Venezuelan Passport Photo (ICAO 35 x 45 mm reference; SAIME publishes no photo rule): size and requirements
The Venezuelan Passport Photo size is 35 x 45 mm (1.38 x 1.77 inches). Not stated by any readable SAIME page; white is our rendering choice; head 70 to 80 percent of the photo height. Photo taken within the last 6 months. Last verified 2026-10-09 against Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (SAIME, Venezuela), 'Pasaporte habilitado' and 'Atención al Ciudadano' pages, with ICAO Doc 9303.
For the Venezuelan ordinary passport (pasaporte ordinario) and the expedited pasaporte habilitado issued by SAIME at its offices in Venezuela by online appointment, and for passports issued through consulates. SAIME's readable pages publish no photo requirement, so this spec is the ICAO Doc 9303 reference frame only. Not for the cédula de identidad or a Venezuelan visa.
Check with your SAIME office or consulate before buying: no SAIME page names a photo, so treat our 35 x 45 mm ICAO print as a best guess, not an official format. See all Venezuela 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 found; ICAO Doc 9303: submitted portraits should be 45.0 mm x 35.0 mm, crown-to-chin 70 to 80 per cent of the image height)
- Background
- not stated by any readable SAIME page; white is our rendering choice
- 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 photo rule is published. SAIME's passport, identification and citizen-service pages list fees, document lists and appointment steps but never a photograph; everything in this spec is the ICAO Doc 9303 reference frame (35 x 45 mm, head 70 to 80 per cent, taken within six months), flagged as such.
- CheckEverything runs through the online appointment: 'La solicitud del pasaporte habilitado se realiza a través de la página web www.saime.gob.ve, el cual se tramita en la oficina Simón Bolívar, ubicada en Caracas.' The ordinary passport is requested the same way at the office you choose.
- CheckAsk the office whether it photographs you: because no page names a photo to bring, the capture is very likely done at the appointment, but we could not read that and do not assert it.
- CheckFees are set in reference units (Ref. 108 to 350 by age and service) 'anclados a la tasa BCV del día'; ordinary delivery is '8 a 15 días hábiles', the habilitado 48 hours.
- CheckCollect within five months: an uncollected passport is moved to the central office and the holder must request it through Atención al Ciudadano and pay the fee again.
Source and verification
No national rule published; ICAO 9303 standard applies. Last checked 2026-10-09 (archived copy dated 2024-09-12) at Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (SAIME, Venezuela), 'Pasaporte habilitado' and 'Atención al Ciudadano' pages, with ICAO Doc 9303.
La solicitud del pasaporte habilitado se realiza a través de la página web
el cual se tramita en la oficina Simón Bolívar, ubicada en Caracas.
Tiempo de entrega de 8 a 15 días hábiles.
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].
Quotes 1-3 are from the 'Pasaporte habilitado' page at source.url (sources/ve/saime-pasaporte.txt, read via r.jina.ai on 2026-10-09; quotes 1 and 2 are one sentence split around the www.saime.gob.ve link the page renders between them; eligibility.officialWording is quote 2). Translation (ours): the expedited passport is requested through the website www.saime.gob.ve and processed at the Simón Bolívar office in Caracas; delivery time 8 to 15 working days. The five-month collection rule is from sources/ve/saime-atc.txt. Quotes 4-6 are ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 (sources/icao/, Wayback 2024-09-12) and supply every geometry value: 35 x 45 mm, head 70-80 %, six months; archiveSnapshot is that excerpt's date, source.url was read live. background 'white', dpi 300, glasses and headCovering are rendering defaults. Eligibility 'restricted' records that we could not establish whether offices photograph applicants or accept prints; the quoted sentence is procedural and does not itself address photos. printsRequired and child left undefined.
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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