Passport, visa and ID photos · Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago passport photo: the rules
What the official rules say about the photo for the Trinidad and Tobago machine-readable passport photo, with the source we checked. Rules read on homelandsecurity.gov.tt on 4 November 2026.
In Trinidad and Tobago the passport office takes your photo: the Immigration Division says photos are captured at your passport appointment interview, and first passports abroad also get a live photo at the mission. Some missions accept mail-in renewals with printed photos, but each sets its own size (2 x 2 in at New York and Washington, at least 31 x 41 mm at Brussels, 5 x 5 cm or 31 x 41 mm at London), so follow your mission's instructions.
As published, checked on 4 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government.
The rules at a glance
For the Trinidad and Tobago machine-readable passport photo, as the official rules state them.
All the official rules and sources
For: passport appointment at an Immigration Division passport office in Trinidad and Tobago (photo captured at the interview); first machine-readable passport at a mission abroad (live image capture at the interview); mail-in or drop-off renewal at some missions abroad (printed photos to that mission's own rules).
Official source: homelandsecurity.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
14. Are photos required?
Photos are captured at your passport appointment interview.
One recent passport sized photograph on a white background
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
It is mandatory for all first Machine Readable passport applicants (WITHOUT EXCEPTION) to appear in person to be interviewed and have their image/photograph captured ‘live’ as part of their interview;
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
First-time applicants for the Machine Readable Passport are not required to submit photographs. In all such cases there will be live image capture at the Immigration Office.
Photographs should measure 31mm wide and 41mm high
Photographs must have been taken within the last 6 months.
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
Two (2) passport photographs (see specifications below)
Background: Plain white background
Photo size: 2” x 2”
Face size: From crown to chin between 1” and 1⅜”
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
Two (2) high quality coloured recently taken (within last 6 months) passport sized (2” x 2”) photos white background
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
One passport photograph ( at least 31mm wide and 41mm high)
The face should take up 70-80 percent of the vertical dimension.
BACKGROUND SHOULD BE WHITE.
Official source: foreign.gov.tt, checked on 4 November 2026.
The background for the image must be pure white.
The portrait size must be at least 5cm x 5cm or 41mm x 31 mm.
The image in the portrait should take up 70% of the vertical dimension, showing a close-up of head and the top of the shoulders.
As published, checked on 4 November 2026. WinPhoto is not affiliated with any government. Rules change: check the official page before you apply.
Questions
- Do I need to bring a photo for the Trinidad and Tobago machine-readable passport photo?
- In Trinidad and Tobago the passport office takes your photo: the Immigration Division says photos are captured at your passport appointment interview, and first passports abroad also get a live photo at the mission. Some missions accept mail-in renewals with printed photos, but each sets its own size (2 x 2 in at New York and Washington, at least 31 x 41 mm at Brussels, 5 x 5 cm or 31 x 41 mm at London), so follow your mission's instructions. These are the rules as we checked them on 4 November 2026: check the official page before you apply.