Pakistani Passport & CNIC Photo Size: 35×45 mm (Fix a Bad Photo Free)

 

Quick answer: a Pakistani passport photo is 35 × 45 mm on a white background. For the online passport upload it must be 350 × 467 pixels, JPEG, under 3 MB. A visa photo is 35 × 45 mm with the face filling about 70–80% of the frame, maximum 350 KB.

The sizes that matter

• Print (agencies, embassies, paper forms): 35 × 45 mm, white background
• Online passport upload: 350 × 467 px, JPEG, white background, up to 3 MB
• Visa photo: 35 × 45 mm, face filling about 70–80%, up to 350 KB
• CNIC / NICOP / POC: captured live in the app or at the counter

Do not mix the limits — 350 KB is the visa limit, 3 MB is the passport portal limit, and neither of them is a print size.

Why photos get rejected

• The background is a painted wall or curtain, not pure white
• The head is too small, or cropped at the top
• Glasses glare, or a shadow falls behind the head
• The picture is a screenshot, or an upscaled small image
• The file is bigger than the portal allows

Fix it free, in your browser

1. Stand 1–1.5 metres from a plain white wall, phone at eye level, daylight on your face, no flash.
2. Remove the background and set it to white with the free tool below.
3. On the same page open the ID studio, choose the passport size, and press “Use photo from the tool above”.
4. Zoom and move until the head fills the frame with a small margin above the hair, then download the PNG.

Remove the background free →

Full sizes, file-size tricks and the official DGIP and NADRA sources: Pakistan photo size guide.