Passport photo requirements India visa and OCI

We can take your official passport photo for a visa application and also for your OCI application. 

Costs of passport or visa photo India

We are able to create an Indian visa passport photo for as low as € 15,-. With it, you will receive 6 photos. These will be cut and neatly packaged in a small suitcase for you.  

In case you also need a digital variant of the photo alongside your prints, it will cost an additional €2,50. This variant will be sent to your email address. 

You can simply walk in without an appointment at our studio over on Hugo de Grootplein 17 in Amsterdam.  The passport photos will be made for you immediately.   

Though it is not necessary, an appointment can always be made so you can make sure that you can be helped at a specific time if you are currently unavailable. 

India passport photo requirements for visa application

Passport photo requirements India; for this you need two coloured passport photos for both the business visa and a tourist visa. The passport photo size differs from the standard Dutch passport photo.

The photos have the following requirements:

Have the following dimension, 50mm wide x 50mm high. Be of good quality Have a solid, light-colored background. Preferably white The face covers 70-80% of the photo Glued once in the designated place on the application form and the other photo must be attached to the application form with a paper clip.

Online digital submission of the e-visa pass photo:

• Size must be at least 350px X 350px
• Size must be maximum 1000 px X 1000 px
• sRGB 24 bit color depth required
• jpg format
• file must not be smaller than 10 kb
• file cannot be larger than 300 kb
• are otherwise the same as the above requirements

Passport photo requirements India for an OCI application

Passport photo requirements for India for an “Overseas Citizen of India” (OCI) document are that you must hand in / send in both a print and a digital version. The passport photo size differs from the standard Dutch passport photo.

The photos have the following requirements:

Have the following dimensions, 51mm wide x 51mm high. Be of good quality Have a solid, light-colored background. But no white. The face covers 80% of the photo Front view of the person’s head and shoulders with the full face The face is in the center of the photo.

Online digital submission of the “Overseas Citizen of India” (OCI) photo:

• Size must be at least 200px X 200px
• Size must be up to 1500px X 1500px
• jpg format
• file must not be larger than 500 kb
• are otherwise the same as the above requirements

Adjustment in requirements:

We are aware of the latest developments in the rules and requirements that a country imposes on the passport photo. It is possible that a country decides to adjust the requirements for taking a passport photo. Therefore, always take the form that you receive from your consulate with you when you have the passport photo taken. In general, the consulate is the first to receive the new rules. We will then check for you whether the requirements correspond so that you are always up to date.

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