Ghana Visa photo requirements
The exact size, ratio, file-size window and head tolerance set by Ghana Immigration Service — and a free tool below that frames your photo to match, entirely in your browser.
- Ratio
- 35:45
- Print size
- 35 × 45 mm
- Pixels
- 413×531 – 826×1062
- File size
- max 2.00 MB
- Head height
- 71–80%
- The digital figures here are derived from the published print size, not an upload spec from the issuing authority. Check the limit shown on your own application portal.
Read this before you rely on an edited photo
Many immigration and passport authorities require a photograph that has not been digitally altered. Replacing a background, smoothing skin, enhancing with AI, or applying a camera filter can all be treated as manipulation and can get an application refused or disqualified — regardless of whether the file passes an automated size check. Reframing, rotating and resizing are not alteration; changing the content of the picture is.
Background replacement is switched onhere so the result is usable straight away, and you can turn it off in Auto-fix if your authority requires an unaltered photograph — for a US passport, DS-160, DS-260 or DV entry, we would. Exposure correction stays off. Whatever you choose, look at your own photo for filters or “portrait” beautification your phone may have applied on its own — the safest fix for a bad background or bad lighting is always to retake it.
Your photo is reframed to the document’s tolerances, then audited.
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Take one now, or pick an existing photo. Any framing works — a full-length shot is fine, the face is found and cropped for you. Nothing is uploaded.JPG or PNG, any size or framing — a full-length shot is fine, the face is found and cropped for you. Nothing is uploaded.
Upload or capture a photo and every published tolerance for this document gets checked and reported here.
Ghana Visa photo questions
What size photo is needed for a Ghana Visa?+
A Ghana Visa photo is 35:45, printed at 35 × 45 mm. Digitally it must be between 413×531 and 826×1062 pixels, in JPEG format, no larger than 2.00 MB.
How large should the head be in a Ghana Visa photo?+
The head must measure 71% to 80% of the total image height, from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head including hair. The background must be plain white or off-white.
Where do these Ghana Visa figures come from?+
Derived. Ghana follows the ICAO 35×45 mm print standard with a plain, evenly lit background for this document, but publishes no digital upload spec. The pixel and file-size figures here are our 300 DPI derivation of that print size.