Sudanese Passport Photo (no readable national rule; ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference): size and requirements
The Sudanese 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 ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (Eighth Edition, 2021), Section 3.9 displayed portrait, standing in for the Sudanese General Directorate of Passports and Immigration rule we could not read.
For a Sudanese passport (جواز سفر سوداني) issued by the General Directorate of Passports and Immigration of the Ministry of Interior to Sudanese citizens, as a reference only: the ministry blocks our requests, its e-passport portal is offline and the national portal has no passport page, so the frame, head band and all other values are the ICAO Doc 9303 defaults. Not for the Sudanese e-visa, the national number card or a driving licence.
Check with the passports directorate or Sudanese embassy before buying: we could not read Sudan's passport photo rule, so treat our 35 x 45 mm ICAO print as a best guess, not an official format. See all Sudan 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 Sudanese rule was read: moi.gov.sd returned HTTP 403 to every request on 2026-10-10, passport.gov.sd, epassport.gov.sd and evisa.gov.sd did not answer, sudan.gov.sd carries no passport page, and the ministry's 2022 Wayback home page only links to those dead portals. Everything on this page is the ICAO Doc 9303 reference, flagged as such.
- CheckSudan issues an electronic passport through the General Directorate of Passports and Immigration and missions abroad; whether the office captures your image or wants prints, and in what size, is exactly what we could not confirm, so ask the office or embassy before paying for photos.
- 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.
- CheckIf a print is wanted, ICAO asks for photo-quality paper with a smooth, non-structured surface and no folds, creases or ink marks.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-10 (archived copy dated 2024-09-12) at ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (Eighth Edition, 2021), Section 3.9 displayed portrait, standing in for the Sudanese General Directorate of Passports and Immigration rule we could not read.
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.
Where the portrait is supplied to the issuing authority in digital form, the requirements specified by the issuing authority must be adhered to.
The submitted portrait shall be clean, not bent, not scratched, not folded and not damaged. There shall be no ink marks or creases on the printed portrait.
All quotes are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/icao-9303-part3-portrait-excerpt.txt, Wayback capture 2024-09-12 of source.url). Nothing Sudanese is quoted: sources/sd/_probe-log.txt lists the hosts tried on 2026-10-10 (moi.gov.sd HTTP 403; passport.gov.sd, epassport.gov.sd, evisa.gov.sd, mofa.gov.sd, gdpi.gov.sd curl 000; sudan.gov.sd HTTP 200 without passport wording; Wayback 20220302190049 of www.moi.gov.sd links only to the dead portals). physical 35 x 45 mm, head 0.7-0.8, maxPhotoAgeMonths 6 from quotes 1-3; background 'white', dpi 300, glasses and headCovering are ICAO-style defaults. Re-fetch moi.gov.sd or epassport.gov.sd 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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