Lithuanian Passport Photo (no readable national rule; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference): size and requirements
The Lithuanian 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 Migracijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior), MIGRIS service list for citizens, with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame standing in for the rule we could not read.
For a Lithuanian passport (Lietuvos Respublikos pasas) issued by the Migration Department to Lithuanian citizens through MIGRIS and its branches, as a reference only: the department's pages were unreadable to us and the one line we did read says biometric data are scanned by the department, so the frame, head band and every other value here are the ICAO Doc 9303 defaults. Not for the identity card, a Lithuanian visa or a driving licence.
Ask the Migration Department (MIGRIS or your branch) whether they photograph you or want a file, and in what format; this ICAO-shaped file is a starting point, not the Lithuanian rule. See all Lithuania documents.
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 national rule read; ICAO Doc 9303 crown-to-chin 70 to 80 per cent of the 45 mm height applied)
- 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
- CheckNo Lithuanian photo rule was read: MIGRIS renders only its service headings and a login FAQ to our reader, migracija.lrv.lt sits behind a Cloudflare check (its archived copies hold design and fee pages only) and urm.lt returns 403. Everything on this page is the ICAO Doc 9303 reference, flagged as such.
- CheckThe department scans you: MIGRIS lists the passport twice, the second variant being 'Lietuvos Respublikos pasas (nuo biometrinių duomenų nuskaitymo nepraėjo 6 mėn.)' (passport where less than six months have passed since the biometric data were scanned). That a facial image is captured at the branch is our inference from that line, not a quoted rule.
- CheckThe identity card is offered the same way: 'Asmens tapatybės kortelė (nuo biometrinių duomenų nuskaitymo nepraėjo 6 mėn.)', so expect the same counter capture for both documents.
- 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.
- CheckICAO recency: 'A submitted portrait shall have been captured within the last six months before application', and portraits older than three months 'should not be accepted' where the issuer is strict.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-10 (archived copy dated 2024-09-12) at Migracijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior), MIGRIS service list for citizens, with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame standing in for the rule we could not read.
Lietuvos Respublikos pasas (nuo biometrinių duomenų nuskaitymo nepraėjo 6 mėn.)
Asmens tapatybės kortelė (nuo biometrinių duomenų nuskaitymo nepraėjo 6 mėn.)
Migracijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos
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 1-3 are the MIGRIS service list (sources/lt/migris-pilieciams.txt, read live via r.jina.ai on 2026-10-10; sources/lt/migris-faq.txt shows the FAQ renders a login paragraph only). Quotes 4-6 are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/icao-9303-part3-portrait-excerpt.txt, Wayback capture 2024-09-12 of the ICAO PDF; archiveSnapshot refers to that excerpt). What was tried on 2026-10-10: migracija.lrv.lt live (Cloudflare 'Just a moment...', curl 403), its Wayback CDX (the first 3,000 captures, the query limit, none matching passport, photo or document-application keywords; the 'Pasas tą pačią dieną' and 'Asmens dokumentai' captures were read and discarded as fee and scope pages), urm.lt (403). physical 35 x 45 mm, head 0.7-0.8, maxPhotoAgeMonths 6 from quotes 4-6; background 'white', dpi 300, glasses and headCovering are ICAO-style defaults. Re-fetch migracija.lrv.lt via Wayback or MIGRIS with a browser engine in a later pass.
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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