IDSPEC — Passport photo rules, taken from the government source.

Vietnam Passport Photo Size — 40 × 60 mm

You bring 2 printed photos, 40 × 60 mm. Vietnam passport photo rules taken from the government source, with the date we checked it.

You bring 2 printed photos, 40 × 60 mm.

Taken at a photo studio authorised by the immigration authority, and two prints are handed in.

What gets a Vietnam photo rejected

Every line below is the authority's own wording. These are the reasons applications actually come back — more often than a wrong measurement.

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Which route applies to you

Ordinary route
You bring 2 printed photos, 40 × 60 mm.

Taken at a photo studio authorised by the immigration authority, and two prints are handed in.

Print size40 × 60 mmofficial wording: “4cm x 6cm”
Photos required2
Head height75 % of photo areadoes not follow the ICAO 70–80% rule
Eye line60 % from bottomfixed by regulation — do not derive from ICAO
BackgroundPhông nền trắng (white background)
Resolution300 dpi
Digital filejpeg 2000
Crop to spec and build a print sheet

You hand printed photos over the counter.

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Can you just use the ICAO standard?

No. The rule is stated as 75% of the photo AREA, not its height. Reading it as a height ratio gives a plausible-looking number that no regulation supports — the two cannot be converted.

Sources and what we could not verify

Hướng dẫn thủ tục cấp hộ chiếu phổ thông — Cục Quản lý xuất nhập cảnh, Bộ Công an hochieu.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn checked 2026-08-26

also: dichvucong.bocongan.gov.vn · bocongan.gov.vn

not verified: head height in millimetres · pixel size and file limit for online upload — the “2 MB” figure on commercial sites has no government source · the replacement TK01 form itself

Questions people actually ask

Do I need to bring a photo for a Vietnam passport application?

Yes. You bring 2 printed photos, 40 × 60 mm. Taken at a photo studio authorised by the immigration authority, and two prints are handed in.

What size is a Vietnam passport photo?

40 × 60 mm — official wording: “4cm x 6cm”.

What background colour is required?

Phông nền trắng (white background)

Other countries