The following information will guide the applicant on the nature of the image required and brief instructions on how to crop and resize an existing image.
The photograph must:
• be passport standard (35x45mm)
• Pixels: 350 x 450 pixels minimum
• be in portrait orientation (i.e., higher than it is wide)
• be taken with your eyes open and clearly visible (no sunglasses or tinted glasses and no hair across your eyes)
• show your full head (70 to 80% of the photograph), without any head covering unless you wear one for religious beliefs or medical reasons
• show you on your own
• be in colour
• be taken within the last 12 months
• be clear and in sharp focus, with a clear difference between your face and a plain light background.
Ideal Photograph :
The image should be less than 1MB in size and in JPG/JPEG format. Most digital cameras and smartphones save photographs as a JPG/JPEG file. You can find the file size of the image by right clicking the file and selecting “Properties”.
A photograph not meeting the requirements will be rejected. Refer to the image resizer guide on how to resize the image file to 1mb or less.