DR Congo photo requirements

DR Congo photo requirements are set by Ministère des Affaires étrangères, passport pre-registration portal passeport.gouv.cd; Direction Générale de Migration (DGM) for visas. We publish 1 document: 1 passport. The most common print size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 in x 1.77 in). Each page quotes the official rule for size, head height, background and file, links the source we read, and shows the date we last checked it (most recently 2026-10-10).

Passports

DR Congo Passport Photo (biometric capture at a DERMALOG office; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference)For a Congolese biometric passport (passeport biométrique) pre-registered on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs portal passeport.gouv.cd, as a reference only: the portal's eight-step guide ends with an enrolment appointment at a DERMALOG office 'so that your biometric data can be captured' and names no photograph to bring, so we read that the office takes the picture; the frame, head band and background here are the ICAO Doc 9303 defaults. Not for a DRC e-visa, whose portal publishes no readable photo rule.35 x 45 mmnot publishedverified 2026-10-10

Authorities and portals

Passport authority: Ministère des Affaires étrangères, passport pre-registration portal passeport.gouv.cd; Direction Générale de Migration (DGM) for visas
Sources we read: Ministère des Affaires étrangères, République démocratique du Congo - passport pre-registration portal ('8 Steps to your passport'), with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame

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