Pakistan photo requirements

Pakistan photo requirements are set by Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGIP), Ministry of Interior. We publish 3 documents: 2 passports and 1 ID card. The most common print size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 in x 1.77 in); 1 document accepts a digital upload. 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 2026-10-08).

Passports

Pakistani Passport Photo (Regional Passport Office: captured at the counter)For a Machine Readable Passport applied for in person at a Regional Passport Office or Executive Passport Office in Pakistan (new, renewal, lost or modification). The office photographs you at the token counter; this page exists to tell you so. Not for the DGIP Online Passport portal, which takes an uploaded file, and not for a NADRA CNIC or NICOP.35 x 45 mmNot stated for the counter routeverified 2026-10-08
Pakistani Online Passport Photo (DGIP portal upload, 350 x 467 px JPEG)For the colour picture uploaded to the DGIP Online Passport portal (onlinemrp.dgip.gov.pk) by Pakistanis abroad or inland applicants renewing a Machine Readable Passport, or applying for a newborn's passport, a reprint of a damaged, exhausted or lost passport, or a partial modification. Not for the in-person route at a Regional Passport Office, where the photograph is captured at the counter, and not for a NADRA CNIC/NICOP.350 x 467 pxcolor picture with white backgroundverified 2026-10-08

ID cards

Pakistani CNIC / NICOP Photo (NADRA: live capture in the PakID app or at a centre)For a NADRA Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC, Smart CNIC) or National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) applied for through the PakID mobile app or at a NADRA Registration Centre. NADRA captures the face image live; this page exists to tell you so and to record that the old Pak-Identity upload format no longer applies. Not for a Pakistani passport.35 x 45 mmNot stated for the live capture. White is our reference renderingverified 2026-10-08

Authorities and portals

Passport authority: Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGIP), Ministry of Interior
Sources we read: Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGIP), Ministry of Interior, 'Passport Process' and 'Ordinary Passport' pages; Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGIP), Ministry of Interior, 'Online Machine Readable Passport (MRP)' page, Documentation Requirements table; National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), 'Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)' and 'About PakID' pages; former Pak-Identity 'Photograph Capturing & Uploading Guidelines' (archived 2020) for the change note
Upload portals: DGIP Online Passport (Pakistan): known issues Official page
NADRA PakID (Pakistan): known issues Official page

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.