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Singapore passport photo: check yours

Check your Singapore passport photo against the official rules before you send it. We never change it. Official size: 35 x 45 mm. Digital photo: 400 pixels wide, 514 pixels tall. Background: plain white; light grey if your hair is white. Rules read on ica.gov.sg on 12 November 2026.

  1. Choose the photo file you were given
  2. We check it against the official rules, without changing it
  3. If it passes, send that same file

Free check. Once it passes, our Detail check, €6.99: unlimited re-checks for 30 days, and we never change your photo. Refund if the authority rejects a photo that passed.

Your photo

Your photo stays on your device: nothing is uploaded, and no face is recognised.

What a passing photo needs

  • Stand a step in front of a plain white wall, with nothing behind you.
  • Face a window or soft light: even light on the face, no shadows on it or behind.
  • Phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away: ask someone, or hold it at arm's length.
  • Glasses only with no tint and no glare on them.
  • A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open, looking straight at the camera.

Check your photo

The first photo loads the face finder and the background outline from this site, about 15 MB, once.

The face finder and the background outline run in this page from files served by this site (sources and licences). They find where a face is in the photo; they never recognise who it is.

Meets the published spec as checked on 12 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government.

This page only checks your photo: it never crops, edits or re-saves it.

ICA lets you resize your digital photo to 400 x 514 pixels but says not to alter or enhance it in any other way. So this page checks your passport photo as it is and never changes it: use a colour photo taken within the last 3 months on a plain white background (light grey if your hair is white).

The rules at a glance

For the Singapore passport photo (MyICA online application 400 x 514 px, or a 35 x 45 mm print with the overseas form), as the official rules state them.

Size
35 x 45 mm
Background
Plain white; light grey if your hair is white.
Head size
56% to 78% of the photo's height, chin to top of head
Glasses
Allowed only with no tint and no glare, your eyes clearly visible
Expression
A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open, looking straight at the camera.
Taken
In the last 3 months
Edits
None: this page only checks your photo, it never changes it. The official rules say: “However, do not alter or enhance the photograph in any other way.”
All the official rules and sources
Printed size
35 mm wide, 45 mm tall (35 mm wide x 45 mm high)
Digital photo
400 pixels wide, 514 pixels tall
File
JPEG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF; up to 8,000 KB
This page
Checks your photo as it is; it makes no file
Head height
56% to 78% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head
Background
plain white; light grey if your hair is white
Glasses
Allowed only with no tint and no glare, your eyes clearly visible
Expression
neutral, mouth closed, looking directly at the camera, head straight, eyes open
Head covering
only if habitually worn under your religious or racial custom, and not white
Taken
In the last 3 months
Colour
Colour only
  • MyICA upload: exactly 400 x 514 pixels; JPG, JPEG, HEIC, HEIF or PNG; up to 8 MB
  • print for the overseas form: 35 mm wide x 45 mm high, no border, matte or semi-matte (non-reflective) finish
  • resizing is allowed; no other alteration or enhancement, no filters, no changes to facial features
  • full face, both edges of the face and the top of the shoulders shown; no hair across the eyes
  • glasses: frames not over the eyes, no flash or light reflected, no tinted glasses or sunglasses
  • ICA recommends someone else takes the photo: selfies usually do not meet the requirements

For: Singapore passport application online through the MyICA portal (Singpass): digital photo upload; Singapore passport application form (overseas) handed in at a Singapore overseas mission: printed photo pasted on the form.

Official source: www.ica.gov.sg, checked on 12 November 2026.

Important: Please ensure your photograph meets our requirements to avoid delays in your applications. We will notify you via post/email if you need to submit a new photo.
A passport-sized, digital, colour photograph taken within the last 3 months
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)'s passport photo requirements are based on specifications by the International Standards Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
The processing time may be up to 4 weeks if your photograph does not meet the requirements or if your application involves changes to your principal name and/or surname.

Official source: www.ica.gov.sg, checked on 12 November 2026.

