General Photographic Guidelines

March 17,2020-9:26 AM

Photograph Quality

The photographs must be:

No more than 6-months old
35-45 mm in width
Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70- 80% of the photograph
in sharp focus and clear
of high quality with no ink marks or creases
show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly

Glasses and head covers

The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames — wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes

In brief:

If the face is too close	Χ
If the face is too far away	Χ
Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70- 80% of the photograph	√
If the focus is blurred	Χ
If the ink marked on the photo or creased	Χ
If the posture is portrait style (not facing straight to the camera)	Χ
If your eyes are tilted	Χ
facing straight to the camera	√
If you wear glasses and they have dark tinted lenses	Χ
Flash reflection on lenses	Χ
the glasses must be clear and the eyes can be seen through the glasses	√
If you wear glasses and the frame of the glasses is too heavy	Χ
Frames covering your eyes	Χ
Regarding the lighting, shadows behind head in the photograph	Χ
Shadows across face	Χ
Clear and plain background	√
For the under-age child:The photo must not show another person (behind or beside the child)	Χ
Mouth open wide and toy too close to face	Χ
The child should be alone in the photograph.	√

The applicants are strongly urged to follow these guidelines for photograph.

(The visa applicants should follow the same guidelines as well).

2^nd March 2020, Monday
(Farmer's Day)

27^th March 2020, Friday
(Armed Forces Day)