Visa and entry form photo requirements by country

Recent photo on a white background. Face straight to the camera, no hat, no glasses, formal clothes. The portal also rejects images it judges too low in quality.

Upload one clear image of the passport data page. The portal reads it to fill in your personal details, so check every field it fills.

Full face, front view, eyes open, no glasses. Centre the head with all of it in frame, top of hair to bottom of chin. Plain light or white background, no shadows, no border.

A scan of the bio page showing your photo and details, as a PDF.

The portal reads the data page from a camera photo or an uploaded image; include both machine-readable lines. If the scan fails, type the details yourself. No face photo is asked for.

A photo of the passport biographic page, on the website or in the app.

The ESTA Mobile app takes a live photo of your face. A December 2025 CBP notice proposes a face photo for every applicant and an app-only process; check the live site before you apply.

Online form. Colour, in focus, taken in a well-lit room, upright. No filters or software edits, not mirrored.

UK ETA app. The app photographs and scans your face with the phone camera; there is no file to upload.

The app photographs the original passport and may scan its chip. The online form needs a clear photo of the passport page.

Website request. Taken within 6 months by someone else, face in the middle of the frame. INZ refuses photos changed with AI or editing tools, including brightness, contrast, sharpness or a cut-out background. Resizing is what INZ itself suggests when a file is too big or too small.

NZeTA app. Selfies are accepted only when you request the NZeTA in the app.

Apply only in the AustralianETA app. It scans the passport data page, reads the chip and takes a live face photo; there is nothing to upload.

The first step scans or uploads the passport data page, not a visa page.

The official manual offers a passport upload or manual entry. No face photo is asked for.

The portal accepts a selfie or a passport-type photo and publishes no size or file limit.

Uploading a passport image is optional. If it fails, complete the fields by hand. No face photo is asked for.

Colour, taken within 6 months, plain white background, no shadows. Face the camera with a neutral expression and both eyes open.

The whole bio page, with every edge and both machine-readable lines at the bottom in frame.

A clear image of the passport page with your photo, every edge and line readable. The portal warns that an unreadable copy can be rejected.

Recent passport-sized photo. After the upload, the portal asks you to fit your face inside its own frame.

A readable copy of the bio-data page. It is a separate upload from the face photo.

Recent passport-size digital photo, ready before you open the form. No pixel or file-size limit is published.

The official mobile guide includes a live-photograph step. Follow the capture prompt.

Upload the passport document the current screen asks for. No pixel or file-size limit is published.

Follow the ICAO example shown by the portal. The error text requires JPG or JPEG below 1024 KB.

A readable copy of the passport data page.

Taken within 6 months, facing the camera. The FAQ refuses snapshots, mobile-device photos and photos copied from another official document, so use a proper passport-style photo.

Keep the picture at or below 512 KB. No pixel size or file type is published.

Compress carefully so the name, number and dates stay readable.

A clear copy of the passport you will travel on, with the identity details readable.

Colour, plain background, full face from top of hair to bottom of chin, eyes open, no shadows. Glasses are allowed if you wear them every day. Head coverings only for religious reasons.

Recent passport-size photo. The upload note accepts JPEG, JPG and PNG and publishes no pixel or file size.

A scanned colour copy of the passport.

Good-quality colour photo taken within the last 6 months, with facial features clearly shown.

On the digital route you take a photograph during the declaration. Customs rules say it replaces the handwritten signature.

Recent front-facing photo. Follow the background, pose and file rules the application shows; the contractor checks the photo before submission.

Taken within 6 months. Full face, neutral expression, nose on the centre line, plain light background, no frame, no shadows or flash glare.

A JPEG photo of the data page of the passport you will carry at the border, with the whole page in frame.

A clear JPEG or PNG of the document data page; PDF is refused. The page compresses your image before it checks the 102,400-byte limit, and a file under the limit is still not a guarantee. No face photo is asked for.