Nicaragua photo requirements

Nicaragua photo requirements are set by Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, Ministerio de Gobernación (migob.gob.ni/migracion). 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

Nicaraguan Passport Photo (no readable national rule; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference)For a Nicaraguan passport issued by the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería of the Ministerio de Gobernación to Nicaraguan citizens, as a reference only: the authority's site blocks automated readers, the foreign ministry's does not resolve and the archived copies of the passport pages are access-denied, so the frame, head band and all other values are the ICAO Doc 9303 defaults. Not for the cédula de identidad, a Nicaraguan visa or a driving licence.35 x 45 mmnot readverified 2026-10-10

Authorities and portals

Passport authority: Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, Ministerio de Gobernación (migob.gob.ni/migracion)
Sources we read: ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (Eighth Edition, 2021), Section 3.9 displayed portrait, standing in for the Nicaraguan Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería rule we could not read

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