Submit a new, coloured photograph for your application.
For hardcopy submission, print your photograph on a matte or semi-matte (non-reflective) finish.
You can also use the image editing software on your computer to resize your digital photograph. However, do not alter or enhance the photograph in any other way. This includes modifying your facial features and/ or using photo filters.
For the best results, we recommend asking someone to take your photograph. Selfies taken with a mobile phone usually do not meet our photo requirements and could delay your application.
Your photograph must be 400 x 514 pixels when you upload it via our e-Services.
JPG, JPEG, HEIC, HEIF, and PNG
8 MB

Official source: www.ica.gov.sg, checked on 12 November 2026.

The photograph must be in colour and shall be:
Sharp and clear, 35 mm wide by 45 mm high without border;
Taken within the last 3 months;
Of plain white background (if your hair is white, the background must be light grey);
Taken full face with you looking directly at the camera, with head straight, eyes open and no hair across and/or covering your eyes. Both edges of your face and the top of your shoulders must be clearly shown;
You must look at the camera with a neutral facial expression with mouth closed;
Your face in the photograph should measure between 25 mm and 35 mm from chin to crown;
Only headgear or head coverings habitually worn in accordance with your religious or racial custom is allowed, and should not be in white; and
lf you wear glasses, the frames must not cover any part of your eyes. There should not be any flash or light reflected off the glasses. Tinted glasses and sunglasses are not allowed.
Photographs that do not meet the above requirements will delay your passport application.

Meets the published spec as checked on 12 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Rules change: check the official page before you apply.

How to use it

  1. Use the original photo file, as the photographer or the camera gave it.
  2. Choose it here. The page finds your face and checks the photo without changing it.
  3. Move Top of head if the dashed line is not at the top of your head.
  4. Fix what the page lists, and tick what only you can confirm.
  5. If it passes, send that same file, unchanged.

Questions

What size is the Singapore passport photo?
Printed, 35 x 45 mm. As a digital photo, 400 pixels wide, 514 pixels tall. The file: JPEG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF; up to 8,000 KB. The head takes 56% to 78% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head. These are the official rules as checked on 12 November 2026.
What background does the Singapore passport photo need?
Plain white; light grey if your hair is white.
Can I wear glasses in my Singapore passport photo?
Yes, but only with no tint and no glare, and with your eyes clearly visible.
Can I smile in my Singapore passport photo?
Neutral, mouth closed, looking directly at the camera, head straight, eyes open.
Can I wear a head covering in my Singapore passport photo?
Only if habitually worn under your religious or racial custom, and not white.
How recent must my Singapore passport photo be?
Taken in the last 3 months. These are the official rules as checked on 12 November 2026.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The photo is read and checked in your browser. The page tells our server only that a photo was checked, that it passed, or that a file was saved; never the photo, your face or any measurement. It finds where your face is in the photo; it never recognises who you are.
How is the head measured?
The page finds your chin and eyes in the photo and estimates the top of your head from your forehead, since hair hides it: the dashed line shows the estimate. If it is not at the top of your head, move it with Top of head and the checks follow.
Will my photo be accepted?
Only the issuing authority decides. A photo that passes every check here meets the published size, head and background rules as checked on 12 November 2026; you confirm the rest, such as glasses, expression and how recent the photo is.
Why can't I save a new file here?
This page only checks your photo: it never crops, edits or re-saves it. ICA lets you resize your digital photo to 400 x 514 pixels but says not to alter or enhance it in any other way. So this page checks your passport photo as it is and never changes it: use a colour photo taken within the last 3 months on a plain white background (light grey if your hair is white).
What does the Detail check add?
Detail check for your Singapore passport photo, €6.99: the Detail check of your own photo against the official rules (opt-in; it never changes your photo), unlimited re-checks and the whole family's photos for this document for 30 days. No file and no print sheet: the rules don't allow us to change this photo. Pay only once your photo passes. Refund if the authority rejects a photo that passed. Paid once, with no subscription. In the Detail check our AI model, run in the EU, checks glasses, expression, shadows and more in the file you chose, if you choose to send it, and never changes it. Without buying you can check any photo here and save the acceptance report, free.