Argentina visa photo size
An Argentina visa photo is a 4 cm by 4 cm square print on a white background.
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An Argentina visa photo is a 4 cm by 4 cm square print on a white background, taken from the front, in colour and current. The Foreign Ministry asks for two with a tourist visa application. You hand them over with the signed form at the consulate, and no file is uploaded.
What the authority specifies
- Photo size
- 40 mm by 40 mm
- Pixels at 300 DPI
- 472 x 472
- Background
- white
- File size
- No limit published
- Source
- www.cancilleria.gob.ar
- Read at the source on
Each size on this page was read at the issuing authority's own website, not copied from another converter or from a search result.
The page it came from and the date it was read are printed above, so you can check the same source in one click.
Why this size?
The rule is one line on the Foreign Ministry's tourist visa page: two current photographs, 4 by 4 cm, front view, in colour, white background. Its visa by nationality page and the government portal repeat it word for word.
That line is the whole rule. The ministry states no head size, no rule on glasses and no resolution, so figures like 70 to 80 percent on photo sites are not Argentina's.
There is no upload either. You fill in the visa form, electronically if you can, sign it by hand, and present it with the photos at the consulate for your area.
The square is what catches people out. A 35 by 45 mm photo made for a Schengen visa is the wrong shape, and at 35 mm wide it is too narrow to trim into a 4 cm square.
Where the pixel figure comes from
Passport offices publish millimetres, not pixels, because the photograph is printed. Turning millimetres into pixels needs a resolution, and most authorities do not name one.
This one does not, so the pixel figure above is 300 DPI, the resolution print shops work to. The millimetre measurement is the requirement; the pixel figure is our arithmetic on top of it.
The file you download records that resolution in its header, so a print dialog set to actual size uses it instead of guessing at 72 or 96 DPI and printing the photo several times too large.
That matters if you are uploading rather than printing.
An online form usually states its own pixel size or file size limit, and where an authority publishes one this page uses that instead of converting anything.
Check before you submit
Requirements change, and the only version that counts is the one on the authority's own page on the day you apply.
Every size here links to the page it came from and shows the date it was read. If that date looks old, spend a minute at the source before you print anything.
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Common questions
What size is an Argentina visa photo?
4 cm by 4 cm, a square, which is 40 by 40 mm. The Foreign Ministry also asks for a front view, in colour, on a white background, and a current photo.
How many photos do I need?
Two for a tourist visa, and two for a visa by nationality or a student visa. The embassy in the United States asks for one for a business visa.
Your consulate's own list decides, so read it before you print.
Do I upload the photo?
No. The ministry asks for the visa form to be filled in, preferably electronically, and signed by hand. The photos are prints you hand over with it.
Sites that offer a file for online submission, or quote a KB limit, describe a step this application does not have.
How big should my head be, and can I wear glasses?
The ministry's pages say neither. They state the size, the front view, colour, the white background and that the photo is current.
A plain, evenly lit photo with your whole face visible is the safe reading. Ask the consulate if you need to keep glasses or a head covering on.
The New York consulate says 1 1/2 inches. Which is right?
Both, for their own office. New York's work visa list asks for two photos of 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches, which is 38.1 mm, a little under 4 cm.
The ministry and the embassy in the United States say 4 by 4 cm. Follow the list of the consulate you apply at.
Does the electronic travel authorisation (AVE) need a photo?
Its page asks for none. The AVE is handled online by the migration directorate, for tourists who hold certain United States visas, and it states a fee and a form.
It replaces the consular visa only for those travellers. Everyone else applies at a consulate, with the two prints.
Is the Argentine passport photo the same size?
There is no passport photo to bring. The government's passport page lists your DNI and no photograph, and the consulate in Madrid says the biometric data is taken at the consulate.
Sites that sell one 4 by 4 cm photo for the passport and the visa are describing the visa.
What size is the photo in pixels?
Argentina does not publish one, because the photos are prints.
This tool makes 472 by 472 pixels, which is 4 by 4 cm at 300 DPI, and saves 300 DPI in the file so a photo lab prints it at size.
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