Mozambique Passport Photo (SENAMI: one 'fotografia tipo passe'; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference): size and requirements
The Mozambique Passport Photo size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches). Not published; 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 Nacional de Migração (SENAMI), Ministério do Interior, Moçambique - 'Passaporte Biométrico - Requisitos' sheet linked from 'REQUISITOS PARA DOCUMENTOS', with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame.
For the single 'Fotografia tipo passe' (passport-type photograph) the Serviço Nacional de Migração lists among the requirements for a Mozambican biometric passport (passaporte biométrico), with the Bilhete de Identidade and the completed form, filed at a SENAMI office; under-18s add a notarised parental declaration. The sheet gives no size, background or head rule, so the frame here is the ICAO reference. Not for the Mozambican eVisa or eTA, which takes an uploaded frontal photo (separate page here), nor for the Bilhete de Identidade.
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 ('Fotografia tipo passe' with no dimensions; ICAO Doc 9303 crown-to-chin 70 to 80 per cent of the 45 mm height applied as a reference)
- Background
- not published; 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
- Prints needed
- 1
- We deliver
- 413 x 531 px (300 DPI), plus a 4 x 6 inch print sheet
What trips people up
- CheckThe requirements sheet is four lines: 'a) Nacionalidade moçambicana b) Bilhete de Identidade c) Fotografia tipo passe d) Impresso próprio devidamente preenchido' - one passport-type photograph, no size, background, head rule or age limit, so the 35 x 45 mm frame, white background and 70-80 per cent head band here are the ICAO reference, not Mozambican figures.
- CheckMinors: 'Tratando-se de menor de 18 anos, para além dos requisitos acima o requerente deverá juntar ao pedido uma declaração por escrito com a assinatura reconhecida pelo notário, de quem, nos termos legais, exerce poder parental.' - a notarised written declaration from whoever holds parental authority.
- CheckValidity and fees on the sheet: 'Validade: O Passaporte é válido por cinco (5) anos.'; '1 Expresso 7.200,00 24 horas 2 Urgente 2.775,00 07 dias 3 Normal 2.400,00 15 Dias' (meticais, waiting time).
- CheckDated source: senami.gov.mz did not resolve when we checked, so the page and PDF were read from 2021 archive copies (a 2025 capture of the page still linked the same PDF). Confirm the current fee and whether your SENAMI office now captures the image at the counter before paying for prints.
- 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.
Good to know before you pay
Any Maputo studio's single passport-type print meets the sheet; use our file to print one 35 x 45 mm copy from a phone photo.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-10 (archived copy dated 2021-01-16) at Serviço Nacional de Migração (SENAMI), Ministério do Interior, Moçambique - 'Passaporte Biométrico - Requisitos' sheet linked from 'REQUISITOS PARA DOCUMENTOS', with the ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 reference frame.
c) Fotografia tipo passe
a) Nacionalidade moçambicana b) Bilhete de Identidade c) Fotografia tipo passe d) Impresso próprio devidamente preenchido
Validade: O Passaporte é válido por cinco (5) anos.
1 Expresso 7.200,00 24 horas 2 Urgente 2.775,00 07 dias 3 Normal 2.400,00 15 Dias
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 1-4 are from source.url as captured by the Wayback Machine on 2021-01-16 (sources/mz/senami-passaporte-biometrico-requisitos-pdf-wayback.txt, text dumped with _pdftext.js, pt-BR language tags removed); the PDF is linked as 'PASSAPORTE BIOMÉTRICO - Acesse aqui' from https://www.senami.gov.mz/index.php/requisitos-para-documentos/ (sources/mz/senami-requisitos-para-documentos-wayback.txt, Wayback 2021-10-16; the live host does not resolve). Quotes 5-7 are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/icao-9303-part3-portrait-excerpt.txt, Wayback capture 2024-09-12). printsRequired 1 and eligibility 'yes' from quote 1; 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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