India Visa Photo Size — No Official Print Size
You bring a printed photo. India visa photo rules taken from the government source, with the date we checked it.
Administered by the Bureau of Immigration (MHA). You upload a file online and bring a print.
What gets a India 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.
- No shadows on the face or on the background
- Without borders
- The height and width of the Photo must be equal
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Which route applies to you
Administered by the Bureau of Immigration (MHA). You upload a file online and bring a print.
| Print size | No official specification |
|---|---|
| Photos required | No official specification |
| Head height | 25–35 mmdoes not follow the ICAO 70–80% rule |
| Eye line | from 28.575 mm from bottom |
| Background | plain light colored or white background |
| Resolution | No official specification |
| Digital file | min 350 × 350 px · JPEG · max 0.3 MB |
You hand printed photos over the counter.
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Sources and what we could not verify
Instructions for Regular Visa Application (Bureau of Immigration, MHA) indianvisaonline.gov.in checked 2026-08-26
also: indianvisaonline.gov.in
not verified: the printed size in millimetres · the upper bound of the eye line · resolution
Questions people actually ask
Do I need to bring a photo for a India visa application?
Yes. You bring a printed photo. Administered by the Bureau of Immigration (MHA). You upload a file online and bring a print.
What size is a India visa photo?
There is no official print size. We checked the government source and found none — any millimetre figure you see elsewhere is not from the authority.
What background colour is required?
plain light colored or white background
Other countries
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia visaYou upload 400 × 600 px — nothing is printed at home.
- 🇵🇭 Philippines visaYou bring 1 printed photo, 50.8 × 50.8 mm.
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh passportYou do not bring a photo.
- 🇮🇳 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.