Polish passport photo size
A Polish passport photo is 35 mm wide by 45 mm high on paper.
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Uploaded instead, it must be at least 768 by 1004 pixels, under 2.5 MB, and still in the proportions of 35 by 45 mm. Those two rules disagree, so the tool opens at the smallest size satisfying both.
What the authority specifies
- Photo size
- 45 mm by 35 mm
- Minimum resolution published
- 768 x 1004
- Smallest file that meets both rules
- 781 x 1004
- Background
- white, evenly lit, with no shadows and no decorative detail
- File size
- up to 2.5 MB
- Source
- www.gov.pl
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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?
Poland states a pixel minimum and a proportion rule in the same sentence, and 768 by 1004 is not the shape 35 by 45 mm works out to.
Follow the pixel figure exactly and the photo is very slightly too wide for its height.
The size this page produces clears the minimum on both axes and keeps the proportion, so neither rule is the one that gets broken.
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 publishes both, and the two do not line up: a printed size in millimetres, and a separate pixel minimum for an online application that is not the proportion those millimetres work out to.
The figure above is the smallest file that clears the published minimum without breaking the published proportion, so it satisfies both sentences at once.
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.
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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 a Polish passport photo?
Printed, 35 mm wide by 45 mm high, brought to the office with the application.
For an online application, at least 768 by 1004 pixels in a file no larger than 2.5 MB, keeping the proportions of a 35 by 45 mm photo.
The head must fill 70 to 80 percent of the frame.
Why does this page open at 781 by 1004 rather than 768 by 1004?
Because 768 by 1004 is not the proportion Poland asks for in the same sentence.
A photo 1004 pixels high in the proportions of 35 by 45 mm is 781 wide, so 781 by 1004 is the smallest file that clears the published minimum without breaking the published shape.
Going the other way, to 768 wide, would put the height under the minimum.
Is the photo for a Polish ID card the same?
The paper size and the 2.5 MB ceiling are the same, but the online minimum is smaller: 492 by 633 pixels for a dowod osobisty against 768 by 1004 for a passport.
A file made to the passport minimum is therefore fine for an ID card, and a file made to the ID card minimum is not fine for a passport.
What background does a Polish passport photo need?
White, evenly lit, with no shadows and nothing decorative in it. That puts Poland with Italy, which also requires white, and against France, which forbids it.
If you are applying in both countries you cannot use one photo for the two.
Can I take the photo myself?
Nothing on the requirements page restricts who takes it, and the online route has you attach the file yourself.
That is the opposite of Germany, where the Passport Act allows only a photo transmitted by a service provider or captured by the authority.
The photo must be no more than 6 months old when you apply.
Can I wear glasses in a Polish passport photo?
Corrective glasses, yes, if your eyes are clearly visible, the frames do not cover your eyebrows and the lenses do not reflect light.
Dark glasses are allowed only for a vision impairment, with a disability certificate attached to the application.
Can I smile in a Polish passport photo?
No. gov.pl asks for a natural face with no facial gestures and your mouth closed. If a health condition prevents that, closed eyes or an open mouth may be accepted.
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