Nigeria NIN / National ID photo requirements
The exact size, ratio, file-size window and head tolerance set by National Identity Management Commission — 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%
- NIMC enrolment captures your photograph and fingerprints at the enrolment centre. This spec is for the passport-style photo some NIMC forms and agent portals ask for alongside it.
- The digital figures here are derived from the standard print size, not a NIMC upload spec.
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.
Nigeria NIN / National ID photo questions
What size photo is needed for a Nigeria NIN / National ID?+
A Nigeria NIN / National ID 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 Nigeria NIN / National ID 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 Nigeria NIN / National ID figures come from?+
Derived. Nigeria 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.