What size is the Turkey residence permit photo?

Printed, 50 x 60 mm. The head takes 70% to 80% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.

Can I wear glasses in my Turkey residence permit photo?

Only if you have to wear them, with no tint and no glare over your eyes.

Can I smile in my Turkey residence permit photo?

Neutral, no smiling, mouth closed; head upright and not turned; looking straight at the camera with eyes open and clearly visible; hair not covering the eyes.

Can I wear a head covering in my Turkey residence permit photo?

No hats or head wear; a headscarf is allowed if the face shows from chin to forehead without shadows and the scarf colour differs from the background.

How recent must my Turkey residence permit photo be?

Taken in the last 6 months. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.

Can I take my Turkey residence permit photo myself?

Not as a selfie: the official rules ask that someone else takes it.

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 4 November 2026; you confirm the rest, such as glasses, expression and how recent the photo is.

What does the Detail check add?

Detail check for your Turkey residence permit 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.

Passport, visa and ID photos · Turkey (Türkiye)

Turkey residence permit photo: check yours

Check your Turkey residence permit photo against the official rules before you send it. We never change it. Official size: 50 x 60 mm. Background: white (e-İkamet document lists and goc.gov.tr); plain, no pattern and no shadow; the 2020 ICAO note prefers mid grey behind light hair. Rules read on e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr on 4 November 2026.

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

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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.
Have someone else take it (no selfies), phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away.
Glasses only if you must wear them, with no tint or glare.
A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open, looking straight at the camera.

Check your photo

Drop your original photo file here, or choose it As the photographer or the camera gave it

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

Guide lines Dashed: top of head. Solid: chin.

Adjust the top-of-head line

Top of head The top of your head is an estimate: move the dashed line to it. This moves the line only; your photo is not changed.

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Before you send it: our Detail check

€6.99

Detail check of your own photo against the official rules: glasses, expression, shadows and more (opt-in: our AI model, run in the EU)
It never changes your photo: you send the same file you checked
Unlimited re-checks and the whole family's photos for this document, for 30 days
Refund if the authority rejects a photo that passed

Choose a photo first.

Pay only once your photo passes: the button turns on once it passes every check. One payment, no subscription. No file and no print sheet: the official rules don't allow us to change this photo. Rejected by the authority after it passed here? Email us the rejection within 30 days and we refund you in full. While you pay, your photo waits in this browser on this device for up to 24 hours: it is never uploaded.

Before you send it, confirm

Only you can see these: we never judge them from the photo.

Someone else took the photo: it is not a selfie. I wear glasses only because I have to, with no tint and no glare over my eyes. My expression is as the rules ask (Expression, below). My eyes are open and clearly visible. The light on my face is even, with no shadow on my face or behind me. The photo was taken in the last 6 months.

If your photo passes, send the same file you checked here, unchanged.

Free: every rule your file was checked against, with the official words, made on this device.

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 4 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government.

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

Türkiye's residence permit (ikamet) needs a biometric ICAO photo on a white background, taken in the last 6 months: you upload it in e-İkamet, which checks it, and bring prints to your appointment. The Presidency of Migration Management refuses selfies and photos reproduced on a computer, asks photo studios to give you the digital file, and publishes no size (provincial offices say 5 x 6 cm). So this page checks your photo as it is and never changes or re-saves it.

The rules at a glance

For the Türkiye residence permit (ikamet izni) biometric photo: e-İkamet upload and prints for the appointment, as the official rules state them.

Size: 50 x 60 mm
Background: White (e-İkamet document lists and goc.gov.tr); plain, no pattern and no shadow; the 2020 ICAO note prefers mid grey behind light hair.
Head size: 70% to 80% of the photo's height, chin to top of head
Glasses: Only if you have to wear them
Expression: A neutral face, mouth closed, eyes open, looking straight at the camera.
Taken by: Someone else, not a selfie
Taken: In the last 6 months
Edits: None: this page only checks your photo, it never changes it.

