Schengen Visa photo requirements
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Short-stay Schengen application guidance: 35 × 45 mm colour photo, no more than six months old, light background. This is a paper-photo reference; destination consulates and national long-stay visas may have additional rules.
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Schengen Visa photo requirements
- ✓Short-stay Schengen application guidance: 35 × 45 mm colour photo, no more than six months old, light background. This is a paper-photo reference; destination consulates and national long-stay visas may have additional rules.
Source reviewed on 2026-10-13
Size summary
- Millimeters
- 35 × 45 mm
- Inches
- 1.38 × 1.77 in
- Rendering pixels (300 DPI calculation)
- 413 × 531 px
- Background
- White