Swedish Residence Permit Card Photo (uppehållstillståndskort, taken by Migrationsverket): size and requirements
The Swedish Residence Permit Card Photo size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches). Not stated by Migrationsverket; its camera uses its own backdrop. Light grey is our rendering choice; neither the authority nor the saved ICAO excerpt states a colour; head 70 to 80 percent of the photo height. Photo taken within the last 6 months. Last verified 2026-10-07 against Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Agency), with ICAO Doc 9303.
For the uppehållstillståndskort (residence permit card) issued by Migrationsverket, whose photo and fingerprints are captured at a Migrationsverket office, Swedish embassy or Statens servicecenter. Not for a Swedish passport or ID card (Polisen) and not for a Schengen visa.
Migrationsverket captures the uppehållstillståndskort photo with your fingerprints. See the Sweden documents we can prepare.
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 Swedish photo geometry is published (Migrationsverket takes the photo); ICAO Doc 9303: crown-to-chin 70 to 80 per cent of the image height)
- Background
- not stated by Migrationsverket; its camera uses its own backdrop. Light grey is our rendering choice; neither the authority nor the saved ICAO excerpt states a colour
- 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
- 827 x 1063 px (600 DPI), plus a 4 x 6 inch print sheet
What trips people up
- CheckYou are photographed and fingerprinted again every time a new card is made, including every extension of the permit: 'behöver du fotograferas och lämna fingeravtryck på nytt varje gång du behöver ett nytt uppehållstillståndskort'.
- CheckIf you were photographed at an embassy or consulate abroad, that mission hands you the card, which can take up to four weeks to produce and deliver.
- CheckThe card is not an identity or travel document on its own; you still need your passport, and the photo on it is the one Migrationsverket took, never a submitted one.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-07 (archived copy dated 2024-09-12) at Migrationsverket (Swedish Migration Agency), with ICAO Doc 9303.
På uppehållstillståndskortet finns ett datachip, som innehåller dina fingeravtryck och ett foto på dig.
Därför behöver du fotograferas och lämna fingeravtryck på nytt varje gång du behöver ett nytt uppehållstillståndskort.
Då ska du bli fotograferad och lämna dina fingeravtryck igen.
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.
Quotes 1-3 are in Swedish from Migrationsverket's page 'Uppehållstillståndskort' at source.url, read directly (sources/se/migrationsverket-uppehallstillstandskort.txt). Migrationsverket publishes no photo geometry because it takes the photo; quotes 4-5 are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/, Wayback 2024-09-12) for the reference geometry only. Background 'light-grey' is our rendering choice (neither Migrationsverket nor the ICAO excerpt names a colour); glasses and head-covering values are ICAO-style defaults. migrationsverket.se is not matched by the validator host rule; 'icao-default' reflects the absence of a national spec.
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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