Check whether your visa photo is right
Pick your photo and we will check its shape, file type, file size and background against the requirements. The photo stays on your phone — nothing is uploaded.
The check runs inside your phone’s browser. The photo is never sent anywhere and never stored.
Photo requirements
- Photo size
- 2×2 inch (51×51 mm), square, white background, full face visible
- Photo pixel size
- IVAC’s page describes the photo uploaded with the online application as 2×2 (350×350 pixels).
- Photo file
- jpg or png, maximum 2 MB
- Number of photos
- One colour photograph — both the High Commission’s official document and IVAC’s “Kind of Visas & Documents” page say one. Two copies are sometimes mentioned, but we found that in no official source.
Questions about the photo
- What photo size does an Indian visa application need?2×2 inches, that is 51×51 mm — square.
- What background colour must the visa photo have?A white background, with the full face visible.
- How many photo copies does the visa application need?One. Both the High Commission’s document and IVAC’s documents page say one recent colour photograph.