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Indian form photo and signature sizes

Every form states its photo rule differently — in pixels, in centimetres at a DPI, in kilobytes, or all three. One table, dated and sourced, and the arithmetic that turns each rule into a file.

The table

Form presets used by this site (each row checked on the date shown)
FormRule as publishedPixelsKBStatusChecked
Bank / recruitment photo200 × 230 px (preferred), JPG, 20–50 KB200 × 230 at 200 DPI20–50sourced2026-10-18
Bank / recruitment signature140 × 60 px (preferred), JPG, 10–20 KB140 × 60 at 200 DPI10–20sourced2026-10-18
Left thumb impression240 × 240 px in 200 DPI, JPG, 20–50 KB240 × 240 at 200 DPI20–50sourced2026-10-18
Handwritten declaration800 × 400 px in 200 DPI, JPG, 50–100 KB800 × 400 at 200 DPI50–100sourced2026-10-18
PAN application photo3.5 × 2.5 cm, 200 DPI, colour, up to 20 KB (portrait assumed)197 × 276 at 200 DPI≤ 20sourced2026-10-18
PAN application signature2 × 4.5 cm, 200 DPI, up to 10 KB354 × 157 at 200 DPI≤ 10sourced2026-10-18
UPSC photo350 × 350 px, 20–300 KB350 × 350 at 200 DPI20–300unverified2026-10-18
UPSC signature350 × 150 px, 20–100 KB350 × 150 at 200 DPI20–100unverified2026-10-18
SSC photo3.5 × 4.5 cm, 20–50 KB413 × 531 at 300 DPI20–50unverified2026-10-18
SSC signature4 × 2 cm, 10–20 KB472 × 236 at 300 DPI10–20unverified2026-10-18
Passport and visa frames
FrameRulePixelsStatusChecked
Passport-size print, 35 × 45 mm35 × 45 mm at 300 dpi — a commonly stated print size, not checked against an official Indian source413 × 531common size2026-10-18
Indian e-Visa photo (square)JPEG, square, 350–1000 px on each side, 10–300 KBsquare, 350–1000 pxsourced2026-10-18

Sources: bank and recruitment rows follow the IPPB online application guidelines; PAN rows follow Protean (NSDL); the e-Visa row follows the Indian e-Visa photo specification. UPSC and SSC rows rest on secondary pages and are marked unverified — confirm them on the official portal before you submit.

From a rule to a file

A rule in pixels is the easy case: the picture is cut and scaled to that box. A rule in centimetres needs its DPI — without one, “3.5 × 4.5 cm” has no pixel size. With it, each side is centimetres ÷ 2.54 × DPI, rounded to a whole pixel, and the DPI is written into the file so a print dialog lays it out at the stated size.

The kilobyte window comes last, because it depends on the pixels. For JPEG the quality is lowered first, in a binary search with a floor; only if that is not enough, and only if the form allows it, the pixel size comes down. The panel reports which moved and then reads the saved file back to check pixels, kilobytes, format and DPI against the rule.

Where to do it

Exam photo and signature resizer opens on the bank and recruitment presets; signature resizer crops to the ink and whitens the paper first; PAN card photo resizer works in centimetres at 200 DPI; passport size photo handles 35 × 45 mm, the e-Visa square and a 4 × 6 in sheet of six. Every preset can be edited when your notice says something different.

Questions people bring to this

How do I turn a size in cm into pixels?

Divide by 2.54 to get inches, multiply by the DPI, and round. 3.5 cm at 200 DPI is 3.5 ÷ 2.54 × 200 = 275.6, so 276 px. The form's DPI matters as much as its centimetres: the same 3.5 cm is 413 px at 300 DPI.

The portal says 'under 50 KB'. Is that 50,000 or 51,200 bytes?

Portals differ and rarely say. This site reads each end the strict way — the ceiling as N × 1,000 bytes and the floor as N × 1,024 — which keeps a file inside the window on either reading.

Why are some rows marked unverified?

Because the figure came from a secondary page rather than the official notice. Notices change every recruitment cycle; confirm on the official portal and edit any field in the panel if your notice differs.

My photo is under the minimum KB. Can it be padded?

This site does not pad files with empty data. Raise the quality, or start from a sharper photo; the form check says by how much the file falls short.

Take it back to the panel