All the official rules and sources

Printed size: 50 mm wide, 60 mm tall (5 x 6 cm (50 x 60 mm), as provincial offices state; no central size is published)
This page: Checks your photo as it is; it makes no file
Head height: 70% to 80% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head
Background: white (e-İkamet document lists and goc.gov.tr); plain, no pattern and no shadow; the 2020 ICAO note prefers mid grey behind light hair
Taken by: Someone else, not a selfie
Glasses: Only if you have to wear them
Expression: neutral, no smiling, mouth closed; head upright and not turned; looking straight at the camera with eyes open and clearly visible; hair not covering the eyes
Head covering: no hats or head wear; a headscarf is allowed if the face shows from chin to forehead without shadows and the scarf colour differs from the background
Taken: In the last 6 months
Colour: Colour only

biometric, ICAO standard; the e-İkamet system checks the uploaded photo and accepts or rejects it
no selfies, family photos, unrecognisable, out-of-date or black-and-white photos (the permit is not issued otherwise)
no photocopies or photos reproduced on a computer
face and hair fully visible and centred; both sides of the face visible from chin to hairline
neutral colours and natural skin tone; sharp, good contrast; no stains or creases
even lighting; no reflections, shadows or red eye
glasses only if you must wear them: no reflection on the lenses, no tinted lenses or sunglasses, frames not covering the eyes; no hat, head wear, pipe or other objects
small children: no other people or objects in the photo
prints: two for first applications per e-İkamet; four for extensions and at some provincial offices

For: e-İkamet online application on e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr (photo uploaded to the system): first, extension and transfer applications for short-term, long-term, family and student residence permits; printed biometric photos brought to the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management appointment (two in the e-İkamet lists; four for extensions and at some provincial offices).

Official source: e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR SHORT TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATIONS

3. Two (2) Pcs Biometric Photos

Must have been taken within the last 6 months, against a white background, biometric and comply with ICAO standards.

Official source: e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATIONS

3. Two (2) Pcs Biometric Photos

Must have been taken within the last 6 months, against a white background, biometric and comply with ICAO standards.

Official source: e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

DOCUMENTS TO BE REQUIRED IN EXTENSION APPLICATIONS

Four (4) pcs photos (must have been taken within the last 6 months, against a white background and biometric. Do not upload family, selfie, unrecognizable, non up-to-date or black and white photos into the system, otherwise residence permit document shall not be issued!)

Official source: www.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

İkamet izni belgenizde yer alacak fotoğrafınızın son 6 ay içinde çekilmiş, fonu beyaz ve biyometrik olması gerekmektedir.

Aile fotoğrafı, özçekim, tanınmanızı zorlaştıran, güncel olmayan veya siyah-beyaz fotoğrafları sisteme yüklemeyiniz, aksi takdirde ikamet izni belgesi düzenlenmeyecektir!

Official source: www.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

İkamet izni belgelerinde biyometrik (ICAO standartlarında) fotoğraf kullanımı zorunlu olup gerek e-İkamet sistemindeki başvuru sürecinde gerekse İl Göç İdaresi Müdürlüklerimizdeki işlemlerde aksaklık yaşanmaması adına söz konusu standartta fotoğraf uygunluğuna dikkat edilerek gerekmesi halinde fotoğrafların dijital halinin başvuru sürecinde ilgililere teslim edilmesi önem arz etmektedir.

Ek: ICAO Standartları

Official source: www.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

İkamet izni işlemlerinde kullanılacak fotoğrafınızın son altı ay içinde ICAO standartlarında çekilmiş ve biyometrik olması gerekmektedir. Fotokopi veya bilgisayarda çoğaltılmış ve biyometrik olmayan fotoğraflar kesinlikle kabul edilmeyecektir.

Biyometrik fotoğrafınız sistem tarafından kontrol edilecek ve aşağıdaki görsellere göre değerlendirme yapılarak ya kabul ya da reddedilecektir.

