Angola Passport Photo (SME portal application, visit to a service post; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference): size and requirements
The Angola Passport Photo size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches). Not read; white is our rendering choice for the reference frame; head 70 to 80 percent of the photo height. Photo taken within the last 6 months. Last verified 2026-10-10 against Serviço de Migração e Estrangeiros (SME), Ministério do Interior, Angola - portal FAQ 'Sobre Agendamento', home page and service catalogue, with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame.
For an Angolan ordinary electronic passport (passaporte ordinário electrónico) requested on the Serviço de Migração e Estrangeiros portal sme.gov.ao, as a reference only: the act sheets sit behind the portal login and the public FAQ says you submit and pay online, then book a visit to a service post, so no photo rule could be read and the frame, head band and background here are the ICAO Doc 9303 defaults. Not for an Angolan e-Visa, whose upload rule is published (separate page here).
Check the act sheet behind your sme.gov.ao login before making a photo: the public pages describe an online request followed by a visit to a service post and publish no photograph rule; our 35 x 45 mm ICAO print is a reference only. See the Angola documents we can prepare.
Requirements at a glance
- Size
- 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches)
- Head height
- Head 70 to 80 percent of the photo height (no photo rule readable (the act sheet is behind the portal login); ICAO Doc 9303 crown-to-chin 70 to 80 per cent of the 45 mm height applied as a reference)
- Background
- not read; white is our rendering choice for the reference frame
- Expression
- Neutral, mouth closed, eyes open, looking at the camera
- Glasses
- Allowed without glare or tint
- Head covering
- Only for religious or medical reasons; full face visible
- Photo age
- Taken within the last 6 months
- We deliver
- 413 x 531 px (300 DPI), plus a 4 x 6 inch print sheet
What trips people up
- CheckThe route is the portal, then a post: 'Registe-se em sme.gov.ao para submeter um pedido, pagar e em seguida agendar a visita a um posto directamente na sua Area Pessoal em sme.gov.ao.' and 'Os agendamentos e atendimento nos postos é feito exclusivamente através da pagina sme.gov.ao.' Whether the post captures your image or wants a print is exactly what the public pages do not say; the catalogue entry 'Pedido de Passaporte Ordinário Electrónico, realizado por um Cidadão Nacional' opens a login form.
- CheckEverything goes through sme.gov.ao: 'A partir de agora, todas as informações e pedidos devem ser submetidos e pagos exclusivamente através desta plataforma, onde poderão ser acompanhados com notificações em tempo real e atendimento com horário alargado.' Appointments made before 19 May on the old system were cancelled, and the SME warns against informal channels and intermediaries.
- CheckCatalogue variants: ordinary e-passport for a national citizen, MININT-authorised, MIREMPET staff, assisted, service passport (assisted) and e-passport for minors up to 18 (the legal guardian applies).
- CheckAppointments are managed from the Área Pessoal: 'Cancelar Agendamento' frees the booking for a new date, and changing the service post 'é gratuito' - cancel, then choose a new post, date and time - with limits depending on the act and how close the date is.
- CheckICAO reference frame: 'Submitted portraits should be 45.0 mm x 35.0 mm (1.77 in x 1.38 in) in dimension.' with the head 70 to 80 per cent of the height and a plain light background - use it only if your SME post or an Angolan mission asks for a print.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-10 (archived copy dated 2024-09-12) at Serviço de Migração e Estrangeiros (SME), Ministério do Interior, Angola - portal FAQ 'Sobre Agendamento', home page and service catalogue, with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame.
Registe-se em sme.gov.ao para submeter um pedido, pagar e em seguida agendar a visita a um posto directamente na sua Area Pessoal em sme.gov.ao.
Os agendamentos e atendimento nos postos é feito exclusivamente através da pagina sme.gov.ao.
A partir de agora, todas as informações e pedidos devem ser submetidos e pagos exclusivamente através desta plataforma, onde poderão ser acompanhados com notificações em tempo real e atendimento com horário alargado.
Pedido de Passaporte Ordinário Electrónico, realizado por um Cidadão Nacional
Submitted portraits should be 45.0 mm x 35.0 mm (1.77 in x 1.38 in) in dimension.
The crown-to-chin portion of the facial image shall be 70 to 80 per cent of the longest dimension defined for Zone V, maintaining the aspect ratio between the crown-to-chin and ear-to-ear details of the face of the holder.
A submitted portrait shall have been captured within the last six months before application, as outlined in [ISO/IEC 39794-5]. Portraits with a capture time dating back more than three months should not be accepted.
Quotes 1-2 are from source.url (sources/ao/sme-faq-sobre-agendamento.txt, read live via r.jina.ai on 2026-10-10); quote 3 is from https://www.sme.gov.ao/ao/ (sources/ao/sme-home.txt); quote 4 is the catalogue entry on https://www.sme.gov.ao/ao/catalogo/actos/ (sources/ao/sme-catalogo-actos.txt), whose act sheet redirects to the login. Quotes 5-7 are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/icao-9303-part3-portrait-excerpt.txt, Wayback capture 2024-09-12). eligibility 'restricted' because no photo rule is readable; physical 35 x 45 mm, head 0.7-0.8, maxPhotoAgeMonths 6 from quotes 5-7; background 'white', dpi 300, glasses and headCovering are ICAO-style defaults. Translations in parentheses are ours.
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