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Official photo & document upload specifications
The exact photo, signature and document upload rules that passports, visas, national IDs and exams publish — 176 records across 36 countries. Every value comes from an official government or exam source, with the source linked and the date it was checked. Nothing is estimated.
Values checked 25 October 2026 · Dataset published 27 October 2026 · License CC BY 4.0
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Free to reuse in articles, research, apps and course material under CC BY 4.0, with attribution to Siliph (siliph.com). Each record carries its official source URL and the date it was checked.
What this is
Application portals reject photos over tiny details: a passport photo 2 KB over the limit, a signature scanned at the wrong size, a background that is off-white. The rules exist, but they are scattered across government PDFs and exam notices. This library gathers them in one place.
- Official requirements (105 records): what each government or exam page states — print size, pixels, kilobyte range, format, background — with the page linked and the date it was read. A blank cell means the official page states no value; we never fill one in.
- Siliph presets (71 records): the exact output our free photo resizer makes for each rule, for example a size picked inside an officially stated range. Each preset cites the same official page it was built from.
It is built for candidates and applicants checking a rule, travel agents and coaching centres preparing documents at scale, journalists comparing countries, and developers who want the numbers as structured data.
Specifications by country
One page per country, each listing every document we have an official source for, with the matching free tool.
- Australia7 records
- Bangladesh4 records
- Canada10 records
- China5 records
- Colombia2 records
- Egypt2 records
- European Union & Schengen area3 records
- France2 records
- Germany3 records
- India51 records
- Indonesia2 records
- Ireland5 records
- Italy3 records
- Japan4 records
- Malaysia3 records
- Mexico3 records
- Nepal2 records
- Netherlands3 records
- New Zealand7 records
- Poland5 records
- Russia6 records
- Singapore4 records
- South Africa3 records
- South Korea5 records
- Spain2 records
- Thailand2 records
- United Arab Emirates5 records
- United Kingdom7 records
- United States5 records
- Vietnam3 records
Common sizes and other sourced countries
Rules that apply across countries, and countries where we have one sourced record so far. They are part of the downloads above.
| Country | Document | Print size | Pixels | File size | Format | Background | Official source | Matching Siliph tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common sizes (any country) | Any document — PhotoSiliph preset | 35 × 45 mm | — | — | — | — | European Commission ICAO photograph guidelineschecked 24 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Common sizes (any country) | Any document — PhotoSiliph preset | 51 × 51 mm | — | — | — | — | Embassy of India, Washington DC: OCI FAQchecked 24 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Argentina | VisaPrinted photo | 40 × 40 mm | — | — | — | white | cancilleria.gob.archecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Ghana | e-VisaOnline upload | 35 × 45 mm | — | — | — | white or light | evisa.immigration.gov.ghchecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Kenya | e-VisaOnline upload | 55 × 55 mm | 207 × 207 px | — | — | white | immigration.ecitizen.go.kechecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Nigeria | Residence permitPrinted photo | — | — | — | — | white | immigration.gov.ngchecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Saudi Arabia | e-VisaOnline upload | — | 200 × 200 px | 5 KB – 100 KB | — | white | visa.visitsaudi.comchecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
| Turkey | PassportPrinted photo | 50 × 60 mm | — | — | — | white, plain (beyaz fonda ve desensiz), no shadows | nvi.gov.trchecked 25 October 2026 | Make this file |
Cite this dataset
In an article or paper, cite it as:
Siliph photo & document upload specifications, Siliph (siliph.com), https://siliph.com/specs/ — licensed CC BY 4.0.
Linking the dataset page (https://siliph.com/specs/) or the JSON file directly both satisfy the attribution. For a single number, please also cite the official source in that record — the rule is the government's, not ours.
Changelog
- 27 October 2026 — Dataset first published: official photo and upload rules by country, plus every sourced Siliph preset, as JSON and CSV under CC BY 4.0.
- 25 October 2026 — All official pages re-read and every value checked against its source (two common-size sources were read on 2026-10-24).