Bangladesh Passport Photo Size — You Don't Bring One
You do not bring a photo. Bangladesh passport photo rules taken from the government source, with the date we checked it.
You are photographed with a digital camera during biometric enrolment at the passport office (RPO/DIP) or at a mission abroad.
What other sites get wrong
Each of these is repeated across commercial photo sites. We checked the authority's own page and could not confirm any of them.
“A Bangladeshi passport photo is 45 × 55 mm.”
Every commercial site repeats this. We read all 43 instruction, checklist, notice and FAQ items on epassport.gov.bd: the figure appears zero times. It is left over from the old machine-readable passport.
Which route applies to you
You are photographed with a digital camera during biometric enrolment at the passport office (RPO/DIP) or at a mission abroad.
There is no printed specification for this route, and none is missing from our data — the authority does not publish one, because you never supply a photo.
Children under 6 only. A lab-printed photograph is handed in.
| Print size | 89 × 127 mmofficial wording: “3R Size (89mm x 127mm / 3.5 in x 5 in)” |
|---|---|
| Photos required | 2 |
| Head height | No official specification |
| Eye line | No official specification |
| Background | grey per the DIP form instructions, white per the Dubai consulate — the official sources disagree |
| Resolution | No official specification |
| Digital file | No official specification |
You hand printed photos over the counter.
Open the tool with this standard loaded →Where official sources disagree
These are not errors on our side. Both pages below are official, and they say different things.
- গ্রে ব্যাকগরাউন্ড (grey background) — Bangladesh DIP form instructions, item 21 (www.epassport.gov.bd)
- The background of the photo must be white — Bangladesh Consulate General, Dubai (bcgdubai.gov.bd)
Sources and what we could not verify
Do I have to bring photos for applying for the ePassport? — Bangladesh e-Passport Portal FAQ www.epassport.gov.bd checked 2026-08-26
also: www.epassport.gov.bd · www.epassport.gov.bd
not verified: the size required for the parents’ photos when the applicant is under 15
ই-পাসপোর্ট ফরম পূরণের নির্দেশাবলী — e-Passport form instructions, item 21 www.epassport.gov.bd checked 2026-08-26
also: www.epassport.gov.bd · bcgdubai.gov.bd
not verified: how the head and eyes should sit inside the 3R frame · resolution
Questions people actually ask
Do I need to bring a photo for a Bangladesh passport application?
No. You are photographed with a digital camera during biometric enrolment at the passport office (RPO/DIP) or at a mission abroad.
What size is a Bangladesh passport photo?
89 × 127 mm applies only to one track (under-6). For the ordinary route, you do not bring a photo.
Why do official pages give different answers?
They genuinely disagree. On background: Bangladesh DIP form instructions, item 21 says “গ্রে ব্যাকগরাউন্ড (grey background)”; Bangladesh Consulate General, Dubai says “The background of the photo must be white”. We show both rather than picking one.
Other countries
- 🇮🇳 India passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇮🇹 Italy passportYou bring a printed photo.
- 🇯🇵 Japan passportYou bring a printed photo, 35 × 45 mm.
- 🇳🇵 Nepal passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria passportYou upload 600 × 800 px — nothing is printed at home.
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇵🇭 Philippines passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇵🇱 Poland passportYou bring a printed photo, 35 × 45 mm.
- 🇰🇷 South Korea passportYou bring a printed photo, 35 × 45 mm.
- 🇪🇸 Spain passportYou bring a printed photo.
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam passportYou bring 2 printed photos, 40 × 60 mm.