🇮🇳 Free India Passport Photo Size and Requirements — 35 × 45 mm

✓ Verified specSource: Passport Seva, Ministry of External Affairs · verified 2026-08-08

Requirements

Canvas

35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi

Head height

31–36 mm

Background

Pure white

Digital file

min 630 × 810 px · max 250 KB

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

•Face must fill 70-80% of the frame - a US-framed 2x2 photo usually fails Indian face-coverage checks despite the identical canvas

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