Belgian Kids-ID Photo (children under 12, 35 x 45 mm): size and requirements
The Belgian Kids-ID Photo size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches). Fonds clairs et unis (exclusion des fonds bleus ou rouges prononcés); head 69 to 80 percent of the photo height. Photo taken within the last 6 months. Last verified 2026-10-07 against SPF Intérieur, Direction générale Identité et Affaires citoyennes (Registre national), Instructions générales Kids-ID / eID.
For the recent photo of a Belgian child under 12 that a parent brings to the commune when requesting a Kids-ID, the electronic identity and EU travel document for children. Not for the adult eID issued from age 12, and not for a child's Belgian passport, which the commune or embassy often photographs itself.
Requirements at a glance
- Size
- 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches)
- Head height
- Head 69 to 80 percent of the photo height (IG Kids-ID 2.2.2 applies the eID photo provisions unchanged: hauteur de la tête entre 31 mm au minimum et 36 mm au maximum on a 35 x 45 mm photo)
- Background
- fonds clairs et unis (exclusion des fonds bleus ou rouges prononcés)
- 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
- Prints needed
- 1
- We deliver
- 827 x 1063 px (600 DPI), plus a 4 x 6 inch print sheet
What trips people up
- CheckThe commune asks for three things: parental authority, the child in person, and 'fournir une photo récente de l'enfant'. The Kids-ID instructions import the eID photo rules wholesale, including the eID's live-enrollment exception, so a commune with live enrollment may photograph the child at the desk instead; ask when you book.
- CheckSame geometry as the adult card: 31 to 36 mm head on a 35 x 45 mm print, light plain background, no pronounced blue or red, at most six months old.
- CheckLikeness is policed harder for children: parents must request a new Kids-ID before the three-year validity ends if the child's face has changed, and the official sees the photo from the last card on screen at every request.
- CheckThe Kids-ID stores the photo in the RFID chip and prints a perforated copy of it on the back of the card, but takes no fingerprints ('La Kids-ID ne contient pas les empreintes digitales').
- CheckAllow three weeks for the normal procedure (6.60 euros plus communal tax); the fast procedure costs noticeably more, so a rejected photo is expensive if you are travelling soon.
Source and verification
Read from the official page and translated by us. Last checked 2026-10-07 at SPF Intérieur, Direction générale Identité et Affaires citoyennes (Registre national), Instructions générales Kids-ID / eID.
La kids-ID est le document d'identité électronique pour les enfants belges de moins de 12 ans.
fournir une photo récente de l'enfant.
La Kids-ID ne contient pas les empreintes digitales.
Le prix est de 6,60 euros (hors taxe communale) et le délai pour l'obtention d'une Kids-ID est de 3 semaines.
Les dimensions des photographies, de forme rectangulaire, sont de 35 mm x 45 mm, sans bords blancs.
La hauteur de la tête du titulaire doit être comprise entre 31 mm au minimum et 36 mm au maximum.
Les photographies en couleur ou en noir et blanc doivent comporter des fonds clairs et unis (exclusion des fonds bleus ou rouges prononcés).
La photo peut dater de maximum 6 mois.
Quotes are in French. Quotes 1-4 are from the IBZ citizen page 'Kids-ID' at source.url, read directly (sources/be/ibz-kids-id-fr.txt). Quotes 5-8 are from the IG eID (sources/be/ibz-instructions-generales-eid-2026-04-30-pdf.txt, section 5.6.3). The bridge is section 2.2.2 'Photographie' of the IG Kids-ID, version coordonnée du 30 avril 2026 (PDF https://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/sites/default/files/documents/fr/documents-d-identite/kids-id/instructions/IG-KIDS-ID-FR-30042026.pdf, dump sources/be/ibz-instructions-kids-id-pdf.txt), which states that the provisions on photographs for the children's electronic identity documents are identical to those of the electronic identity cards; that sentence is not quoted verbatim because the text dump drops the apostrophes in 'd'identité'. Because the import is unqualified, the eID's live-enrollment exception (IG eID 5.6, quoted on be/id-card) is taken to apply to the Kids-ID as well; the Kids-ID pages do not restate it. Head fractions 31-36 mm / 45 mm. child.underAge 12 is the document's own age limit, not a relaxation; no relaxed child rules are published. headCovering, glasses, editing and dpi as for be/id-card. ibz.rrn.fgov.be is not matched by the validator host rule; see the file header.
We are an independent service, not a government website. Applying for a passport or visa is done with your government; we only prepare the photo.
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