Schengen visa photo 35x45

The stored frame on this route is 35×45 mm.

Aim for head height around 72%. The recommended band on this page is 64% to 80%. Leave about 8% above the head, with an allowed range of 5% to 12%.

No exact pixel target is stored here, so preserve the ratio and confirm any destination limits separately.

• Physical requirement: 35×45 mm / 35×45 mm
• Frame ratio: 35:45
• Head-height band: 64% to 80%
• Solve mismatch with crop and proportional scaling only.
• Background guidance: Use a plain light background with even tone, no visible texture, and no distracting objects.

This route can support both print and digital use, but visa workflows still depend heavily on the exact portal, consulate, or service variant behind the route.

If the real workflow ends in a print shop, lab, or service counter, keep the final sheet aligned with this route.

• Preferred format: JPG
• Allowed formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG
• Submission path on this page: online and print
• Reuse one crop for print and digital only if both endpoints still accept it.

Visa routes often fail because the applicant chose the wrong visa variant or ignored portal-specific technical rules even though the crop looked acceptable.

A source link from EU visa guidance is attached to this route, but the page still only covers what is stored in the data model and visible on screen.

• 35×45 mm also appears on nearby pages, but that does not make them interchangeable with Schengen visa photo 35x45.
• Background rule on this route: Use an even light background with no pattern.
• Double-check: the latest authority wording for background, presentation, and delivery channel.
• Do not ignore glasses and glare guidance: Frames must not cover the eyes, and glare usually is not acceptable.
• Individual consulates and outsourced centers can still publish more specific digital rules.

On highly similar routes, the usual pattern is choosing the wrong page first and then trying to rescue the file with edits.

• Replacing this route with another 35×45 mm page just because the paper size looks the same.
• Forcing the portrait into 35×45 mm by stretching instead of cropping to the right ratio.
• Stopping after the crop looks correct and forgetting the real upload constraints on the destination portal.
• Assuming that a similar document category automatically follows the same route.

This page is most useful when you open the editor from here, keep the same preset active, and finish the route requirements before any risky retouching.

1. Open the editor from this page so Schengen visa photo 35x45 loads as the active preset instead of a nearby route.
2. Upload a source portrait with some room around the head and shoulders so the final ratio can be solved with crop, not distortion.
3. Adjust the crop until head height is close to 72% and the top margin is near 8%.
4. Check the measurable rules, file settings, and destination workflow before export.

• Preview and export should stay on the same crop geometry.
• Solve ratio mismatches with crop and proportional scaling before export, not with distortion afterward.

Use the linked EU visa guidance source as the final reference for anything this page does not measure directly, especially service wording, print-lab rules, or late portal changes.

This route is marked strict with reviewed confidence. That is useful context, but it is still not the same thing as official approval.

• Strictness: strict
• Confidence: reviewed
• Last reviewed: April 14, 2026
• Double-check: the latest authority wording for background, presentation, and delivery channel.
• Individual consulates and outsourced centers can still publish more specific digital rules.