Yüz kısmının yüksekliği 32 mm ile 36 mm arasında olmalı ve fotoğrafın %70 ile %80’ini kapsamalıdır.

Fotoğrafınız kameraya doğrudan bakarken çekilmeli, gözler net ve açık olarak görünmeli, saçlar gözleri kapatmamalıdır.

Fotoğrafta başınız dik konumda olmalı ve herhangi bir yöne dönük olmamalı, yüzde gülme vb. ifadeler yer almamalı, ağız kapalı olarak görünmelidir.

Fotoğrafınızın fonu desensiz ve gölgesiz olmalıdır. Saçlarınız koyu renk ise beyaz fon, açık renk ise orta tonda bir gri tercih edilmelidir.

Fotoğrafınızda gözleriniz net bir şekilde görünmeli, gözlük camı üzerinde yansımalar bulunmamalı, renkli cam veya güneş gözlüğü kullanılmamalı, gözlük camı çerçevesi gözleri kapatmamalıdır.

Zorunlu olarak kullandığınız gözlük vb. aksesuarlar dışında fotoğrafta şapka, başlık, pipo, vb. nesneler bulunmamalıdır.

Başörtülü fotoğraflarda yüz çene ucundan alına kadar görünür olmalı, yüzün üzerinde gölgeler oluşmamalı, başörtüsü rengi fon renginden farklı olmalıdır.

Official source: www.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

3.İki Adet Fotoğraf: Son 6 ay içinde çekilmiş, fonu beyaz ve biyometrik fotoğraf olmalıdır.

3. Two Pieces of Photographs: It must be a biometric photograph with a white background, taken in the last 6 months.

Official source: mersin.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

*Ayrıca Başvuru formlarında yer alan fotoğrafların arka fonu beyaz ve biyometrik olarak sisteme yüklenmesi gerekmektedir.

Official source: samsun.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

4 adet biyometrik fotoğraf (son 6 ay içerisinde çekilmiş, arkası beyaz fonlu, 5x6 boyutunda)

Official source: osmaniye.goc.gov.tr, checked on 4 November 2026.

Dört (4) adet biyometrik fotoğraf (50x60 cm beyaz arka fonlu)

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Use the original photo file, as the photographer or the camera gave it.
Choose it here. The page finds your face and checks the photo without changing it.
Move Top of head if the dashed line is not at the top of your head.
Fix what the page lists, and tick what only you can confirm.
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Questions

What size is the Turkey residence permit photo?: Printed, 50 x 60 mm. The head takes 70% to 80% of the photo's height, from the chin to the top of the head. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.
What background does the Turkey residence permit photo need?: White (e-İkamet document lists and goc.gov.tr); plain, no pattern and no shadow; the 2020 ICAO note prefers mid grey behind light hair.
Can I wear glasses in my Turkey residence permit photo?: Only if you have to wear them, with no tint and no glare over your eyes.
Can I smile in my Turkey residence permit photo?: Neutral, no smiling, mouth closed; head upright and not turned; looking straight at the camera with eyes open and clearly visible; hair not covering the eyes.
Can I wear a head covering in my Turkey residence permit photo?: No hats or head wear; a headscarf is allowed if the face shows from chin to forehead without shadows and the scarf colour differs from the background.
How recent must my Turkey residence permit photo be?: Taken in the last 6 months. These are the official rules as checked on 4 November 2026.
Can I take my Turkey residence permit photo myself?: Not as a selfie: the official rules ask that someone else takes it.
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 4 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. Türkiye's residence permit (ikamet) needs a biometric ICAO photo on a white background, taken in the last 6 months: you upload it in e-İkamet, which checks it, and bring prints to your appointment. The Presidency of Migration Management refuses selfies and photos reproduced on a computer, asks photo studios to give you the digital file, and publishes no size (provincial offices say 5 x 6 cm). So this page checks your photo as it is and never changes or re-saves it.
What does the Detail check add?: Detail check for your Turkey residence permit 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.