🇸🇬 Free Singapore ID Card Photo Size and Requirements

✓ Verified specSource: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) · verified 2026-08-08

Requirements

Canvas

35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi

Head height

32–36 mm

Background

Pure white

Digital file

JPEG, PNG

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

•Recency window is 3 months

•ICA uses image forensics; heavily manipulated or painted backgrounds trigger manual review

•The e-Service portal rejects any dimension other than exactly 400x514 px

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