South Africa passport photo rules & size
Not for a South African passport. Home Affairs offices with live capture (and participating banks) take your photo digitally; only offices without it ask for 2 colour photos. The passport office's rules ↗
Applying from abroad? Missions ask for 2 identical colour photos to the Home Affairs rules, which expect professional prints no more than a month old.
- Passport in South Africa: live-capture Home Affairs offices and banks take the photo digitally
- Missions abroad ask for 2 identical colour photos, professionally printed and recent
- Size: 35×45 mm, 413×531 px at 300 DPI
- Background: plain white
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Head 64–76% of frame height. 35×45 mm, 413×531 px, white background.