India e-Visa photo requirements
The exact size, ratio, file-size window and head tolerance set by Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs — and a free tool below that frames your photo to match, entirely in your browser.
- Ratio
- 1:1 (square)
- Print size
- 51 × 51 mm
- Pixels
- 350×350 – 1000×1000
- File size
- 10 KB – 1.00 MB
- Head height
- 50–69%
- The e-Visa photo is square — a completely different shape from the 35×45 mm photo India uses for passports and OCI cards. Do not reuse one for the other.
- The e-Visa portal also wants a separate scan of your passport bio-data page, which this tool does not produce.
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.
Add your photoDrop your photo here
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.
India e-Visa photo questions
What size photo is needed for a India e-Visa?+
A India e-Visa photo is 1:1 (square), printed at 51 × 51 mm. Digitally it must be between 350×350 and 1000×1000 pixels, in JPEG format, between 10 KB and 1.00 MB.
How large should the head be in a India e-Visa photo?+
The head must measure 50% to 69% 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 India e-Visa figures come from?+
indianvisaonline.gov.in e-Visa upload: square JPEG with equal height and width, 350×350 to 1000×1000 pixels, 10 KB–1 MB, white or light background, full face visible without shadows.