

min 413 × 531 px

Prints needed

Also: 3.5 × 4.5 cm · 1.38 × 1.77 in · 413 × 531 px at 300 dpi · 827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi

Good to know

•Glasses strongly discouraged since 2015 EU biometric rules

•VFS Global / TLScontact portals run automated checks; 413x531 px at 300 DPI is the de-facto portal size, not an EU mandate

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