The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Government of India, Bureau of Immigration, as it was read on 2026-09-19 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
# Photo requirements: Visa, India
The published rule for this document’s photograph — from Government of India, Bureau of Immigration, as it was read on 2026-09-19 — and a way to make one that meets it without sending your face to anybody.
Last updated 2026-09-19
## The figures
| What is measured | What this rule publishes |
| --- | --- |
| Print size | no print size — this rule is for a web form |
| Head, chin to crown | 49.0% to 68.6% |
| Eye line, from the bottom | 54.9% to 68.6% (guidance) |
| Background | White or a plain light colour |
| Online application photo | at least 600 x 600 px, JPEG, 10.0 KB to 300.0 KB |
[Make this photo](https://abox.tools/id-photo/#in-visa) Opens the photo tool with this rule already chosen. It runs in your browser: the photograph is never uploaded, and there is no account and no watermark.
## What else this rule says
- A square JPEG between 10 and 300 KB, on white or a plain light colour, with no border. The rule gives the head as 25 to 35 mm without saying of what: those are the figures of a 2 x 2 inch photograph, the passport entry in this list, so that proportion is what is applied. Its sentence on the eye line breaks off half way through on the official page, so the eye band shown is the passport’s, as guidance, and is never painted red. No pixel size is stated; the one written is two inches at 300 dpi.
## Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Government of India, Bureau of Immigration — India Visa Online, Instructions, Photo Requirements. Checked 2026-09-19. Rules change; the figures above are what to check against the form in front of you.
## What the tool does with them
- Locks the crop to this document’s shape, and draws the head and eye bands inside it, so you can see the rule on your own photograph instead of reading about it.
- Finds the crown, the chin and both pupils by measuring the picture — no face model is downloaded — and says in millimetres whether the head is too large or too small for this rule.
- Reads the background colour and how evenly it is lit, and says which of the two is the problem when there is one.
- Writes the print at the exact millimetres with the resolution in the file, a sheet of them with cut marks, and the upload file at the pixel and file size this rule states.
## Other documents, India
- [Passport (पासपोर्ट)](https://abox.tools/id-photo/in-passport/) — 51 x 51 mm
- [e-Visa](https://abox.tools/id-photo/in-evisa/) — 600 x 600 px
- [SSC / UPSC online form photo](https://abox.tools/id-photo/in-exam-photo/) — 200 x 230 px
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The figures
What is measured
What this rule publishes
Print size
no print size — this rule is for a web form
Head, chin to crown
49.0% to 68.6%
Eye line, from the bottom
54.9% to 68.6% (guidance)
Background
White or a plain light colour
Online application photo
at least 600 x 600 px, JPEG, 10.0 KB to 300.0 KB
Make this photoOpens the photo tool with this rule already chosen. It runs in your browser: the photograph is never uploaded, and there is no account and no watermark.
What else this rule says
A square JPEG between 10 and 300 KB, on white or a plain light colour, with no border. The rule gives the head as 25 to 35 mm without saying of what: those are the figures of a 2 x 2 inch photograph, the passport entry in this list, so that proportion is what is applied. Its sentence on the eye line breaks off half way through on the official page, so the eye band shown is the passport’s, as guidance, and is never painted red. No pixel size is stated; the one written is two inches at 300 dpi.
Where these figures come from
Transcribed from Government of India, Bureau of Immigration — India Visa Online, Instructions, Photo Requirements. Checked 2026-09-19. Rules change; the figures above are what to check against the form in front of you.
What the tool does with them
Locks the crop to this document’s shape, and draws the head and eye bands inside it, so you can see the rule on your own photograph instead of reading about it.
Finds the crown, the chin and both pupils by measuring the picture — no face model is downloaded — and says in millimetres whether the head is too large or too small for this rule.
Reads the background colour and how evenly it is lit, and says which of the two is the problem when there is one.
Writes the print at the exact millimetres with the resolution in the file, a sheet of them with cut marks, and the upload file at the pixel and file size this rule states.