Singapore Passport Photo: requirements and cropper
Crop a photo to the official Singapore spec and check the head height as you go — free, and entirely in your browser.
Crop a photo to the Singapore spec
Drag the two markers. Put the blue one on the very top of the head — including hair — and the red one on the bottom of the chin. Every measurement below is calculated from that, because official specs measure the head crown to chin, not the face.
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Full requirements
| Background | White |
|---|---|
| Digital dimensions | 400 × 514 px |
| File size | up to 7.8 MB |
| File format | JPG, JPEG, HEIC, HEIF or PNG |
| How recent | Taken within the last 3 months |
| Head coverings | No headgear, except religious or cultural headgear that does not obscure the facial features. |
| Not published | printed photo size, head height, minimum resolution, copies required, glasses, expression & pose, children & infants — the official source does not state these, so nothing is shown rather than a number we made up. |
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore — Photo Guidelines — read 2026-07-26.
How to take and crop the photo
- Take or choose a photo shot straight on, from about arm's length or further, in even light with no shadow falling on the face or the wall behind it. Phone selfies taken close up distort the face and are a common rejection reason.
- Stand far enough from the wall that you cast no shadow on it. The background needs to be white — the tool fills only the area outside your photo's edges, it does not replace the wall behind you.
- Drop the photo into the tool above. Nothing is uploaded; the file is read directly by your browser.
- Drag the blue marker to the very top of the head, including hair, and the red marker to the bottom of the chin. This is the measurement every official spec is written against.
- Download the photo. If the result would exceed the 7.8 MB upload limit, it is compressed to fit before saving.
Why Singapore photos get rejected
Drawn from the official guidance rather than guesswork. Most rejections are not about dimensions at all:
- Background not white, or shadowed
- Glossy or reflective print finish
- Digitally altered or enhanced photo
- Photo more than three months old
- Selfie-style photo with poor lighting or angle
Where official sources disagree
More than one official source publishes a figure for this, and they do not match. Both are shown rather than one being picked silently:
- File size and format: One source says Maximum 8 MB; jpg, jpeg, heic, heif or png. Another says Maximum 60 KB; JPEG only — stated for visa photograph uploads.
When this happens, the office that will receive your application is the authority worth asking. Neither of us can resolve a contradiction in their own documentation.
Background and other notes
Singapore specifies the photo in pixels rather than millimetres: 400 × 514 px. The background must be white. Digital uploads must be no larger than 7.8 MB. The photo must have been taken within the last 3 months.
Singapore's ICA is the only authority here that accepts HEIC and HEIF uploads directly, so an iPhone photo may not need converting at all. It also uses the shortest recency window of any spec in this table at three months. Printed copies need a matte or semi-matte, non-reflective finish. No millimetre print size is published on the accessible ICA pages.
File size and disclaimer
A correctly framed photo still gets rejected if the file is too large. Singapore caps uploads at 7.8 MB . The cropper above compresses to fit automatically when you download. If you already have a correctly framed photo and only need it resized, the compress tool will hit an exact target without touching the framing.
This is not official advice. img-fix is not affiliated with any government or immigration authority. The figures on this page were read from Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore — Photo Guidelines on 2026-07-26, and requirements change without notice. Check the official source before you submit.
Singapore photo questions
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The cropping, resizing and compressing all happen inside this page, using your browser's own image APIs. There is no server to upload to — the site is static files. Open your browser's network tab, use the tool, and you can watch nothing leave.
It also keeps working with your Wi-Fi switched off once the page has loaded.
What is the maximum file size?
7.8 MB. This is where a lot of otherwise-valid photos fail — the framing is right but the file is too big. The compress tool will hit an exact target if you already have a correctly framed photo.
Can this tool change my background?
No, and that is deliberate. Background replacement means guessing where your hair ends, and the guess is visible — a halo or a chewed-up fringe is exactly the kind of artefact that gets a photo rejected as digitally altered. Singapore requires white, so photograph yourself against a matching wall.
The fill colour setting only paints the area outside your photo's edges when the required crop is larger than the image you supplied.
How recent does the photo have to be?
Taken within the last 3 months. Reusing the photo from your previous passport is a standard rejection reason.
Are head coverings allowed?
No headgear, except religious or cultural headgear that does not obscure the facial features.
Why do different official pages give different numbers?
They do, and we show both rather than picking one silently. For File size and format: one official source says Maximum 8 MB; jpg, jpeg, heic, heif or png, while another says Maximum 60 KB; JPEG only — stated for visa photograph uploads. When sources disagree, ask the office that will receive your application.
Will a photo from this tool definitely be accepted?
Nobody can promise that, and any site that does is selling you certainty it does not have. A photo is judged on framing, background, lighting, expression, sharpness and how recent it is. This tool handles the geometry and the file size precisely; the rest is down to how the photo was taken. The requirements here were read from Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore — Photo Guidelines on 2026-07-26 — check the source before you submit, because rules change.
Related specifications
Other passport specifications
- Brazilian Passport Photo 50 × 70 mm · not published for applicant-supplied photos
- Canadian Passport Photo 50 × 70 mm · head 31–36 mm · plain white or light-coloured · max 5 MB
- Chinese Passport Photo 33 × 48 mm · head 28–33 mm · white
- French Passport & CNI Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 32–36 mm · plain light-coloured — light blue or light grey. white is explicitly not allowed.
- German Passport & ID Photo 35 × 45 mm · head 32–36 mm · solid
- Indian Passport Photo 35 × 45 mm · plain white
Comparing print sizes across every country in one place is easier on the passport photo size comparison page.