Singapore NRIC Photo (identity card re-registration, 400 x 514 px upload): size and requirements
The Singapore NRIC Photo size is 400 x 514 pixels for online upload, file under 8 MB. Of plain white background (if your hair is white, the background must be light grey); head 56 to 78 percent of the photo height. Photo taken within the last 3 months. Last verified 2026-10-08 against Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), 'Re-register Identity Card' and 'Photo Guidelines'.
For the colour photograph uploaded when re-registering a Singapore National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) at age 30 or 55 through the ICA e-Service. Not for a Singapore passport (same photo standard, separate page) and not for a visa or long-term pass.
Requirements at a glance
- Size
- 400 x 514 pixels for online upload, file under 8 MB
- Head height
- Head 56 to 78 percent of the photo height (Your face in the photograph should measure between 25 mm and 35 mm from chin to crown)
- Background
- Of plain white background (if your hair is white, the background must be light grey)
- 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 3 months
- We deliver
- 400 x 514 px , under 8192 KB, plus a 4 x 6 inch print sheet
What trips people up
- CheckThe IC application needs 'Your recent passport-sized, digital, colour photograph taken within the last three months', uploaded in the e-Service; the ICA Photo Guidelines (400 x 514 px, jpg/jpeg/heic/heif/png, 8 MB) apply exactly as for the passport.
- CheckICA processes an IC application within seven working days, but 'Your application will be delayed if your photograph ... do not meet the requirements', so a rejected photo costs you the whole queue again.
- CheckNo editing at all: ICA refuses photos that are 'altered or enhanced in any way', including software background removal, so we keep your original backdrop and only crop and resize.
- CheckICA's own Dos and Don'ts video is titled for 'your IC and passport applications': one standard, so a photo that passed for your passport within the last three months passes here too.
Known portal issues
- Note
Photo rejected: notified by email after submission
Watch the email address on the application for a rejection notice. Read the fix
Good to know before you pay
If you had a compliant passport photo taken within the last three months, resize the same file to 400 x 514 px and upload it; no new shoot is needed.
Source and verification
Read from the official page. Last checked 2026-10-08 at Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), 'Re-register Identity Card' and 'Photo Guidelines'.
Your recent passport-sized, digital, colour photograph taken within the last three months.
We will process your application within seven working days.
The dimension is 400X514 pixels for upload of photos via e-Services.
jpg, jpeg,heic, heif and png file extension 8MB
Please note that your photograph must not be altered or enhanced in any way. This includes the modification of facial features and/or the usage of photo editing software.
We recommend that you download and use mobile apps that are specifically designed to take photographs for passport or identity card applications.
Dos & Don'ts for your IC and passport applications
Your face in the photograph should measure between 25 mm and 35 mm from chin to crown
Of plain white background (if your hair is white, the background must be light grey)
Quotes 1-2 are from the IC re-registration page at source.url (sources/sg/ica-ic-reregistration.txt), which links to the Photo Guidelines for every photo rule. Quotes 3-6 are from https://www.ica.gov.sg/photo-guidelines (sources/sg/ica-photo-guidelines.txt). Quote 7 is the video caption on https://www.ica.gov.sg/documents/passport/apply (sources/sg/ica-passport-apply.txt). Quotes 8-9 are from passport form IMM(E)11 (sources/sg/ica-form-imme-11-os.txt); head.statedAs is that form's verbatim sentence and the 25-35 mm band is applied to the IC by inference from ICA's single photo standard (the Photo Guidelines page and its 'IC and passport' video caption), because the IC pages themselves publish no millimetre geometry. The saved re-registration page covers only the age-30 and age-55 re-registrations; first registration at 15 is not covered by any saved source and is not claimed in scope. No print route is authored because IC registration is online only on the pages read. glasses, head-covering, expression and age values mirror sg/passport. editing 'unaltered-required' follows the no-alteration rule.
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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